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TOMI PAASONENChoreographer, director and multimedia artist, based in Berlin and born in Helsinki, Finland. He shares his time making pieces for KUNST-STOFF, a multimedia dance- and art production company he co-founded in San Francisco in 1998 and directing stage art, creating choreographic structures, making video installations, interactive works, photography and teaching dance in Europe where he operates under the name PAA (Public Artistic Affairs).What makes Tomi Paasonen a rare hybrid in the dance world is his in-depth involvement and knowledge in both classical and contemporary realms of dance techniques, bridging avant-guard experimentalism, staged documentary, device methods, individual expression and conceptual thinking with technical awareness. For years he has developed his interactive visual art concepts and choreographic improvisation methods that can be used universally by dancers from different kinds of backgrounds. Read detailed biography Ausführlicher Lebenslauf Photo Portraits |
CURRENT PROJECTS"HYBRID DISLOCATION"New production funded by HAUPTSTADTKULTURFONDS-Berlin at Arthouse Tacheles, Goldener Saal, Oranienburgerstr.54-56a, 10117 Berlin Watch pictures from the premiere Premiere: 18th of September 2008at 20:30. Further performances: 19th, 20th, 21st and 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th September at 20:30. Watch press pics A project in three parts, consisting of a performance, an interactive video installation and a dance film. When we mix all the colours together, we either get motley or beige. When we cross a horse with a donkey, we create a mule. Through the method of cross-pollination, we want to create hybrid concoctions out of different cultures, geological and genetic biographies, urban and natural landscapes. What happens when one mixes folklore with contemporary dance methods? What "misfits" and "intelligent designs" ensue if african dance is cross pollinated with mazurka or polonaise, or tango with voodoo, calypso and Caribbean dance traditions? What are the effects on cultural identities on a globalized world population, which is increasingly on the move and influenced by one another? Four dancers from different parts of the world: Challenge Gumbodete - Harare (Zimbabwe) Justin Kennedy - St. Croix (Virgin Islands) Simo Kellokumpu from Kemijärvi (Lappland) and Marcin Baczyk - Siedlce (Poland) They all were sent to their native cities with a camera to film people, traffic, landscapes and movement patterns in public spaces, in order to prepare for the process for a stage production. Their specific cultural backgrounds are then deconstructed and cross-pollinated into siamese hybrid expressions, interlaced by movement language from public spaces. The native video materials will be mixed with footage created in Berlin during the rehearsal process, in order to produce a dance film, which is presented during the performances as an interactive video installation after each performance at Tacheles Goldener Saal. Direction/Konzept/Choreography: Tomi Paasonen Stage Set/Video Installation: Matthew De Gumbia Live Audio: Mike Koloska /inc3.net Costumes: Sasa Sadak-Kovacevic Lighting Design: Milos Vujkovic Video: Felipe Frozza |
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