Open studio at Les SUBS, Lyon
Thursday 10 April 2025 at 7pm
Glass Eyes is an upcoming stage piece by choreographer Mikko Niemistö. In collaboration with dancer Marika Peura, stage and lighting designer Sofia Palillo and violinist Elias Riipinen, the piece places the human body at the intersection of science and mysticism.
The work embraces the unknown and hidden parts of the body by emphasizing things like the pre-conscious, dreams and omens. It broadens the view of the human body from the capitalistic era to history before the scientific revolution, when the supernatural was more entangled with science and medicine.
Niemistö will be in residency at Les SUBS in Lyon from 31 March to 12 April 2025. Glass Eyes will be presented during an open studio event, accompanied by violinist Elias Riipinen on Thursday 10 April 2025 at 7pm. To learn more and reserve your free ticket click here.
Mikko Niemistö is a Helsinki-based choreographer and a performance artist, who graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Choreography at the DOCH – University of Dance and Circus in Stockholm in 2017. He is interested in broken realities in contemporary culture and things that linger in the background like noise and stream of consciousness. His current work focuses on the shadowy areas of everyday reality, such as dreams, psychedelia and the supernatural. More information here.
The residency is supported by Institut finlandais within the framework of the pARTir initiative, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.
