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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).Tomi Paasonen bridges experimentalism and classicism, staged documentary and conceptual thinking, device methods and technical awareness. He has made visual concepts for productions, directed opera and creates his pieces with dancers, singers, actors and laymen. A particular passion towards the minority aspect has led him to work with people with disabilities, prisoners and sexual minorities. Read detailed biography Ausführlicher Lebenslauf Photo Portraits |
CURRENT AND FUTURE PROJECTSDrei Kleine Stücke - und ein viertes these four short solos for myself were proposed by the finnish video artist elina brotherus. each solo focuses on one of my tattoos. the video will be shot in helsinki in may and result in a gallery video piece. (theLID -Eine Produktion von Ayman Harper mit Live-Musik von Matmos und Bühnenbild/Kostüme von Tomi Paasonen -A production by Ayman Harper with live music by Matmos and stage design and costumes by Tomi Paasonen 13.-17.6. in Hellerau / Dresden Choreography & dance - Ayman Harper Dance - Jermaine Spivey Live music - Matmos (Drew Daniel & MC Schmidt) Stage/costumes - Tomi Paasonen Sound engineer - Sebastian Rietz Lighting design - Tanja Rühl Production management - Albrecht Ziepert "(theLID" ("(Deckel") is a hybrid in which movement and sound composition condition trigger each other. The idea came from the Berlin-based choreographer and dancer Ayman Harper with the addition by Jermaine Spivey, dancer of Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM, the multi-artist Tomi Paasonen and the cult electronic duo Matmos from California - Drew Daniel and MC Schmidt. The two are known for their experiments with everyday objects, out of which they generate surprising, emotionally charged soundscapes. With materials, props and costumes provided by Tomi Paasonen, the two dancers generate delicious acoustic textures that Matmos composes into sound structures and rhythms, which in turn the performers respond to. (theLID is not a final product. It is the beginning of a rapprochement towards a new concept of motion, which is focused on the creation of sound compositions through the body. This is the first part of a study that Ayman Harper will focus on within the next years. Fascinating, the way (theLID explores the possibilities of synesthesia and producible sensations! A production by Ayman Harper in Co-production with The Forsythe Company and Künsterhaus Mousonturm. With kind support of Hebbel am Ufer and Diverse Works, an Artist in Residence-Programm of Tanzlabor_21 / A project by Tanzplan Deutschland and the Nationale Performance Netz (NPN). The co-production funding of NPN in enabled by Kulturstiftung des Bundes. kunst-stoff those golden years Parade (working titel) Tomi Paasonen will be over-seeing, coordinating and conceptualizing this site-specific dance performance referencing the Ballet "Parade" by the Ballet Russe, within the framework of Tanzpartner (PLATANUS SCHOOL/DOCK11). Together with the dance pedagogues of Dock11 and the children of the Plantanus school, a street parade, movement choirs, flash mobs and individual performances in the shopping windows of the local shops will be organized. New Production Rambazamba (No title yet) An evening in two parts with a dance piece by Tomi Paasonen and a text based piece by Gisela Höhne with theme of cyckles, recurring evolutions and spirals. Premiere: 25.10.2012, 19:00 Theatre Rambazamba, Kulturbrauerei, House 7, Berlin |
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