[:fi]All the performances are made for touring and they are available in english and swedish. Every performance has the optional workshop possibility concerning the subject matter. Workshops gives the possibility of a more indepth experience of the performance and also gives an insight to the interdisciplinary methods of Mamia Company.
Photo Olli Berg. Couple of relations, Kanneltalo.[:en]THE DARK TRIAD – three stars of new generation
Dystopia of the human mind? Aristotelic cardinal virtues; prudence, justice, temperance and courage have been forgotten in this parallel reality. Society recognizes a new belief system called The Dark Triad. It consists of three principles; Narcissism, Machiavellianism and Psychopathy.
Choreography, director: Nina Mamia
Sound designers: Tommy Lauhiala, Toni Sorsa &Pekka Kuismanen da Silva
Lighting design: Ville Virtanen
Videos: Ville Virtanen & Jenni Kokkomäki
Graphic designer: Jarmo Wideman
Performers: Sami Henrik Haapala, Kaisa Launis, Kasperi Nordman,Laura Humppila, Vilma Malinen, Riina Salmi, Iida Tuliainen, Aamos & Unna Vikberg
”I truly enjoyed the fabulous Dark Triad performance by the Mamia Company. The choreography presented an accurate, funny, and sarcastic view of the adverse personality traits of Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy. The characters were realistic, and it was obvious that the performance was based on solid research into the psychology of these personalities. The performance is suitable for anybody who is interested in the darker side of human nature”.
Dr Minna Lyons, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Liverpool
DORIAN solo
Dorian is choreographer Nina Mamia`s solo about narcissism. It is sequence of movement in dance and vivid corporal expression. We become the eye-wittnesses into the birth, life and death of a true narcissist. The sequences flow seamless like the predictable thought patterns of someone with unpredictable feelings. Each sequence has a motive but as our motives reveal themselves, we conceil them with endless stories only to distract everyone away from our narcissist self. Unpredictability, knowingly, is brought to conflict with improvisation, obsessive fantasy, domimation, love and violation.
Written by Kasperi Nordman
Choreography: Nina Mamia
Performer/dancer: Elisabeth Schilling
Sound design: Pekka Kuismanen da Silva & Kasperi Nordman
Lighting design: Ville Virtanen
Costumes: Wolf Enkelinen
SMILE monologue
Inspired by Smile at The End of The Ladder by Henry Miller, Smile, is a monologue of independent ‘I’s exposed through the mind of common man and artist. In a projection of dualistic parallels spoken out loud, we assume one to be dominant over the other while the other the original. Are they born of each other or have they been born independently? The non-dual becomes a resolution to ontology that relates to humor, namely, a smile. When faced with conflict we look for means to gaining resolution. And at times we find a spot,even if infinitely small, a speck of hope. This is when we smile.
Written by Kasperi Nordman
Director: Nina Mamia
Sound design: Pekka Kuisamanen da Silva
Lighting design: Ville Virtanen
KITTIE SMALLS shadows of danger
Adventure story about summer cat Kittie Smalls. The Smalls family has packed their belongings and it`s time to travel back to the city. In the fuss and rush they forget Kittie Smalls at the summer cottage. The adventure begins. Kittie Smalls is a interactive dance theater performance suitable for kindergartens and adults who are child at heart.
Written by Kasperi Nordman & Nina Mamia
Kittie Smalls:Nina Mamia
Rat Plummings: Kasperi Nordman
Music: Pekka Kuismanen da Silva
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