A wandering man in a landscape - in the passage of time men have left their marks on the landscape, as in the passage of time millions and millions of marks have vanished and become a part of the landscape.
In Sahara Aaltokoski combines video film and dance. The video material is filmed in the Tunisian desert. The work studies the interaction between man and nature - how man shapes a landscape and what kind of marks he leaves on it. The work, through its video projections, creates a multi-dimensional world. Sahara comes alive in the dancers' bodies, in their movement and their relation to one another.
Dance film - dur. 26min / DigiBeta
Choreography: Alpo Aaltokoski
Cinematography: Kimmo Koskela
Camera: Kimmo Koskela, Santtu Miikkulainen
Editing: Jarmo Honkala
Lighting and set design: Tarja Ervasti
Video set photographer: J-P Passi
Video set editing: Tapani Launonen, J-P Passi
Music and sound design: Mikko Hynninen
Costume design: Marja Uusitalo
Make up design: Tuija Luukkainen
Production manager: Klaus Heydemann
Director, producer: Kimmo Koskela
Production: Koskela Art & Media House / Kimmo Koskela
Co-production with Finnish National TV YLE, TEEMA
Production year 2004
Original stage performance data:
Choreography and direction: Alpo Aaltokoski
Dancers: Melissa Monteros, Raisa Punkki, Katri Soini, Pirjo Yli-Maunula, Reijo Kela, Mojciech Mochniej
Video directing: Tapani Launonen
Video photographer: J-P Passi
Video editing: Tapani Launonen, J-P Passi
Lighting and set design: Tarja Ervasti
Music and sound design: Mikko Hynninen
Costume design: Marja Uusitalo
Original stage performance premiere: April 25, 2002 in JoJo - Oulu Dance Center, Finland
SAHARA short trailer
