Black Tie
A text based interdisciplinary piece which exists at the intersection of dialogue, movement and live music. Through pictorial symbolism it explores familial relationships defined by obsession, discontent, and sexual abuse. The dredging up of childhood trauma during a funeral service father provokes a debate about what constitutes normative behaviour and what should not be tolerated. An exploration of how we must confront our inherited legacy as a means of survival, both personally and collectively as a society.
Cast & creatives
Conception, dramaturgy and direction Nuria Legarda
Devised with the performers Heiðdís Hlynsdóttir, Atte Hänninen, Karri Karjalainen, Minna Koponen, Delya Messadi, Henna Mäki-Filppula, Ina Raunio, Anna Reini, Milda Sutkevičiūtė
Light design and tech Nicolai Valet
Text and music artistic collaboration Sam Gillett
Production managers Luc Lepandou, Karri Karjalainen, Delya Messadi
Set design and props Heiðdís Hlynsdóttir, Ina Raunio, Milda Sutkevičiūtė, Minna Koponen
Costume and make-up Henna Mäki-Filppula, Anna Reini, Ina Raunio
Live music Karri Karjalainen, Ina Raunio
Sound tech Atte Hänninen, Karri Karjalainen, Henna Mäki-Filppula
Trailer Ignasi Llobera
Social media Delya Messadi, Milda Sutkevičiūtė
Photos Constantin Gindele
Graphic design Minna Koponen
Budget Atte Hänninen
Tech assistant Karri Karjalainen
Making of Delya Messadi, Minna Koponen
Thank You Karl Sørensen, Böðvar Páll Ásgeirsson Corneliu Tiulenev, NYU Wine bar Farkhondeh Zanganeh
Exhibition space
Basement, CPH Stage – Copenhague Stage Festival, Denmark. May 2021
CISPA – Copenhagen International School of Performing Arts, Denmark. June 2021
As a voice coach I had the pleasure of working on Nuria’s Black Tie production, I will never forget the first run-through. What I witnessed was moving, imaginative and full of poetry. An expression of relationships and emotion balancing finely between the naturalistic and the abstract. Nuria is a true artist, her passion and dedication is unstoppable and contagious – I really hope I get the chance to work with her again.