Winter Trails in Ahunapalu: visual performance “In-between white plains”

The dance and performance artists of the Lemoot company create a visual chamber performance for the hiking and heritage culture festival Winter Trails in Ahunapalu, which deals with the longing and urge of leaving and returning home.

I wake up in gentle silence, to go. The door opens to the crispness of morning. Steam rising from the lips. Winter blush on the cheeks. I wake up to go across the white plains, through the forest, across the river. To follow the beaten path. To step on fresh snow. The iridescence of the sun in my laughter lines. An endless road and cold. I woke up to go. But now I’m ready to go home. Back to the warmth of it. I woke up to go, but now I want to go home.

Choreographer: Helle Mari Toomel (Lemoot company)
Performers: Johhanna Anett Toomel, Katrin Kubber, Helle Mari Toomel (Lemoot company)
Sound design: Karl August Wiker
Sound design uses fragments of Juhan Uppin’s album “Päkarauakannel”
Light design: Mari-Riin Paavo, Sander-Aleks Paavo

Lemoot company is a dance and performance art company founded in the summer of 2020, the core of which is made up of sisters Johhanna Anett and Helle Mari Toomel. They create original dance productions, laughing at the absurdity of life, talking about love, or referring to the painful aspects of our society. Their production “Fish Out of Water” was a nominee of the 2022 Estonian theater awards. The intimate visual experience “In-between white plains” is created specifically for the Winter Trails festival.
Duration 20 minutes, played 4 times.

The performance takes place by Ahunapalu prayer house in a heated tent to a small audience. Tickets soon at Piletilevi.

Winter Trails in Emajõe-Suursoo Wetlands: The cooperation project of Luunja, Kastre and Peipsiääre municipalities is part of the South Estonian community program that is part of the main program of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 and is supported by Leader action groups. Winter Trails in Ahunapalu is organized by Department of Education and Culture of Kastre Municipality.