Mabel Revival is a hilarious mix of dance, performance, and cabaret. The choreographer Liisa Pentti together with musician Robert Kock are taking their audiences into the charmed world of female divas, adored icons and objects of our desire. Mabel is a woman without remorse, a female diva and shaman-performer. To celebrate life, one need to speak about death and embrace the realms where we can enter only in our dreams – thus the story of Marbel Revival. Mabel is a celebration of femininity and ageing and asks the question of how women in their 60s are still relevant on stage and how they are represented.

Credits
Diva: Liisa Pentti // Musicians: Robert Kock, Gonzalo Muraga Olguin // Diva Coach: Frans Polestra // Make-up Coach: Tuija Lukkainen // Costume: Terttu Torkkola // Production: Liisa Pentti +Co

Liisa Pentti +Co: Finland

Liisa Pentti is one of the most important visionaries on the Finnish dance scene. She has been active in the performing arts scene as a dancer, choreographer and teacher since 1987. Her inspiration is to constantly find new ways to play with movement and create choreographies. Her work is situated in a landscape where dance, performance and theater meet and the boundaries of performative expression are questioned and explored.

This event is part of the international TanzNetzwerk Festival Dance ALL IN x Sharing Across Borders Edition 3. Find more information here.

Dance ALL IN x Sharing Across Borders Edition 3 is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Kulturamt der Stadt Köln, Landesbüro Frei Darstellende Künste and Perform Europe. Realization in cooperation with studiotrade.

Photo: © Esko Kivisto