Date: 2024/11/3(Sun) 14:00~
Venue: Dance Base Yokohama

Songbird (music: Keliel) is a solo performance combining elements of contemporary choreography, music-making practice, and drag. Inspired by philosopher and poet Anne Carson’s essay “The Gender of Sound,” the piece explores vocal identity, vocal choreography, and the symbiosis of femininity and vulnerability.

In the performance of Songbird, you confront the audience through song, vocal chords, lyrics, costumes, and contemporary dance. How will the choreography of the vocal chords spread in space? What do the different pitches, frequencies, and modes of expression evoke in the audience? How do musical performance and physicality meet?

◆アーティストメッセージ

The full-length performance of this work will premiere at the Intonal festival in Malmö, Sweden in April 2025, and tryouts at DaBY will explore choreography, drag, and sound design created with Eliel Tammiharju.

Please come and see the performance that was created after our second residency. We look forward to seeing you all!

We would like to thank Dance Base Yokohama, The Finnish Cultural Foundation, The Finnish Institute in Japan, TelepART, Circus & Dance Finland and Zodiak – Centre for New Dance/LOISTO.

From “I’m not entirely here (cybersad)” (2020)
©Saara Taussi

◆参加アーティスト

Concept/Choreography/Performance: Tiia Kasurinen

Sound design: Eliel Tammiharju, Tiia Kasurinen

Costume design: Frederik Taus

Dramaturgy/Direction: Maria Tórgarð

Lighting Design: Sofia Linde

Music: Keliel

◆日時

Sunday, November 3, 2024

Doors open 13:55

Concert begins 14:00

◆料金

Standard / 2,500 yen (tax included)

Option / 1,500~5,000 yen (tax included)

*A new trial, DaBY has introduced a Pay What You Can system (voluntary fee system). For more details, please click here.

◆申込方法

Please register through DaBY’s Peatix page.

https://tiiakasurinen-songbird.peatix.com

*DaBY members registration is required to purchase tickets. Please register here in advance.

◆会場

Dance Base Yokohama (https://dancebase.yokohama/main2/access)

3F KITANAKA BRICK&WHITE BRICK North, 5-57-2 Kitanaka-dori, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Directly connected to “Yokohama Kitanaka Knot”, Exit 2a, Bashamichi Station, Minatomirai Line

◆お問合せ

Please use the following email address or this form to contact us.
contact [at]dancebase.yokohama
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◆アーティストプロフィール

Tiia Kasurinen

She is an artist and choreographer based in Helsinki and graduated from Stockholm University of the Arts in 2017. She is interested in themes of identity, gender, the way we see things, and pop culture, which she explores through visual transformation, music, and movement. In her work, YouTube tutorials and physical expression go hand in hand to create a clear aesthetic.

◆クレジット

Organized by: Dance Base Yokohama

Co-produced by Dance Base Yokohama and Tiia Kasurinen

In cooperation with: The Finnish Cultural Foundation, TelepART, The Finnish Institute in Japan, Circus & Dance Finland