Directed by visual artist and magician Kalle Nio, with choreography by Fernando Melo and music by Samuli Kosminen, it blends the spoken word, movement, and fascinating stage illusions. In this world, time flows backward, gravity vanishes, and the laws of nature no longer apply. Dreamlike images alternate with rhythmic compositions for metronomes, accompanied by Harry Salmenniemi’s compelling text on the peculiar elasticity of time. Through magic and movement, Tempo invites the audience to pause, reflect, and truly experience the present moment.
English with Czech translation
About the theatre:
Director Kalle Nio is a Finnish visual artist, magician, and visual theatre creator whose work blends stage magic, experimental film, and contemporary circus. With his ensemble WHS, he has presented projects in more than forty countries and is a prominent figure in contemporary visual theatre. His production Departure met with great acclaim at the 2015 Skupa's Pilsen festival. For the piece Tempo, Brazilian choreographer Fernando Melo—whose work has gained worldwide recognition—created choreography for a trio of exceptional performers that defies the laws of time and gravity. Slovenian dancer and puppeteer Barbara Kanc, Italian dancer Luigi Sardone, and Swedish dancer and acrobat Winston Reynolds move through a landscape on the border of dance, theatre, and acrobatics. The performers' movements and the transformations of the stage touch upon the limits of the impossible—and boldly cross them.
