POST-TRUTH REALITIES

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Riku Lehtopolku’s Lumen sets up a landscape of imagined memories and rearranges the world in a way in which he wants. This dance piece is a window to a post-truth era where the word of the most ruthless person defines a course of events. When nothing is true, everything is possible.

“The initial spark to Lumen is my own personal frustration and also the fear of whether anyone in the near future will know anymore what is true and what is not. The opportunities provided by AI are developing and spreading like wildfire, those in positions of power are ruthlessly writing their own truths that please themselves, and social media is making everything a mess, and when untangling it, even a critical eye isn’t necessarily always enough. At the same time, however, I myself am captivated by the thought of parallel realities, and the stage in itself is one of them. Even though there’s a lot of friction in the foundation of Lumen, I aimed at approaching the theme with humane gentleness,” Lehtopolku reveals, explaining his basis for the piece.

Crew

CHOREOGRAPHY  Riku Lehtopolku | DANCERS Riku Lehtopolku, Suvi Nieminen, Antti-Pekka Pudas, Elina Raiskinmäki and Anu Sistonen | SOUND DESIGN Eero Auvinen | PHOTOGRAPHY AND GRAPHIC DESIGN Jussi Virkkumaa | PRODUCTION AB Dance Company

Premiere: 26 February 2026 | AB Dance Company, Turku

Age recommendation: 12 and up

Performances

Thu 26.2. klo 19

Fri 27.2. klo 19

Sat 28.2. klo 17

Thu 5.3. klo 19

Fri 6.3. klo 19

Sat 7.3. klo 17

Thu 12.3. klo 19

Fri 13.3. klo 19

Sat 14.3. klo 17

Tickets

31 € single ticket

28 € pensioners

15 € students, children (under 18 years), unemployed persons, and persons in civil service or in the army

12 € members of Teme, Finnish Actors Union and Taku, persons having the Theatre Card of The Association of Finnish Theatres, dance and theatre students (vocational) and persons with press card