Fugue in two colors

Carl Knif Com­pa­ny

Sin­ce the start of the com­pa­ny in 2012 it has ri­sen to the fo­ref­ront of Fin­nish dan­ce with blend of high­ly re­cog­ni­zab­le nar­ra­ti­ves and vir­tuo­so dan­cing. The the­mes of the pie­ces are frank, per­so­nal and fear­less­ly ba­re and yet mer­ci­ful­ly poe­ti­cal. The st­raight­for­ward na­tu­re of the work, which ari­ses from a pro­found ar­tis­tic sen­si­ti­vi­ty and a st­ri­king­ly well con­cei­ved vi­sua­li­ty, ma­kes the pie­ces me­mo­rab­le.

The work of Carl Knif Com­pa­ny has gai­ned in­ter­na­tio­nal in­te­rest. Knif’s pie­ces ha­ve tou­red in 10 count­ries.

Knif was awar­ded the Sta­te Pri­ce for Per­for­ming Arts in 2016.

La­te­ly Knif has broa­de­ned his work to the field of theat­re. His adap­ta­tion of Kaf­ka’s Me­ta­morp­ho­sis pla­yed for sold out au­dien­ces du­ring mul­tip­le sea­sons. The pro­duc­tion has tou­red both na­tio­nal­ly and in­ter­na­tio­nal­ly.

Va­rious phy­si­cal theat­re pro­duc­tions of a si­mi­lar kind are un­der plan­ning. Si­mul­ta­neous­ly Carl Knif Com­pa­ny is wor­king on pro­duc­tions ba­sed so­le­ly on the po­wer of mo­ve­ment and dan­ce.