Cut and Run

Concept and performance: Milla Koistinen

Light design and choreographer’s assistant: Gaëtan Brun-Picard

Sound design: Paul Valikoski

Music: Paul Valikoski, Jochen Arbeit, Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor BWV 543, transcribed for piano by Franz Liszt

Dramaturgy and text: Milla Koistinen, Salka Gudmundsdóttir

Prerecorded voices: Paul Valikoski, Salka Gudmundsdóttir, Justin Caulley, Daniella Strasfogel

Special thanks to Lucie Calise

Produced by Milla Koistinen, co-produced by Mad House Helsinki, supported by Bezirksamt Pankow, Nordic Culture Point, Dance Atelier Reykjavik and Collectif w.o.r.k.?

Performances on the 15th–17th of June 2016 at Ballhaus Ost, Berlin

First research showings in Mad House Helsinki, 18th-19th of November 2015

-You know, I often thought that the gangster and the artist are the same in the eyes of the masses. They’re admired and hero-worshipped, but there is always present underlying wish to see them destroyed at the peak of their glory.

– Yeah. Like the… Like the man said, “Life is like a glass of tea.” Huh?

– Oh, Johnny, my friend, you never were very bright. But I love you anyway.

The Killing, 1956

One of the early works of Stanley Kubrick is a 1956 film noir The Killing. It tells a story about a well-planned heist at the racetrack, which in the end fails. The witty dialogue, the black and white images and the film noir -characteristics are used as inspiration for the solo work “Cut and Run”.

The dramaturgy of the piece uses the form of the fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach (fugere; to flee, fugare; to chase) as its structure. The piece contains four voices; movement, music, text and light, which correspond to the voices of the fugue.

“Cut and Run” is a performance about failed attempts to execute a plan.

Photo by Lennart Laberenz (above)

Photos by Roberto Duarte (below)