Night’s Due

Öömaaeg invites the audience into a nocturnal refuge—a time when bodies seek shelter and gather before dispersing at dawn. This is the night’s own time: a dance in the darkness that lasts until the rhythm breaks down. These are movements that cannot be archived because they cannot be seen. Coming together is one of humanity’s oldest needs. Patterns and rhythms repeat year after year: eating and drinking, birth and death, sexual intercourse and bodily cycles. Here, dance is not merely created by people, but is a force—a current or madness that does not end with humanity. The production unravels tradition back to the beginnings of humankind, opening up the birth of peoples, the migration and alienation of cultures, and the ways in which we continually recode movement in the modern world. The tradition of Öömaaeg is embodied memory. Its patterns and rhythms exist independently of us—before and after us.

Director/Choreographer: Johhan Rosenberg
Architect: Sille Pihlak
Costume designer: Karl Joonas Alamaa
Composer: Hendrik Kaljujärv
Lighting designer: Priidu Adlas (Eesti Draamateater)
Dramaturgs: Nele Tiidelepp and Rauno Zubko
Performers: Liisa Saaremäel, Markus Andreas Auling, Karl Birnbaum, Kristina Preimann, Herman Pihlak, Edgar Vunš, and dancers from Rahvatantsuselts Pääsuke: Anita Värs, Ave Kongo, Greta Vaus, Hele Lukki-Lukin, Helena Tõnisma, Hindrek Haarde, Kadi Kriit, Kaimo Vahter, Katrina Külm, Kaur Lukki-Lukin, Kersti Kriisa, Kersti Vahter, Kulla Kangur, Katre Merilaid, Sandra Aleksius, Toomas Lepasaar, Triin Vallsalu
Lighting: Magnus Voogla
Sound: Jürgen Reismaa
Props: Kristiina Praks
Designer: Jaan Evart
Project managers: Kaie Olmre, Jaak Prints
Production assistants: Tuule Jõks, Carmen Mölder
Communications and marketing: Katrin Tomiste
Stage crew: Rinald Kodasma, Margus Terasmees, Hannes Närep, Magnus Voogla
Tailors: Agne Talu, Katrin Rätte, Jürgen Sinnep
Engineer: Adam Orlinski
Builders: Tektuur (Päär Keedus, Johann Ortin Õun, Ardo Hiiuväin)
Special thanks: Linda Mai Kari, Thermory, Netti Nüganen, Anne Türnpu, Otto Antson, Rasmus Linde, Haine Paelavabrik, Omaking, Pjotr Degtjarjov / suusalaenutus.ee, Aarete Laegas
Supported by: Eesti Kultuurkapital, Tallinna Linn, Eesti Kultuuriministeerium
Öömaaeg is produced in collaboration between Von Krahli Teater and elektron.art. Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes. The production uses a small amount of strobe lighting and stage haze. Not recommended for under-16s.