About

Baritone Waltteri Torikka and choreographer Jorma Uotinen have created a dramatic stage work combining sound, light, and movement around the music of J.S. Bach. The piece is a tribute to Jorma Uotinen and his life’s work as a choreographer and dance artist, while also celebrating his 75th anniversary year.

The theme of the work revolves around the journey of human life: where we come from, who we are, and how our earthly path ends. The piece particularly explores death and letting go, raising essential questions: What does it feel like when death approaches, and how do we respond to it? Death has become something we rarely encounter or reflect upon in our daily lives. One of the work’s aims is to return death to its place as a human experience within life, emphasizing its significance and inevitability as part of our humanity.

Credits

Director Choreographer Jorma Uotinen

Concept and Baritone soloist Waltteri Torikka

Choreographers assistant Riku Lehtopolku

Dancers Sofia Ruija, Nina Hyvärinen, Antti Keinänen ja

Kasperi Kolehmainen

Light and Set Design Veli-Ville Sivén

Music conducting Matias Häkkinen

Costumes Tinja Salmi

Make up Tuija Luukkainen

Ensemble Nylandia

Matias Häkkinen, cembalo

Sanni Antikainen, organ

Jarmo Julkunen, lute