ILONA
2023
The solo work is divided into two. The first part is a visual research including 14 Instagram length videos. Following the character development and made by using the dance-a-day method the research material can be found on Instagram @ilonawho. In the live part the audience witnesses ILONA outside the cyber reality. Who is it and how does it act in the real world of humans?
The live performance uses the movement material from the visual research and acts as an extension of it. The audience is invited to explore the differences of witnessing dance in a social media platform versus in the present moment.
Premiered as the artistic thesis at the Theatre Academy in 2023.
Choreography & performance Iiris Puustinen
Artistic supervising Tiia Kasurinen & Sanna Myllylahti
Production Theatre Academy