HÄTÄTILA

Promo photos for Hätätila, a performance about the ruins of war and the passion of heart by Bakr Hasan, Alpo Aaltokoski Company and the team.

“Hätätila” – ‘state of emergency’ – is a show about four women who experienced war in their country of origin. Now they are living in a northern country far away from the chaos. But even though their corporal bodies are now safe, their souls are still reliving the horrors of war. Their traumas haunt them like a silent virus, tormenting their imagination and repeating scenes of destruction and death right before their minds’ eyes.

TEAM

Bakr Hasan is an Iraq-born actor and theatre producer that became well-known in Finland with his work Bagdadin Julia (‘Julia of Baghdad’, 2022). Ethno Contemporary Ballet is a dance group, originally from Ukraine, featuring dancer and choreographer Nina Bulgakova and dancers Anastasiia Mostova and Kateryna Zhuravlova. The group is known for their expressive and evocative works and their international cooperation projects. Angela Aldebs is a Syria-born dancer and choreographer that has worked in several different productions with the Finnish National Theatre, for example. Kati Outinen is an iconic Finnish actress to whom the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck dedicated its Homage in 2024.

Direction, screenplay: Bakr Hasan
Choreography: Alpo Aaltokoski
Performers: Angela Aldebs, Nina Bulgakova, Bakr Hasan, Anastasiia Mostova, Kati Outinen (on video), Kateryna Zhuravlova
Staging: Markus Tsokkinen
Lighting design, videos: Kosti Kinnunen
Costume design: Anna Sinkkonen
Photos: Kai Kuusisto
Production: Helmi Saksala, Nomadi-tuotanto

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