Karoliina Loimaala

Time → Xx.Xx.2025 at Xx–Yy am/pm

Location → Osoite/paikka, Oulu

Site-specific dance performance CHARGE researches ways of charging and embodies a human battery. The dance piece gets its inspiration from superheroes, electro-acoustic and techno music (specifically the techno hit Pump up the Jam by Technotronic), exhaustion of body and mind, euphoria of dance, Formula 1 and acceleration, video games and trancelike repetition – from energy that (re)creates energy. The work scrutinises the unsustainable western energy production at large and searches for playful ways to be its own bionic light and fleshy battery.

CHARGE has premiered at a location of Parrulaituri in the urban Kalasatama area situated at a meeting point of the energy producer Helen, rough urban city planning and the sea.

The artists form an international working group, coming together from various countries and local fields to charge together in movement.

The piece has been performed in various other locations in 2025 and it has premiered in 2024.

In Oulu Charge will be performed by four dancers as another version of the piece originally made for six dancers.

Muddiverse:
Choreography, costumes, production: Karoliina Loimala
Dance & Co-choreography: Jean-Baptiste Adadji, Krista-Julia Arppo, Maurice Bessanh, Anika Edström Kawaji, Anni Kaila, Louis Nam Le Van Ho, Karoliina Loimaala, Maya Oliva
Sound design & Music: Iida Hägglund
Process dialogue and assistance in costumes: Maya Oliva
Picture: Karoliina Loimaala & Krista-Julia Arppo
Duration: 35 min.

Supported by: the Finnish Cultural Foundation, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, The Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux – TelepART, UrbanApa, Friskis&Svettis Helsinki, Myrskyryhmä, Kotkan Meripäivät, Espoo Cultural Centre, Cultural Centre Stoa.