Fluids

How to surrender oneself to be moved by someone else?
How to be moved by a thing rather than your own will?

One part strange spectacle on ice, one part slimy orgy. In Fluids, bodies are vulnerable, limited, and dissolve into each other. In Fluids WAUHAUS creates an impossibly slippery stage for the bodies of the performers. The performance is enabled by J-Lube, a lubricant that creates a movement language continuosly fluxuating between clumsiness and gracefulness. Fluids invites the audience to encounter empathy, intimacy, and failure.

Fluids is a first time collaboration between the Finnish arts collective WAUHAUS, and Estonian dance production house Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava (STL).

Upcoming shows:
September 27th at Theaterszene europa, Studiobühneköln

AUTHORS-DIRECTORS: Juni Klein, Jarkko Partanen
PERFORMERS: Joanna Kalm, Salla Loper, Karolin Poska, Sigrid Savi, Joonas Tagel, Keithy Kuuspu, Karoline Suhhov
SOUND DESIGNER: Heidi Soidinsalo
SCENOGRAPHER AND LIGHT DESIGNER: Samuli Laine
COSTUME DESIGNER: Laura Haapakangas
SEAMSTRESS: Eeva Varmola ja Suvi Matinaro
PRODUCTION: STL, WAUHAUS
SUPPORTED BY: Arts Promotion Center Finland, Estonian Cultural Endowment
PREMIERE: 3.5.2018

Performances

2024
17/12 & 19/12 Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava, Tallinn, Estonia
04–05/10 Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER, Ghent, Belgium
2023
19–20/12 Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava, Tallinn, Estonia
27/9 Studiobühne Köln, Germany
19–22/7 Festival Paris l'été, France
25/4 & 27/4 Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava, Tallinn, Estonia
2022
8/10 Telakka Open Border Festival, Tampere, Finland
1/10 Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava, Tallinn, Estonia
28/9 Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava, Tallinn, Estonia
1 & 2 /7 Ice Hot Nordic Dance Platform, Helsinki, Finland
2020
9/2 Quarter Block Party, Cork, Ireland
2019
29/11 XS – Festival for New Dance and Performance, Turku, Finland
11/5 New Baltic Dance, Vilnius, Lithuania
4/5 Narva Vaba Lava, Estonia
2018
21–22/9 Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava, Tallinn, Estonia
26–27/9 ZIL, Moscow
3/10 Gertrūdes ielas teātris, Riga
29–30/11 Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava, Tallinn, Estonia

Trailer

"FLUIDS is not only an exploration of form but also and especially a sociological declaration, because every model of society and every political conviction is founded on some concept of the human, and FLUIDS embodies, incarnates, a concept of the human that emphasizes weakness, the need for cooperation, and the slipperiness and contingency of the boundaries between individuals. And the piece doesn’t just emphasize weakness, it celebrates it."

- Teemu Mäki, Finnish Dance in Focus

”Liukastelu mahdollistaa vähäeleisden ja elegantinkin liikkeen, mutta liukkaan lattian arvaamattomuus ja maiskahtelevat kehot tuottavat tanssiin jatkuvasti myös karnevalisten tason. Kiinnostavimpia osia ovat tanssijoiden kontaktit, joissa inhimmilliseen kohtaamiseen ja kosketukseen yhdistyy välillä vierauttavakin, outo liukkaus.”

- Sini Herranen, Turun Sanomat