26 pages, 121 frames and 239 movements. Great emotions, treachery, conflict – and a wonderful scenery!

Anne Hiekkaranta's contemporary dance piece Conus Marmoreus!!! is a kinetic journey through the cartoon classic Magica de Spell's Enchanted Sea Snails. What results of a collision of contemporary dance and comic book imagery?

The original comic is a suspense story that centres on the rare conus marmoreus, ‘marbled cones’, and the spirit of the marbled but predatory sea snails is never far in Hiekkaranta's performance! Squeak! Poofff...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U_gWnNXuq0

Premiere
CONUS MARMOREUS!!!

Choreography, dance Anne Hiekkaranta
Lighting design Juho Rahijärvi
Sound design Tuomas Fränti
Photos Timo Wright
Production Zodiak – Center for New Dance, Anne Hiekkaranta

Post-performance discussion 10.9.

Tickets 22/14 €

Double-bill evening with
Joona Halonen Nolla Nolla
Duration of the evening 1 h 45 min.

ZODIAK STAGE