Lieze Roels writes about material agency in performing arts in the Belgian Etcetera magazine, using Sonja Jokiniemi’s Blab as one of her case examples. Read the article here (in Dutch).
Article: The unruly power of the thing
Photo: Simo Karisalo
Article: What is Queer About Queer Performance Now?
“Queering has become an indispensable strategy in a complex world in which norms and powers form more intricate structures than ever before.”
In the article published in Belgian Etcetera magazine, Elke Huybrechts regards what happened on theater stages in 2017 through a queer theoretical lens, discussing Eisa Jocson’s Princess, Ligia Lewis’ Minor matter and Sonja Jokiniemi’s Blab.
Performance: Blab in Tanzquartier Wien, February 2019
“Blab is unpredictable – at one moment, sweet and soft, and in the next, hard and aggressive. Blab is a best of compilation of Freud.”
Come and join us for the Austrian premiere of Blab in Tanzquartier Vienna on 1 and 2 February 2019!
Premiere: Creeping Thistle in Kuopio and Kajaani
Photo: Anu Rantonen
Sonja Jokiniemi’s new choreography Creeping Thistle is a performance project initiated by two Finnish dance artists, Inka-Leea Hakkarainen and Ville Nylén. The work is a dystopian picnic where painting, bodies and materials immerse into each other. Liquid and slime blur forms and identities and smudge binaries.
Creeping Thistle premieres in Sotku Theatre, Kuopio (FI) on 7 and 8 December 2018 and continues to Generaattori, Kajaani (FI) on 18 and 19 January 2019.
The performance is co-produced by Regional Dance Centre of Eastern Finland and Routa Company.
Interview: Saari Alumni Stories
Image: Timo Wright
Sonja Jokiniemi worked at the Saari Residence in winter 2014. During the residency, she worked on her projects Hmm and Ilman aakkosia (Without an Alphabet).
Saari Alumni Stories interviewed Sonja for their website - read the full story (in English) here.
Work-in-progress: Creeping Thistle showing during Runoviikko poetry festival in Kajaani
Drawing: Sonja Jokiniemi
Creeping Thistle is a new performance project choreographed and visualized by Sonja Jokiniemi. The work is initiated by two dance artists, Inka-Leea Hakkarainen and Ville Nylén. The work is a dystopian picnic where painting, bodies and materials immerse into each other. Liquid and slime blur forms and identities and smudge binaries.
A work-in-progress showing of the work is organised during Runoviikko poetry festival in Kajaani, Finland on 6.7.2018 at 15. The event takes place in Generaattori space. Free entry, welcome!
Creeping Thistle premieres in December 2018 in the Regional Dance Centre of Eastern Finland in Kuopio.
Interview: Sonja Jokiniemi on Blab in Scenkonstguiden
Photo: Simo Karisalo
Swedish online journal Scenkonstguiden spoke with Sonja Jokiniemi about the upcoming performance of Blab and Gothenburg Dance and Theatre Festival. Read the full story here (in Swedish).