Carmela Wager
Dancing Moomin Valley: The Invisible Girl
Author: Carmela Wager
Theatre company/company produced for: Dancetheatre MD
Month & year of original production: March 2010 - February 2013
Description of items intended for exhibition:
Video clip
Costume
Project description:
The beloved characters, the Moomins, drawn by the Finnish internationally known artist and author Tove Jansson are made to dance against all odds in this story about The Invisible Girl. The small Dancetheatre MD invited children throughout the process to see and experience modern dance and get to know its secrets. They also got the chance to try dancing themselves.
Artform:
Costume Design
Designers:
Set designer: Carmela Wager, visual co-designer
Costume designer: Carmela Wager
Lighting designer: Sari Mayer
Sound designer: Heikki Mäenpää
Director/choreographer: Samuli Roininen
Other creative collaborators: Sanna Malkavaara, videodesigner
Image gallery
The Invisible Girl, who regained visibility and Moomin, who helped her.
photo: Carmela Wager
Portrait of "Kampsu"
Kampsu visits her friend the Fillyjonk and gets into a storm...
Photo: Ari Ijäs
Ti-Ti-OO
A nameless creature gets his name from Snuffkin: Ti-ti-oo, because he sounds like that...
Photo: Ari Ijäs
Portrait of Kampsu
Kampsu visits her friend the Fillyjonk for a nice cup of tea and gets into a storm.
Photo: Ari Ijäs
Portrait of the Fillyjonk
The Fillyjonk loves catastrophes.
Photo: Ari Ijäs
Other media
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBNWDk-_Soo
Dancing Moominvalley 2010 Short moments (2,57).
The production was invited to the Shanghai Expo 2010 and received there
The Expo 2010 Cultural Award.
Photo: Ari Ijäs