Fades Away

Fades Away is a water-based visual and physical stage production that reflects the connection between an individual’s choices and actions and the ecological state of the world. Flowing in rhythm with the viewer’s inner world, the piece touches the audience with its powerful presence and human touch, while reminding us of the transience of all things.

Fades Away plays with magical visual imagery and everyday realism, where the illusion of theater is repeatedly shattered and rebuilt. MimoArt Company’s unique interdisciplinary approach defies conventional genre classifications. The work skillfully combines contemporary dance, butoh, physical mime and theater, and clowning. The piece’s distinctive movement language, together with its striking visuals and soundscape, creates an insightful, multi-layered, and deeply moving experience for the audience.

Fades Away is the second part of MimoArt Company’s three-part WATER TRILOGY series. The production is led by an international, interdisciplinary team. A co-production by MimoArt Company, Dance Theater Minimi, and Dance Theater Rimpparemmi, the work will premiere at the Kuopio City Theater on October 1, 2021, and will run in Kuopio from November 2 October–November 12, 2021, in Kuopio and October 8–November 20, 2021, in Rovaniemi.

The performance is wordless. Running time: 1.5 hours, no intermission.

We recommend dressing lightly for the performance; the venue will be warm and humid during the show.

Premiere: October 1, 2021, Kuopio City Theater