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  JUKKA HUITILA

VAR ÄR SMÖRGÅSEN? Premier in the Kungliga Operan in Stockholm 21.4.2023

4/20/2023

 
​Where's the sandwich? is a reality-based story about how it's okay to be just the way you are, signed by one of the Sweden´s most loved children's book author, Pija Lindenbaum, and the composer Niklas Brommare. 

Meeting Pija and Niklas and working with them has been a great experience. Making an opera for a child audience is ambitious and when I read the first graders' feedback I am impressed and at the same time convinced of the importance of cultural education. ​This is Carl's first opera direction, although it doesn't show in any way from his work. The performers dance and sing opera comfortably, i.e. out of breath and listening to the orchestra. It is not a given. Carl knows how to create an atmosphere in the work group where everyone dares to throw themselves. For us, this is the 17th collaboration and let the work continue.

Var är smörgåsen is performed in Swedish and is intended for children aged 5 and up and their adults.

​MUSIK: Niklas Brommare

TEXT: Pija Lindenbaum
REGI & KOREOGRAFI: Carl Knif
SCENOGRAFI & KOSTYM: Pija Lindenbaum
LJUS: Jukka Huitila

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Foto: Kungliga Operan/Sören Vilks
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Foto: Kungliga Operan/Sören Vilks

Light art nest for the Phoenix

3/12/2023

 
A truly magical feel at the concert in Särestöniemi´s studio. I wanted Reida´s colour pigments and painting tools for the background of the concert to create a dialogue between lights, music, paintings and projections.  
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Harri Kuusijärvi concert 10.3.2023

3/8/2023

 
Concert lighting for accordion is my second design of many upcoming collaborations with Hiljaisuus.
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Photo: Juho Aittokallio
Harri Kuusijärvi's Phoenix concert features a series of songs composed for an electronically extended accordion. The parts of the series are named after their places of birth: Vitsaniemi, Jokkmokk, Helsinki, Gothenburg, Kalix, Rovaniemi. 

Here are projection sketches for Vitsaniemi, Jokkmokk, Helsinki, Gothenburg, Kalix, Rovaniemi.
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Barabbas premiere 26.1.2023

2/2/2023

 
Ooppera Skaala, Raekallio corp. & CHANGE Ensemble collaboration: Barabbas dialogues

"Even though it is an opera where singing plays a central role, the most powerful part of the viewing experience is the whole of the stage events, where all the different elements, from music to dance and from visuals to stage expression, are perfectly balanced."
Annikki Alku, Demokraatti 28.1.2023

All photos: Kai Kuusisto

Sneak peak to 2023

12/7/2022

 
LUX Korkeasaari 26.12.2022 - 8.1.2023 @Korkeasaari Zoo Helsinki
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BARABBAS-DIALOGEJA  January 2023 Ooppera Skaala @Aleksanterin teatteri Helsinki
Var är smörgåsen? April 2023 @Kungliga Operan Stockholm
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Last but not least ALAIAQ premieres in Kittilä

12/5/2022

 
ALAIAQ is a multi-artistic work consisting of movement, sound and landscape. It is a flow that multiplies, duplicates, invites and diverges. In the work, juggling, music, sound and light design, and yoik opens up new layers of each other.

Ailu Valle, Aleksi Niittyvuopio and Uyarakq (Aqqalu Berthelsen) is the working group formed for this work. The work, which combines music and circus art, was commissioned by the Kittilä-based Silence Organisation. ALAIAQ launches a series of ten commissioned works that will premiere between 2022 and 2024.
WORKING GROUP
Music: Ailu Valle, Uyarakq
Juggling: Aleksi Niittyvuopio
Sound design: Uyarakq
Lighting design: Jukka Huitila
Sound technics: Lauri Uusitalo
Production: Hiljaisuus ry
Photos: Jouni Porsanger
Support: Taike
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Vinterresa premieres in Skånes Dansteater in Malmö

11/17/2022

 
"Madeleine Månsson has written the lyrics herself and is doing her first dance solo here, a scenic journey through a multifaceted landscape, which is felt purely physically, in her strong portrayal."
Ingela Brovik / DANS tidningen 17.11.2022
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​VINTERRESA
Choreography: Carl Knif
Music: Franz Schubert
Visualisation: Jukka Huitila 
Sound design: Janne Hast
All photos: Thomas Zamolo
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Lomonosovin moottori premieres 1.11.2022

10/12/2022

 
The final chapter of this epic project in Svalbard. 

Helsinki Dance Company's autumn 2022 premiere is choreographer Valtteri Raekallio's dance piece.
Something has happened in the outskirts of Novaya Zemlya. Going through it systematically can reveal secret connections between dwindling natural resources and civilization. As the investigation deepens, the scientific and naturalistic worlds meet and change places. Beliefs become facts, scientific facts are revealed as beliefs.

​https://hkt.fi/esitykset/lomonosovin-moottori/

Music by unique Pekko Käppi
 
Pekko collaborated recently with the one and only Roni Martin - Ei koskaan ollut kokonainen
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Companíã Kaari & Roni Martin performances in the Cable Factory Finland

9/29/2022

 
Companíã Kaari & Roni Martin presents BERGMAN - Kuiskauksia ja huutoja
HELSINKI, VALSSAAMO, KAAPELITEHDAS 29.9.-6.10.2022
​Get your tickets now!
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Ett drömspel Sweden tour

9/29/2022

 
"Here there is an aesthetic and a physical expression à la expressionist silent film and pantomime, while Strindberg's words are allowed to work in all their poetic beauty with a declamatory, sometimes parodic tone."
SVENSKA DAGBLADET
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Less mer ​https://www.riksteatern.se/forestallningar/ett-dromspel/
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VARIKKO immersive performances at Oulu 27.8.-30.9.2022

9/5/2022

 
"Rarely does one work have as many contact surfaces and current hurtfulness as in Pirjo Yli-Maunula and the team's new place-bound and immersive creation called Varikko."
​Kaleva 30.8.2022

Tickets and more ​https://www.flowprod.fi/en/portfolio/varikko/
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All photos JP MANNINEN

Karvalakkiooppera premiere 1.9.2022

9/5/2022

 
More info ​https://karvalakkiooppera.fi/the-fur-hat-opera/
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All photos Kaisa Sirén
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VARIKKO

7/26/2022

 

Summer 22 so far..

7/26/2022

 
Svalbard with Raekallio Corp. and HDC in June. Upcoming premiere in Helsinki next November. 
Vacation mode in Norway June - July.
Berlin B12 at Dock 11 with Thar Be Dragons - Eternal run in July.

La Familia premiere by Compañía Kaari & Roni Martin and Portti Theater

5/11/2022

 
"Community and connection with others are emphasized in a performance whose raw presence caught the critic's eyes in tears" -Iida Rekonen - HS

"The joint performance of Compañia Kaari & Roni Martin and the Portti Theater in the Pannuhalli of La Familia Dance House is intense. The intensity of the work is so strong that it could almost be cut with a knife. (-) Common to these often harsh but also sarcastic humorous stories is the whole world that opens up from a small picture. singer Victor Carrasco, together with violinist Sanna Salmenkallio and singer-guitarist Roni Martin, give the performance a wonderfully and roughly beautiful sounding base and frames on which other movement and actor expressions are built. " –Annikki Alku, D

All photos Minna Hatinen
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Carl Knif Company's Sessions premiere

5/11/2022

 
"The dance language is down to earth and stable with impulsive outbursts and clear poses in an open whole. "
- Jan-Peter Kaiku, HBL

​"The visuals of the work, the softness of the business world, as well as Janne Hast's sound design and Franz Schubert's string quintet in C major guarantee that in the end your own feeling will float like in a bubble bath or whipped cream." - Merja Koskiniemi, HS

​"The other elements of the work are equally thoughtful and gently present. Jukka Huitila's rafter-like curtains and warm-toned lighting and Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila's casual casual clothing, mainly in a light pastel color."
- Annikki Alku D

All photos Yoshi Omori
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Sessions and La Familia premiers in May

3/26/2022

 
Two completely different designs take over the Dance House Helsinki. The Sessions will premiere in Erkko Hall and La Familia will premiere in the Pannu Hall. For Sessions I will create a big scale scenography with Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila's costume design and Janne Hast's sound design. The stage is huge and I will fill it with transparency. 

Carl Knif Com­pa­ny’s 10th year ce­leb­ra­tions be­gin with a bang: be­si­des six pre­mie­res, the Com­pa­ny will ce­leb­ra­te its past with a pho­to and cos­tu­me ex­hi­bi­tion, which will be seen in Dan­ce Hou­se Hel­sin­ki in May.

La Familia is a documentary multi art work with Spanish flamenco stars. The personal experiences of the Porttiteatteri performers appear on the stage as multifaceted and unapologetic.​ 

Carl Knif Company 
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"​Ideas for the work aro­se from a ran­ge of both phy­si­cal and cog­ni­ti­ve treat­ment met­hods, as is al­so imp­lied by the tit­le: Ses­sions."
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Sessions photo: Yoshi Omori
Compañía Kaari & Roni Martin

"Releasing prisoners in the heartbeat of flamenco"
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Porttiteatteri
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La Familia photo: Nauska

Helsinki Dance Company: Three works from contact

2/14/2022

 
Premiere on March 2, 2022! The joint evening of the three works will feature premiere performances for Helsinki Dance Company by Sari Palmgren and Mirva Mäkinen, as well as a duet with Saku Mäkelä and Riia Kivimäki in collaboration with the Cirko - New Circus Center.

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Dancers Luodos: Misa Lommi, Heidi Naakka, Jyrki Kasper
Musician: Tapani Rinne
Performes Soidinmenot: Inka Tiitinen, Pekka Louhio, Mikko Paloniemi, Justus Pienmunne
​Performers GLG: Riia Kivimäki, Saku Mäkelä
Sound designs: Sami Tammela
Sets and costumes: Elina Kolehmainen
Masking: Henri Karjalainen
Lighting designs: Jukka Huitila

Photos: Kai Kuusisto 
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VIEHÂ PREMIERE ROVANIEMI ART MUSEUM KORUNDI 28.1.2022

1/30/2022

 
Last chance for tickets! - > Performances untitl 6.2.2022

"Light in the dark for all the senses
The multi-artistic ensemble encloses the viewer and touches the emotions."
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"I do not recall that any of the presentations I have seen before have taken it equally straightforwardly, effectively and heartily to a particular situation and a particular minority status." Lapin Kansa review 27.1.2022
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All photos: Jouni Porsanger
Viehâ ensemble
Direction and choreography: Auri Ahola
Performers: Auri Ahola, Titta Court, Unna Kitti, Eetu Känkänen, Ailu Valle
Text: Auri Ahola
Sound design: Tuomas Norvio
Music: Tuomas Norvio and Ailu Valle
Lighting design: Jukka Huitila
Producers: Malla Alatalo, Virpi Moskari

Production: Viehâ Working Group, Rovaniemi Art Museum
The work is supported by the Kone Foundation and the Finnish Cultural Foundation

SIIDA MUSEUM OUTDOOR MUSEUM PART 2

1/25/2022

 
I finished the lighting design project in Siida museum January 2022. I created inviting atmosphere by adjusting the levels to bring up the light dramaturgy inside the exhibition houses. I worked with Finnish companies Sun Effects and Saas Instruments and Saas delivered lights with custom specified colour temperatures and lenses for indoor lighting. Linear lights were custom lengths and in the rectangular boathouse they were f.e. four meters long. Nice unified look matching the boat lengths. All together I used three different lighting manufacture brands. All lights (EWO and Traxon) for outside were provided by Sun Effects. The weather demands are exceptional and this was studied carefully when choosing the lighting tools for this project.

27 000 visitors visited outdoor museum 2021.   
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SIIDA MUSEUM´S NEW OUTDOOR LIGHTING

12/30/2021

 
I designed the lighting for 600 meters long walking path in Inari. For this project I used DIALux to calculate the output levels and to choose the perfect lenses for each purpose. For walking path I used EWO FA 170 1,5m high bollards and for spotlighting I used EWO P100 spots. For signs I used Traxon Archishape linears. All fixtures are 2700K and this brings really nice atmospheric landscape for the whole area. Next part of the project is to finish the indoor lighting for six houses on the path. The project will be ready January 2022.      
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Kuiskauksia ja huutoja 3.12.2021

11/15/2021

 
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PIOT FESTIVAL IN TORNIO

11/6/2021

 
The PIOT festival is celebrated all over Tornio, and on Saturday 6.11.2021 in Rantakatu Park, surrounded by domestic and international light art, at the festival’s main event.

The artistic team of the PIOT festival is piloted by Julius Oförsagd, who has Tornian roots and a long history of event production in Lapland and around the world. The team also includes Matti Paloniemi, the artistic director of Dance Theater Rimpparemmi, who was planning the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest and is responsible for the dramaturgy of the PIOT festival. Lighting artist Jukka Huitila is responsible for the lighting contents of the PIOT festival in collaboration with Lauri Lundahl, and the gentlemen have designed lighting works around the world and have been doing, among other things, the Lux Helsinki event since its early years.

Light and media artists in the main event are Teemu Määttänen, Duncan Mathews and Aleksander Salvensen. The conception and design of the lighting in the area has been carried out by lighting artist Jukka Huitila and technical designer Lauri Lundahl.

https://www.piot.fi
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Photo: Lauri Lundahl
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Duncan Mathews: Dark Ideas
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Teemu Määttänen: Atlas tree
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Aleksander Salvensen: Relations of colour

THAR BE DRAGONS: ETERNAL RETURN premiere at Kulttuuri Valve Oulu 5.11.2021

11/5/2021

 
"Eternal Return is a human work flirting with horror and death, where the shiny just plays with the beautiful and the repeatability begins to strangle the throat."
Kaleva review 5.11.2021

​Eternal Return is a strange ride! Green lights are on! Strong lighting, you have been warned!
Direction: Annamari Keskinen
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Performance: Ryan Mason, Annamari Keskinen, Meriheini Luoto 
Music: 
Meriheini Luoto 
Text: 
Ryan Mason, Annamari Keskinen
Sound design: Kaj Mäki-Ullakko
Light design: Jukka Huitila
Set design: Aino Koski 
Photos: JP Manninen
 
Production: 
JoJo – Oulu Dance Centre, Thar Be Dragons
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Thar Be Dragons is a platform for theatrical dance research, education, and performance, created by Annamari Keskinen and Ryan Mason in 2018. Here, both choreographers bring their professional experience and individual artistic vision into collaboration. Their work explores notions of subconscious communication, revealing dense and sometimes unseen intimacy between the layers of our inner landscapes. Their staged work shifts between rapid changes of mood, sustained states of tension, and layered imagery, often encircling themes of death, the unknowable, the paradoxical, borders, silence, light, the mystical, and the quotidian. Thar Be Dragons presented their first full-length work, Dying Animals Don’t Feel Sorry For Themselves at the Kaiku Club in Helsinki in 2018. They have been commissioned to create work for the Staatstheater Kassel, Staatstheater Braunschweig, and Hubbard Street Pro. 

https://www.tharbedragons.org

Taikarumpu premiere in Tampere 21.10.2022

10/22/2021

 
Lighting design for a magic show is quite different from my usual art work flow. It's all about creating illusions and entertaining. In close up magic it's critical to see everything and in bigger illusions there are different demands. I am not revealing more since it's magic. Henri blew my mind many times with such simple and beautiful magic. He can make a scarf to disappear, like really disappear in front of my eyes. Where? I have no idea but I don't even want to know. Sometimes it's lovely not to know. Premiere audience was enjoying for sure and I was enjoying seeing so many children living their dream. "How is that even possible?".

Magic and illusions by Henri Kemppainen
Feat. Jussi 69 on drums
On stage Henri Kemppainen, Jussi 69, Jani Järvinen and Salla Kekäläinen
Music by Johnny Lee Michaels
Directors Sami Saikkonen and Sonja Sorvola
Pyro effetcs by Jani Järvinen
All photos by Niki Soukkio
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Photo: Niki Soukkio
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