Karolin Poska "Lucky Charm"

In her new performance Karolin Poska is a self-proclaimed anthropologist who investigates the world around her and her own hunger for supernatural forces. Life can be quite terrifying and people would do anything to avoid hidden threats. Do crystals help to take care of the family's health, an astrologer to reveal self-image, tarot cards to warn about the future, does getting out of bed with the right foot manifest a better day or knocking three times on the wood create an apparent sense of security?

Karolin Poska is a Tallinn based choreographer, performance artist and dancer. Through her creative activities she tries to satisfy her voracious curiosity, thirst for discovery, hunger for experiences and to understand what it is like to be alive at the given moment. She likes to play with objects, transform reality and mess with the audience’s expectations. Poska recently completed her contemporary art studies at the Estonian Academy of Arts, where she received the Young Artist Award for her final work. Her last two performances "For your Nirvana"(2020) and "Untitled"(2021) were nominated to Estonian Theater of the Year Awards.

This work is produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed here can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.

Lucky Charm by Karolin Poska is also in the program of SWITCHOVER festival in May in Tartu. Tickets →HERE←

Credits:
Choreographer: Karolin Poska
Performers: Sveta Grigorjeva, Shion Yokoo-Ruttas, Karolin Poska
Sound artist: Katrin Enni
Dramaturg: Maret Tamme
Lighting artist: Karolin Tamm
Costume artist: Lisette Sivard
Video artist: Taavi Varm
Technical solutions: Tarvo Porroson
Project manager: Kaie Küünal
Co-producers: Karolin Poska, Kanuti Gildi SAAL
Supported by: Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Culture Moves Europe
In Estonian and English

Premiere: 10.04.2023