Ryppäitä! - La Grappe

A female ensemble folds itself like an improvisational game. Every performer knows the rules, plays for their own as well as collectively.

This piece is created in 2017-2019 in Finland and France, and aimed for museums and other gallery spaces for an immersive experience of 2 hours. Public can come and go as they wish, stay, change place and answer to the appel of dance during this time, as a part of a larger exhibition. 

Now for the autumn season 2023 in the new Barker theatre the piece is re-premiered in a scenical space.

Concept and choreography: Riikka Kosola

Costumes: Amita Kilumanga

Dancers: Annastiina Love, Emmi Pennanen, Erika Malkki, Hanna Mäkinen, Henna-Maria Hanhineva, Riikka Kosola ja Ilona Poncelet Kosola, Satu Hakamäki, Veera Alaverronen (+ Sandrina Lindgren, Sofia Koittola, Karoliina Lummikko)

Music: Liana Potila, Ville Venho, Riikka Kosola

Production: Kustavi Korps, Riikka Kosola, Markus Kaustell

Support: Center of Dance of Western Finland, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, AB Dance Company, BARKER Theatre, LIEUES-studio Lyon, Vignes Juliénas, Turku Art Museum

Thanks to: Loup-Forest family, Delbost-Henry family, Kosola family

Still photos by Frans Rinne