Tempo - Kalle Nio & Fernando Melo(8+)
27th Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival
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The stage production Tempo explores time, the sensation of time, and its acceleration, deceleration, and cessation. At its core lies a seemingly insignificant event that takes on vast dimensions, revealing the fragility of life. Tempo marks the first collaboration between magician and visual artist Kalle Nio and choreographer Fernando Melo. It is based on a text by Harry Salmenniemi, as well as wordless scenes built around dance and stage illusions, where time slows down, reverses, and comes to a standstill. Tempo prompts the audience to question how the experience of time is formed and in what ways time can be understood. At the same time, it awakens viewers to their own temporality. The music for the production is composed by Samuli Kosminen. This is the second collaboration between Nio, Salmenniemi, and Kosminen. Their previous stage production, Nopeussokeus, premiered at Kiasma Theatre in 2010 and was subsequently performed in twelve theatres across seven countries and in five languages. Nio and Salmenniemi have also collaborated on the film installation Yö, presented at Mänttä Art Festival in 2022. Sweden-based Brazilian choreographer Fernando Melo, who works internationally, creates gravity- and time-defying choreography for three outstanding dancers. Slovenian dancer and puppeteer Barbara Kanc, Italian dancer Luigi Sardone, and Swedish dancer-acrobat Winston Reynolds move through a landscape between dance, theatre, and acrobatics. The movements of both the performers and the set approach the limits of the impossible—and go beyond. Tempo is an international co-production. In Finland, it is produced by WHS in collaboration with Helsinki Festival. In Slovenia, the production partner is LGL, the National Puppet Theatre. The project is supported by the Alfred Kordelin Foundation.
Kalle Nio (1982) is a Finnish stage director, visual artist, and magician renowned for blending visual theatre, experimental film, contemporary circus, and new magic. His group, WHS, has performed in more than 200 theatres across over 40 countries, earning international acclaim. A Master of Fine Arts graduate of the University of the Arts Helsinki, Nio has collaborated with prestigious institutions such as Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Helsinki Festival, and Théâtre de la Cité internationale in Paris.
Brazilian-born Fernando Melo has built a distinguished career in Europe, creating choreography for leading dance companies such as Göteborgs Operans Danskompani, Skånes Dansteater, and Ballet Hispánico New York. His works often incorporate magic and stage illusion, enriching productions in both dance and opera, including collaborations with La Monnaie in Brussels and the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen. Known for his innovative and interdisciplinary approach, Melo continues to shape the global dance and opera scenes.
Concept: Nio, Melo & Salmenniemi
Direction: Kalle Nio
Choreography: Fernando Melo
Text: Harry Salmenniemi
Performers: Barbara Kanc, Winston Reynolds, Luigi Sardone, Iiro Näkki
Music & Sound design: Samuli Kosminen
Costume design: Georgina Spencer
Lighting design: Johannes Hallikas
Stage manager / Rigger: Hedda Liukkala
Head of lighting: June Horton-White
Tour technician: Emilie Largier
Tour booking & Management: Yellow Everything
Photography & Trailer: Kalle Nio
Production: WHS / Kalle Nio
Co-production: Helsinki Festival, Lutkovno Gledališče Ljubljana, Slovenia
Supported by: Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Saastamoinen Foundation
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Duration: 60'
* 27th Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival.
Organised by: Deputy Ministry of Culture (Department of Contemporary Culture) and Rialto Theatre.
Tickets: €10
Free entrance to students, soldiers, pensioners, holders of the Disability Card and dance professionals.
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