Looking For Loïe (2023)
Dance film
Duration: 9:21
Premiere 19.3.2023
Director/ choreographer: Tuulia Soininen
Dancer: Emma Heinonen
DOP: Aino Mättö
Gaffer: Eeva Laulumaa
Location sound recordist: Eveliina Suni
Editor: Tuulia Soininen
Camera assistant: Kerttu Mättö
Lighting assistant: Liina Mäkinen
Production assistant: Sonja Vartonen
Foley artist: Julia Huopainen
Makeup artist: Hanna Ilkko
Photographer: Veera Lintula
Choir
Director & arrangement Maria Kujanpää
Recording Alina Huldén
Organizer Soile Lahtinen
Singers: Sirkku Aihos Susanna Hänninen Hilkka Heikkilä Taru Kallio Elina Korri Anu Kuoppamäki Leena Laaksonen Soile Lahtinen Tuula Laurila Mirkku Lumijärvi Leena Mäkelä Kirsi Mäkinen Ulla Mattila Terhi Nykänen Ulpu Siponen Mimmi Tolvanen Minna Turppa Iina Welling Teija Willman
Production: Muusa Tuotannot Oy
Funded by: Arts Promotion Centre Finland
Supported by: Pirkanmaa Dance Cente
Looking For Loïe is a feminist dance film in which a woman comes face to face with inequality in the work place. The film is inspired by dance and theatre technology pioneer Loïe Fuller. It is created by all woman and non-binary makers.
Looking For Loïe is a project that took over 1,5 years to complete.
Loïe Fuller was one of the first dance practitioners to de-sexualize the dancing female body. The body became abstract, it formed shapes, colors and images. In this film we have consciously aimed to point out, comment and diminish the male gaze.
Fuller does not fit into one box. She was a scientist during an era when women were not welcomed to the science world. She was both a dance artist and a theater technology inventor.
Looking For Loïe revolves around the themes of visibility and agency. It was created by all female and non-binary makers. The decision was made in order to address the striking inequality in the film industry. It also continues the discussion on how to create agency for discriminated genders on and off screen.
Making of
Photographs: Veera Lintula
Mediassa
Premiere 19.3.2023
The day of Minna Canth and equality
Arthouse Cinema Niagara, Tampere Finland
Photographs: Miina Puolitaival