Värske kraam Viljandist 2025 | Gretten Vaga "the interpreter" & Kristin Kalam "No bone, no flesh?"
Sunday 8. June at 17:00 - 19:00
Kanuti Guild Hall, Tallinn
17:00 - Gretten Vaga "the interpreter"
18:00 - Kristin Kalam "No bone, no flesh?"
"the interpreter"
There's nothing to see here. Too many people, too much stuff. You can't sit, you’ll get cold. You can only stand. Silence, no one is talking and not a sound can be heard. Standing, no one is moving and you can't move yourself. No one notices me, they look past, through, over and out too. It's dark, you could close your eyes and just imagine. There's nothing to see. Close your eyes! Cover your ears! Jump! Turn! Sit! Stand! Wait! You can't rest, there's always someone on your shoulder telling you what to look at, what to listen to, what to feel or what to think. Everything is laid out so clearly. Amazing! You don’t have to do anything. Think for yourself? Feel for yourself? Speak for yourself? No, pointless! Actually, it’s fine, because to be honest—there’s really nothing to see here.
Gretten Vaga (b. 2000) dancer-choreographer-dance teacher. She will graduate in 2025 from the University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy with a degree in dance arts.
As an artist, she is inspired by dreams, myths, and perceptual shifts, as well as exploring these themes in her work. She is interested in the use of sound and how it can create imaginative visual worlds.
Author and Choreographer: Gretten Vaga
Co-author and Performer: Jens-Patrik Rand
Sound Design: Ivonna-Ly Pachel & Roland Väljataga
Lighting Design: Mihkel Viinalass
Set Designer: Paula Aarnis
Producer: Mia-Marleen Tõnis
Mentor: Karl Saks
Special thanks to: Jaagup Kurm, Alissa Šnaider, Anna Cordey, Tiiu Tamm, Ruslan Stepanov, Tantsutsoon, University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy
In Estonian
Duration: 35´
The performance features loud sounds.
"No bone, no flesh?"
The forest has been stripped bare with the coming of autumn, the birds have made their way south. Only the harsh cries of ravens are heard, proclaiming the waking of the forest-carcass from its b-e-d. A thick layer of filth has covered the land, and mold now rules the hut, in the pitiful shadow of what once was a threshing barn. There is no more grain to beat, nor any left to k-n-e-a-d b-r-e-a-d from. The cramp held tight by the long sleep of summer is released with a f-a-r-t-i-n-g. At the sound of that rumble, Old Nick comes flying in through the hole of a f-l-e-a-s-c-o-c-k, his e-y-e-s dumb and hollow, and begins a riddle-game — each time w-h-i-s-t-l-i-n-g more heat into the sauna. The game is played until the c-o-c-k droops down, yet s-m-o-k-e keeps rising from the sauna c-h-i-m-n-e-y. Finally, a creature reveals itself, one that no one knows whether it's a ghost or a h-u-m-a-n.
Kristin Kalam (b. 1999) is completing her BA studies in Performing Arts at the University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy, with a major in Dance Arts. She is a graduate of Tallinn 32nd Secondary School and has previously studied Philosophy at Tallinn University (BA studies not completed).
She has taken part in various workshops, including Ofir Yudilevitch’s movement workshop “How to Overcome Fear?”, movement sessions with Fine5 Dance Theatre, online Gaga classes, a floorwork workshop with Amalie Stitz, and the Ground Grooves floorwork workshop in Milan. She has performed in stage productions such as “Bakhandid” (directed by Liisbeth Horn and Elina Masing) and “Quote on Quote ehk räägime sellest” (directed by Sigrid Savi). In 2025, she was awarded the Kalju Komissarov Scholarship. Kristin currently continues to expand her physical vocabulary through the practice of karate and Estonian folk dance.
Author: Kristin Kalam
Dramaturgs: Anumai Raske, Annabel Tanila
Sound Desing: Rihhard Kuld
Light Design: Mairon Tovstsik
Set & Costume designers: Reti Pauklin, Camilla Sundvor
Mentor: Ruslan Stepanov
Producer: Elisabeth Teener
Special thanks to: Tiiu Tamm, Koidu Seltsimaja, Magnus Kaus, Ekke Kaarel Rand, Kai Valtna, Elis Luigla, Deili Post, Henri Roht, Karl Saks
Sponsors: Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy, VLND burger, TYPA, MyFitness, Võhma Valgusevabrik, Karksi
In Estonian
Duration: 35´
Kanuti Guild Hall • Pikk tänav 20, 10133 Tallinn, Harju maakond, Estonia
