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Nopeussokeus [Speed blindness] Kalle Hakkarainen / WHS

Nopeussokeus is new magic. It is a groundbreaking solo performance depicting the long seconds when a body and a machine collide. Nopeussokeus seeks interfaces between cinema and stage magic by creating on a theater stage scenes, that we are accustomed to seeing only in still pictures or in a film in slow motion. Kalle Hakkarainen’s solo creates a hypnotic tension with its mixture of magic and visual arts.

Duration: 35 minutes
Premiere 2010

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Odotustila [Waiting Room / A State Of Waiting] Kalle Hakkarainen & Ville Walo / WHS

Juggler Ville Walo and magician Kalle Hakkarainen combine in their modern circus piece the old circus disciplines of juggling and magic, in very inventive forms, to video projection. The title Odotustila in Finnish stands for a waiting room or a state of waiting or expecting.

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Keskusteluja [Discussions] Kalle Hakkarainen & Ville Walo / WHS

Contemporary circus meets the images of an old Soviet silent film.
Music composed by Kimmo Pohjonen / Samuli Kosminen Kluster.

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Puun syy [Tree's fault, Wood Fibre] Kalle Hakkarainen & Ville Walo / WHS

Puun syy is visual theatre and contemporary circus on the metamorphosis of objects. The performance investigates the relationship between humans and paper as an ingredient of culture, a natural resource and an everyday utensil that has become so commonplace that it’s almost invisible. In the theatre a light smell of walnut wood lingers in the air. Trees transform into soft paper, so that we have something to wipe our noses on..

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Katoamispiste [Vanishing Point] Kalle Hakkarainen & Ville Walo / WHS

Katoamispiste is northern new circus at its best. It combines the lively image of video projections to the visual movement of juggling and magic. From the union of projected film material and live performers an entity is born that is visually impressive and rich in atmosphere. Katoamispiste brings to the stage hypnotic moments, dance-like movement and surrealistic comedy.

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Corporate events
Shows also available for galas and corporate events.
Please ask further datails from kalle@taikuri.org