Öömaaeg (Night’s Due) is an invitation to a nocturnal refuge where bodies seek shelter before dawn. Dance in darkness until rhythms decay—movements unarchivable, unseen. Gathering as humanity’s oldest need. Repeating patterns: eating, drinking, birth, death, sex, bodily circuits. Night as sanctuary for what daylight denies: subcultures, rituals, migrant bodies, folk forms lived but rarely archived. Folk memory migrates through displacement, survival, repetition.
Choreographer: Johhan Rosenberg Architect: Sille Pihlak Costume designer: Karl Joonas Alamaa Composer: Hendrik Kaljujärv Light designer: Priidu Adlas (Estonian Drama Theatre) Dramaturgs: Nele Tiidelepp, Rauno Zubko Performers: Liisa Saaremäel, Markus Andreas Auling, Karl Birnbaum, Kristina Preimann, Herman Pihlak, Edgar Vunš, and Rahvatantsuselts Pääsuke dancers: 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, Marion Saarna-Kukk, Sandra Aleksius, Toomas Lepasaar, Triin Vallsalu.
Duration: 2h20 with intermission. Co-production: Von Krahl Theatre and elektron.art.
- HHelena
- SSandra
- KBKarl Birnbaum
- AVAnita Värs
- AKAve Kongo
- EVEdgar Vunš
- GVGreta Vaus
- HLHele Lukki-Lukin
- HPHerman Pihlak
- HHHindrek Haarde
- KKKadi Kriit
- KVKaimo Vahter
- KKKatrina Külm
- KLKaur Lukki-Lukin
- KKKersti Kriisa
- KVKersti Vahter
- KPKristina Preimann
- KKKulla Kangur
- LSLiisa Saaremäel
- MSMarion Saarna-Kukk
- MAAMarkus Andreas Auling
- TLToomas Lepasaar
- TVTriin Vallsalu