Choreographing Humor?
Schedule
Fri, 04 Apr, 2025 at 05:30 pm to Sun, 06 Apr, 2025 at 05:00 pm
UTC+03:00Location
Kaasutehtaankatu 1 / 33, 00540 Helsinki, Finland | Helsinki, ES
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Choreographing Humor? is a three-day performance course that is based on the artistic practices and methods of Mean Time Between Failures duo. Together we will work with the topic of humor in performance as a mysterious, exciting and thought-provoking puzzle.During the three days we will go through a variety of body-based practices that aim to approach questions such as: How humor is generated in a performance situation? What does humor do to the body of a performer and of an audience member? What are the political and transformative dimensions of humor? Why does failure in performance often lead to the most exciting discoveries about humor? And most importantly, can humor be choreographed?
The course is suitable for anyone who is interested in performance or physical comedy and wants to bring laughter and humor to the front of their practice and interests.
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) is a Helsinki-based experimental dance and performance art collective. It was founded in the year 2019 by artists Dash Che and Suvi Tuominen. MTBF works at the intersection of dance, performance art and conceptual art. Their works bring together humor, provocation, absurdity and physicality. They have worked with several performing arts institutions and festivals both in Finland and abroad. We have created performances for different dance and performance art institutions such as Zodiak – Center for New Dance, Tanzhaus Zürich residency, STUK Leuven residency, Contemporary Art Space Kutomo, Santo Tirso museum of Contemporary Sculpture, and festivals such as New Performance Turku biennale, Riga Performance Art festival, MIR – performance festival Athens and Pas Si Fragile – performance festival Brussels.
Date: 4.4.–6.4.2025 (three gatherings)
Time: Fri (4.4.) from 5.30 PM to 8.30 PM
Sat (5.4.) from 1:30 PM to 5 PM
Sun (6.4.) from 1:30 PM to 5 PM
Location: Suvilahti, Kaasutehtaankatu 1/33, Puhdistamo, Eskus, STUDIO 2
Price: 100,00€
Language: English (main) & Finnish
There are free spots and 50% discount spots available for the course. We do not need reasons for applying for these spots. Express your interest via e-mail to [email protected] and let us know, which type of spot you’re applying for or if you’d like to apply for both. We will draw the spots latest ten days before the groups start.
More information on https://todellisuus.fi/huumorin-koreografiointi-kevat2025/
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Where is it happening?
Kaasutehtaankatu 1 / 33, 00540 Helsinki, Finland, Kaasutehtaankatu 1, FI-00540 Helsinki, Suomi,Helsinki, FinlandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
