Sofia Pantouvaki
Set & Costume Designer
60 designers
57 projects
Scenographer and Professor of Costume Design at Aalto University, Finland. She holds an MA and PhD in Scenography from the University of the Arts London and has specialised in design for opera and ballet at La Scala, Milan. She is an awarded practising designer with over ninety design credits for theatre, film, opera and dance productions in major European venues. Best Production Design and Best Costumes Awards, Short Film International Festival of the city of Drama (2005). Her work has been exhibited on three continents, including at World Stage Design 2017. A founding Editor of the international peer-reviewed journal Studies in Costume and Performance and Chair of Critical Costume. OISTAT Executive Committee member and Vice President of the Hellenic Costume Society. She led the research project Costume Methodologies funded by the Academy of Finland (2014 – 2018) and is lead editor of Performance Costume: New Perspectives and Methods (2021, with P. McNeil). She lectures, supervises PhDs and publishes internationally. She has curated many international projects, including Co-Curator of the Finnish Student exhibit at PQ15 (Gold Medal) and was international Jury member for PQ19. She is co-curator of the Finnish Student Exhibition, co-curator of the Greek entry in the Exhibition of Countries and Regions and curator of the Greek submission to the Fragments II exhibition at the Prague Quadrennial 2023.
A new musical theatre play on an allegorical story about a young prince living during the night, cared for by his ghost mother and three elves that glow in the dark. The prince discovers the world of daylight when he departs on a journey towards maturity and self-realisation. How can these two worlds be reflected in the costumes? Which world is the “real” one? The costumes reveal the diverse realities of night and day through experimentation with textures and elaboration of material surfaces. This design is the outcome of a “rare” creative collaboration focused on materiality and light with my team of seamstresses, milliner, makeup and hair designer, wig makers and lighting designer. A high level of professionalism by every team member, combined with expertise, honest feedback and great humour. After working for six months, this production became a “rare encounter”, performed only once for the audience and discontinued by the arrival of Covid in Finland.
Text & Dramaturgy: Maria Turtschaninoff, Anna Simberg
Direction: Fiikka Forsman
Set Design: Erik Salvesen
Costume Design: Sofia Pantouvaki
Music: Ralf Nyqvist
Sound Design: Dennis Lindén
Lighting Design: Tobias Lönnquist
Makeup & Hair Design: Anna Vesterback
Choreography: Antti Silvennoinen
Photos: Frank A. Unger (Wasa Teater)
A new musical theatre play on an allegorical story about a young prince living during the night, cared for by his ghost mother and three elves that glow in the dark. The prince discovers the world of daylight when he departs on a journey towards maturity and self-realisation. How can these two worlds be reflected in the costumes? Which world is the “real” one? The costumes reveal the diverse realities of night and day through experimentation with textures and elaboration of material surfaces. This design is the outcome of a “rare” creative collaboration focused on materiality and light with my team of seamstresses, milliner, makeup and hair designer, wig makers and lighting designer. A high level of professionalism by every team member, combined with expertise, honest feedback and great humour. After working for six months, this production became a “rare encounter”, performed only once for the audience and discontinued by the arrival of Covid in Finland.
Scenographer and Professor of Costume Design at Aalto University, Finland. She holds an MA and PhD in Scenography from the University of the Arts London and has specialised in design for opera and ballet at La Scala, Milan. She is an awarded practising designer with over ninety design credits for theatre, film, opera and dance productions in major European venues. Best Production Design and Best Costumes Awards, Short Film International Festival of the city of Drama (2005). Her work has been exhibited on three continents, including at World Stage Design 2017. A founding Editor of the international peer-reviewed journal Studies in Costume and Performance and Chair of Critical Costume. OISTAT Executive Committee member and Vice President of the Hellenic Costume Society. She led the research project Costume Methodologies funded by the Academy of Finland (2014 – 2018) and is lead editor of Performance Costume: New Perspectives and Methods (2021, with P. McNeil). She lectures, supervises PhDs and publishes internationally. She has curated many international projects, including Co-Curator of the Finnish Student exhibit at PQ15 (Gold Medal) and was international Jury member for PQ19. She is co-curator of the Finnish Student Exhibition, co-curator of the Greek entry in the Exhibition of Countries and Regions and curator of the Greek submission to the Fragments II exhibition at the Prague Quadrennial 2023.
Text & Dramaturgy: Maria Turtschaninoff, Anna Simberg
Direction: Fiikka Forsman
Set Design: Erik Salvesen
Costume Design: Sofia Pantouvaki
Music: Ralf Nyqvist
Sound Design: Dennis Lindén
Lighting Design: Tobias Lönnquist
Makeup & Hair Design: Anna Vesterback
Choreography: Antti Silvennoinen
Photos: Frank A. Unger (Wasa Teater)
