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e Estonia Directory of Finnish Dance finnish dance in focus 2014–2015 P 39 \ This directory offers an overview of the Finnish dance field. It lists dance companies, production centres and regional dance centres. It also includes festivals, venues and schools providing professional dance education. Discover more Finnish choreographers, organisations and events at www.danceinfo.fi.

The biggest contemporary dance com- Dance Theater Hurjaruuth pany in Finland with 12 dancers. HDC Helsinki DANCE performers are known for performing Contact: Director Arja Pettersson physically demanding contemporary www.hurjaruuth.fi dance as well as expressive dance Hurjaruuth has integrated contemporary COMPANIES theatre. HDC’s home is the Helsinki City dance with circus artists, musicians, Theatre. writers and visual artists for 30 years, Genre: Contemporary dance, dance with more than 100 productions. theatre Hurjaruuth’s annual Winter Circus thrills Dance Companies audiences with its aerial stunts, juggling within Art Institutions \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ and eye-boggling entertainment in a State-Funded Dance new creation every year. Finnish National Ballet Genre: Dance theatre, performances for Helsinki Companies children and young audiences Contact: Artistic Administrator Sampo Kivelä AB Dance Company Dance Theatre MD www.opera.fi Turku Tampere About 80 performances and 3–5 Contact: Contact: premieres per season. Also works by Managing Director Katja Lehmussaari Managing Director Anniina Kumpuniemi contemporary choreographers, such as www.aurinkobaletti.com www.tanssiteatterimd.fi Tero Saarinen, Jorma Elo, Jiří Kylián, John High-quality contemporary dance group Dance Theatre MD performs in Tampere Neumeier, Alexei Ratmansky and Ohad touring both in Finland and abroad. and on tour around 120 times per year. Naharin. The Ballet employs 73 dancers The repertoire includes productions The annual programme consists of 2–3 representing 19 nationalities, and 10 for both adults and children by Finnish premieres of contemporary dance cho- Youth Company dancers. Artistic Direc- and international choreographers. AB’s reographies and dance theatre pieces tor: Kenneth Greve. regular guest is Russian choreographer for children and adults. MD also organ- Genre: Contemporary dance, classical Sasha Pepelyaev. ises the annual Tampere Dance Current ballet, contemporary ballet, perfor- Genre: Contemporary dance, dance the- contemporary dance festival. mances for young audiences atre, performances for young audiences Genre: Contemporary dance, dance theatre, performances for children

Tapio Vanhatalo Dance Theater ERI Turku Dance Theater Minimi Contact: Producer Katriina Lamberg Kuopio www.eri.fi Contact: Jupe Pohjolainen, Producer Dancer-choreographers Tiina Lindfors, www.minimi.fi Lassi Sairela and Eeva Soini founded Minimi performs both in Finland and Dance Theatre ERI in 1989. Over the past abroad: on their home stage and on 25 years, ERI has built up a repertoire tour, on traditional stages and on the that now includes more than 300 works. streets. Minimi wants to sustain and The group produces about 130 perfor- develop mobility and availability of Helsinki Dance Company mances every year, of which four or five dance theatre and create performances Helsinki are premieres. in which dance and theatre merge into Contact: Genre: Contemporary dance, dance one. Artistic Director Jyrki Karttunen theatre Genre: Dance theatre, physical theatre, www.hdc.fi street theatre P 40 finnish dance in focus 2014–2015 Directory of Finnish Dance \

Dance Theater Raatikko 40 countries, including at BAM and company’s philosophy. Vantaa The Joyce (NY), Chaillot and Châtelet Genre: Contemporary dance Contact: Artistic Director Marja Korhola (Paris), Southbank Centre (London), www.raatikko.fi Movimentos Festival (Germany), New Arja Raatikainen & Co. Founded in 1972, Raatikko has its own Zealand International Arts Festival, and Helsinki venue in Vantaa and also performs on SIDance (S. Korea), and in commissions Contact: Manager Marjo Pyykönen tours. Raatikko makes dance pieces for for e.g. NDT1, Batsheva Company and www.arjaraatikainen-co.fi children, young people and adults, often Lyon Opéra Ballet. Touring in 2014/15: Arja Raatikainen has produced an combining dance, theatre and circus. Morphed (premiere), Borrowed Light impressive and varied body of work. Her Raatikko has over 300 performances w/ Boston Camerata, Gaspard, solo Vox work includes pieces commissioned for per year, 2–4 premieres, 150 audience Balaenae w/ EIC. Finnish dance festivals, Helsinki Dance events and over 30,000 spectators. Genres: Contemporary dance, contem- Company and the Finnish National Genre: Dance theatre, performances for porary ballet, community dance, live Ballet. Raatikainen’s path has embraced young audiences music performance, dance films the treatment of completely new elements and the search for a balance Dance Theatre Rimpparemmi \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ between disparate elements. Rovaniemi Genre: Contemporary dance Contact:

Artistic Director Matti Paloniemi Independ- Maria Baranova www.rimpparemmi.fi Finland's northernmost professional ent Dance dance theatre offers a unique mix of Finnish folk dance and contemporary dance. They give about 150 perfor- Companies mances each year and have toured in more than 20 countries. Also a reper- Aho & Lundén Company toire of first-class folk dance and music Helsinki performances. Contact: Artistic Directors Emilia Aho Genre: Dance theatre, folk dance, con- and Katja Lundén temporary dance www.almaflamenca.net Aho & Lundén Company is a contempo- Glims & Gloms Dance Theatre rary flamenco group combining Finnish Espoo and Spanish culture as well as different Contact: art forms in interesting outcomes. The General Manager Riitta Aittokallio group has adapted flamenco to other www.glimsgloms.com music genres, e.g. to accompany Finnish Glims & Gloms dance company was folk poetry. founded in 1999 by Simo Heiskanen and Genre: Contemporary flamenco, live Tuomo Railo. G&G’s works are charac- music performance Arja Tiili & Co terised by stylish and inventive visuals Helsinki and multi-layered themes. Alpo Aaltokoski Company Contact: [email protected] Genre: Contemporary dance, dance the- Helsinki www.arjatiili.fi atre, performances for young audiences Contact: Manager Helmi Saksala Arja Tiili’s works baffle, frighten, thrill www.aaltokoskicompany.fi and make people laugh. The perfor- Tero Saarinen Company Moving explorations at the core of mances lie on the borderline between Helsinki human life, complete visual insights, dance, performance art and theatre, Contact: Managing Director Iiris Autio flashes of the Finnish mindscape in bravely mixing styles from breakdance Head of International Sales Johanna modern dress and winding paths to contemporary dance and video art. Rajamäki towards peace of mind. Solidarity and Her latest work is inspired by Günter www.terosaarinen.com joint responsibility are recurring themes Grass’s novel The Tin Drum. Tero Saarinen’s works have capti- in choreographer Alpo Aaltoko- Genre: Contemporary dance, dance vated audiences and critics in nearly ski’s works and are at the core of the theatre, young audiences Directory of Finnish Dance finnish dance in focus 2014–2015 P 4 1 \ Matti Häyrynen As2Wrists Dance Company Helsinki Contact: Choreographer Minna Tuovinen www.as2wrists.fi Their unique style blends Argentine tango with a contemporary vocabulary. In recent years the company has toured extensively in South America, most notably in Argentina and Brazil. The company is diverse, working in dance film, organising international development projects and teaching workshops in dance and camerawork. Genre: Contemporary dance

Canela Helsinki Contact: Anna Palmio and The Compañía Kaari & Roni Dance Company Gruppen Fyra Annatuuli Saine Martin (G4) www.canela.fi Helsinki Helsinki Canela’s repertoire consists of flamenco Contact: Contact: Pia Liski and works that combine contemporary Producers Joonas Antikainen and www.gruppenfyra.com dance and other art forms. Their works Nea Granlund Contemporary dance combined with include solo pieces by the group’s mem- www.compania.fi intelligent humour. Dance theatre and bers, as well as commissioned pieces by This company’s primary focus is to improvisation-based pieces in places top new flamenco and contemporary incorporate flamenco and its Nordic like parks, streets and trams. Touring dance choreographers from Spain and dimension into the field of international 2014/15 with pieces Nagru, Reino and Finland. contemporary dance, art and music. In Aino, and Mama!. Genre: Contemporary dance, flamenco, December 2012 their work The Raven Genre: Contemporary dance, dance performance/live art, performances for won first prize in three categories in the theatre young audiences prestigious Certamen de Coreografia de Flamenco y Danza Española choreogra- Dance Company Off/Balance Carl Knif Company phy competition. Jyväskylä Helsinki Genre: Dance theatre, flamenco, Contact: Artistic Directors Elina Contact: Artistic Director Carl Knif performances for young audiences, Häyrynen and Terhi Kuokkanen www.carlknifcompany.fi contemporary flamenco, contemporary www.tanssiryhmaoffbalance.net Dancer-choreographer Carl Knif is more dance and music, physical theatre Central Finland-based company with a than personal; he is a very singular artist. versatile repertoire and international His art does not resemble anyone else’s. DanceBox recognition. The company produces 1–3 With pieces such as Hologram Walls and Lakiala premieres/co-productions per year with Manuscript, audiences have become Contact: Terhi Pinomäki-Lenick top choreographers and artists. acquainted with the dreamlike, humor- www.tanssiboxi.com Genre: Contemporary dance, new dance ous qualities of his works. The very DanceBox is an independent contem- personal Red, his latest premiere, was a porary dance group from Tampere, Dance Theatre Auraco huge success. founded in 1998. It performs both in Helsinki Genre: Contemporary dance Finland and abroad. Performances for a Contact: Artistic Director Päivi Aura wide range of audiences, young and old, www.auraco.fi in theatres, at schools, on the streets Touring dance company producing 1–3 and in market squares. premieres per year. Auraco produces Genre: Contemporary dance, dance performances for all ages and has a theatre long experience in working with and P 4 2 finnish dance in focus 2014–2015 Directory of Finnish Dance \ Laurent Champoussin of visual culture. For him, dance is a way to perceive, to describe and to be within the world. Genre: Contemporary dance, artwork- specific choreography

Jenni Kivelä & Kind People Helsinki Contact: Choreographer Jenni Kivelä www.jennikivela.com Since 2002 dance performances that combine features from dance and theatre and move between the conceptual and the concrete. Jenni Kivelä has a strong, recognisable style. Recently she has been exploring what can be recycled in a dance context. Around one premiere per year. Genre: Contemporary dance Robert Hoge Robert for babies and toddlers under 3 years of dance, performance/live art, adult and age. Audience development and com- young audiences munity dance projects are an essential part of Auraco’s work. Flow Productions Genre: Dance theatre, young audiences Oulu Contact: Dance Theatre Kaie Choreographer Pirjo Yli-Maunula Kerava www.flowprod.fi Contact: Anne Jouhtinen Northern Finland-based company cre- www.cra-company.com ates 2–3 new productions per year, has a K&C Kekäläinen & Company Multi-artistic productions for adult and large repertoire, and tours both nation- Helsinki young audiences. Traditional stages as ally and internationally. The heart and Contact: well as streets, market squares, parks, soul of the company are two renowned Managing Director Lilja Lehmuskallio shop windows and kindergartens func- dance artists, Maria Littow and Pirjo Yli- www.kekalainencompany.net tion as settings. The Finno-Ugric roots Maunula, who collaborate with artists The mission of K&C is to promote inspire with their mysticism. from different art genres. dance as an intellectual art form with Genre: Contemporary dance, dance Genre: Contemporary dance, multidisci- strong potential in political and poetic theatre, multi-artistic performances plinary productions communication of gender. Choreogra- pher-dancer Sanna Kekäläinen’s work Ehkä-production Ismo Dance Company expands the experience of a dance Turku Helsinki performance by combining philosophy, Contact: [email protected] Contact: Artistic Director Ismo-Pekka feminism, text and conceptual think- www.ehka.net Heikinheimo ing with highly original language of Dance productions, collective projects www.ismodance.fi movement. and the annual festival XS. Ehkä hosts Choreographer Ismo-Pekka Heikinheimo Genre: Contemporary dance the contemporary art space Kutomo, blends art and performance with new a stage, studio and gallery. Founded in concepts and artistic methods. His KATVE [blind spot] 2004 by Anna Torkkel and Tashi Iwaoka social agenda touches on body politics Helsinki and run by Torkkel and Maija Reeta and the aesthetics of movement. His Contact: Choreographer Virva Talonen Raumanni since 2009. work is multidisciplinary, interactive and www.katve.info Genre: New dance, contemporary transformative, exploring the spectrum KATVE [blind spot] was founded by two Directory of Finnish Dance finnish dance in focus 2014–2015 P 43 \

independent dance artists Heidi Masalin seeking new forms of classical and broad national and international col- and Virva Talonen. The collective pro- contemporary ballet, tradition and laboration network. Also organises the duces works by Talonen and Masalin, thinking. The company was founded in PDC Dance Month Festival at the Pori collaborating widely with artists from 2009 and has been performing success- Theatre. different art forms. fully in different venues and theatres Genre: Contemporary dance, dance Genre: Contemporary dance and perfor- in Finland since then. Artistic director: theatre, performance/live art mance, site-specific work, performances Ville Valkonen. for children Genre: Classical and contemporary Petri Kekoni Company ballet Helsinki Kinetic Orchestra Contact: Choreographer Petri Kekoni Helsinki Malviniemi Company www.kekonico.fi Contact: Vaasa A collective of 20 artists, dancers, com- Artistic Director Jarkko Mandelin Contact: Artistic Director, posers and designers. Kekoni’s works www.kineticorchestra.fi Choreographer Mia Malviniemi are known for their personal movement In a short time, this group has created a www.malviniemi.fi language and strong visual thinking. strong, recognisable style and become Produces mainly stage works, 1–2 In their repertoire: Non-Linear (2014), one of the most interesting Finnish premieres per year. Also site-specific Miniatures – Humans in small scale contemporary dance companies. The performances in repertoire. (2013), Theses of the Deed (2011), Green movement-based content and philoso- Genre: Contemporary dance Armchair (2010). phy of their works bring together dance Genre: Contemporary dance techniques, street dance attitudes and Merja Nieminen/Patrik Rastenberger circus-like agility. Routa Company Genre: Contemporary dance Kajaani Contact: Artistic Director, Lehtovaara & Companions Choreographer Kira Riikonen Brussels www.routacompany.fi Contact: Producer Riikka Thitz The 12-year-old Routa (Finnish for ‘per- www.lehtovaara.co mafrost’) Company is an open company A Finnish-led, Belgium-based support for contemporary dance production. It and production organisation for dance produces unique, strong and content- arts and artists. They coordinate and Mikko Kallinen & The Company rich dance performances rooted in local promote artistic work and cultural Helsinki and global issues. Routa belongs to the exchanges between continental Europe, Contact: Regional Dance Centre of Northern Scandinavia and Finland. Artistic Director/Choreographer Finland and employs both dance artists Genre: Contemporary dance Mikko Kallinen and audiovisual artists. www.av-arkki.fi Genre: Contemporary dance, dance Liisa Pentti +CO A production company of artists from theatre and applied dance Helsinki various disciplines. New creations are Contact: Artistic Director Liisa Pentti mainly video dance/animation and Satu Tuomisto +Comp www.liisapentti.com interactive choreographic works. Helsinki Produces 1–2 creations per year and Genre: Contemporary dance, audio- Contact: Producer Laura Heikkinen tours in Finland and abroad. Other visual art www.satutuomisto.com activities: teaching and dance-related “Nothing’s created such a stir before,” discussions and events. PDC Pori Dance Company wrote the Helsingin Sanomat news- Genre: Post contemporary dance Pori paper. Tuomisto’s latest production, Contact: Mikko Lampinen Riisuttuna (‘Bare’, 2014), caused a mas- The Little Ballet of Finland PSB www.poridancecompany.com sive media uproar and is now touring. Helsinki West coast established professional Satu Tuomisto loves sweaty physicality, Contact: Kari Castrén dance group whose dancers have been explicit emotions and experimental www.pienisuomalainenbalettiseurue.fi recognised for their skilful technique. choreographic challenges. An independent troupe of classically Their high-level, varied repertoire has Genre: Contemporary dance, dance trained dancers and choreographers guaranteed international tours and a theatre P 44 finnish dance in focus 2014–2015 Directory of Finnish Dance \ Tanja Ahola Susanna Leinonen Company Helsinki Contact: Managing Director Timo Parkkonen www.susannaleinonen.com Susanna Leinonen is one of the most internationally acclaimed Finnish choreographers. Her works have toured in 20 countries at various festivals and venues. SLC has been appointed as one of the Key Projects in Finnish Cultural Export. SLC is available for touring with several works for 1–7 dancers. Genre: Contemporary dance

The Tempest Group dance artists and provides performance Helsinki \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ opportunities for professional dancers. Contact: Elli Isokoski Dancers as well as choreographers are www.myrskyryhma.info employed for each production. We Founded by Elli Isokoski and Pauliina PRODUCTION also provide opportunities for brief Tyni in 2002. The group takes dance into residency work. the community, to people who wouldn’t CENTRES normally get to see contemporary Zodiak – Center for New Dance dance. Their works tackle issues that all Helsinki kinds of audiences can easily relate to. JoJo – Oulu Dance Centre Contact: Genre: Contemporary dance, dance Oulu Artistic Director Harri Kuorelahti theatre, dance film, performances for Contact: www.zodiak.fi senior audiences Artistic Director Jarkko Lehmus Zodiak – Center for New Dance is a www.jojo.fi progressive dance organisation and the Tsuumi Dance Theatre JoJo – Oulu Dance Centre is a dance main venue for freelance contemporary Helsinki production house in Northern Finland. dance in Finland. Zodiak co-produces Contact: JoJo runs the annual international and hosts 15–20 new dance productions Managing Director Salla Korja-Paloniemi OuDance Festival in September and a each year. Zodiak is a member of several www.tsuumi.com year-round dance programme consisting international networks and works with Tsuumi brings folk dance and traditional of its own productions and guest per- international partners in production, tonal music into the present day: skill formances as well as hosting an Artists’ teacher and artist exchanges, and and competence combined with sensi- Residency with an active international touring. tivity and humour. Genre: Dance theatre exchange programme. JoJo is one of the four organisations that form the \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Willman Dance Company Regional Dance Centre in Northern Helsinki Finland. Contact: REGIONAL Artistic Director Marjaterttu Willman WATT – Dance artists in the www.willmandancecompany.fi Vaasa region CENTRES Willman Dance Company brings Vaasa together artists who share a passion Contact: Mari Omars / Mia Wiik for dance and stage art. The goal of the www.watt.fi FOR DANCE company is to create original contem- Watt is an independent organisation porary dance pieces that focus on the that produces contemporary dance central questions of humanity. pieces and operates in the whole Central Finland Regional Genre: Contemporary dance Ostrobothnian region. The organisation Dance Center creates employment opportunities for Pirkanmaa and Häme Center Directory of Finnish Dance finnish dance in focus 2014–2015 P 45 \

Tampere Regional Dance Centre in Zodiak – Center for New Dance func- Contact: Managing Director Piia Kulin Northern Finland tions as a regional centre for dance in www.sisasuomentanssi.fi/english/ Members of Regional Dance Centre in Helsinki. Northern Finland: Central Finland Center www.jojo.fi / www.routacompany.fi \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Jyväskylä / www.rimpparemmi.fi / www.full- Contact: moondance.fi Managing Director Mari Turunen The Regional Dance Centre in Northern ORGANISA- www.dancex.fi Finland consists of JoJo – Oulu Dance The aim of the regional centres is to Centre, Routa Company from Kajaani, TIONS improve the availability of dance art, to Rimpparemmi Folk Ensemble from support its development, to promote Rovaniemi and Pyhäsalmi Dance Asso- collaboration, and to enhance profes- ciation, which organises the Full Moon Theatre Centre sional opportunities in Central Finland. Dance Festival. Contact: Maaria Kuukorento Specialising in community dance, [email protected] outreach and service production – the Regional Dance Centre of www.teatterikeskus.fi centre also runs Liikelaituri venue in Ostrobothnia A co-operative organisation for profes- Tampere. Vaasa sional theatre and dance companies Contact: Annika Sillander in Finland. Its goal is to promote the www.pohjanmaantanssi.fi / activities of the individual theatres and Panu Pohjola www.watt.fi companies and strengthen their posi- The Regional Dance Centre of Ostro- tion in Finland. Theatre Centre is also a bothnia in Western Finland operates in network of 34 member theatres. the three Ostrobothnian regions. The Center promotes dance, organises dance Union of Dance and Circus events, maintains and builds networks Artists of Finland between artists, cultural associations Contact: Chairperson Outi Kallinen or and local councils. The Centre works to Sami Hiltunen extend and strengthen Nordic and inter- [email protected] national networks and collaborations. www.teme.fi/sttl

Regional Dance Centre of \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Western Finland Turku Contact: FESTIVALS Managing Director Lotta Skaffari www.l-tanssi.fi AND EVENTS The Western Finland Regional Dance Centre covers Southwest Finland and Regional Dance Centre of the province of Satakunta. The centre ANTI – Contemporary Art Eastern Finland ITAK aims to develop collaboration between Festival Kuopio different agents in the dance field Kuopio Contact: Producer Jupe Pohjolainen and gain more public recognition for International contemporary arts festival www.itak.fi contemporary dance. One of its main presenting site-specific works made for Promotes dance, creates work opportu- challenges is supporting freelance dance public spaces. nities for professionals, offers training, artists. Contact: Producer Vilja Ruokolainen and supports dance production in www.antifestival.com Eastern Finland. Organises festivals: Pai- Zodiak – Center for New Dance kallisliike every June and Lonely in the / Regional Dance Center in ApinaFest Rain? in November. ITAK also runs the Helsinki Helsinki Sotku cultural centre in Kuopio. Helsinki Contemporary dance festival; perfor- www.zodiak.fi mances, clubs and panels. In April. P 46 finnish dance in focus 2014–2015 Directory of Finnish Dance \

Contact: Mikko Heino Helsinki Festival Contact: http://apinafest.apinatarha.fi Helsinki Artistic Director Mia Malviniemi The largest arts festival in Finland, fea- www.kokkolantalvitanssit.fi Baltic Circle Festival turing classical and world music, dance, Helsinki theatre and urban events. In August. Kuopio Dance Festival International contemporary theatre Contact: The largest annual dance festival in the festival & platform for developing new Senior Press Officer Sini Koskimies Nordic Countries, programme from trends and ideas. In November. www.helsinkifestival.fi contemporary dance to classical ballet, Contact: folklore, workshops and varied fringe Festival Director Eva Neklyaeva HURRAA! programme. In June. www.balticcircle.fi Helsinki Contact: A national festival of performing arts for Festival Director Anna Pitkänen BRAVO! children and young people. In March. www.kuopiodancefestival.fi Helsinki Contact: [email protected] International theatre festival for chil- www.hurraa.org Lappeenranta International dren and young audiences organised Ballet Gala every second year in the Helsinki metro- Jyväskylä Festival Lappeenranta politan area. In March. Jyväskylä Meeting place for Nordic dance and Contact: [email protected] City festival for different art forms: international stars. Contemporary works www.bravofinland.org concerts, non-verbal theatre, dance, a and classics. In August. children’s programme. In July. Contact: Factory Festival Manifesti Contact: Artistic Director Juhani Teräsvuori Turku Production Manager Mari Lankinen www.lappeenranta.fi/balettigaala Annual festival with wide-ranging pro- www.jyvaskylankesa.fi gramme from contemporary dance and LOIKKA Dance Film Festival new circus to exhibitions. In September. Kaustinen Folk Music Festival Helsinki Contact: Producer & Programme Direc- Kaustinen High-quality international dance films, tor Katja Lehmussaari The largest folk music event in the lectures, workshops and events. Organ- www.manillantehdas.fi Nordic countries – all the folk music ised by the open artists’ collective MAD and dance you can possibly gobble up in Productions. In April. Full Moon Dance Festival a week! In early July. Contact: Artistic Director Kati Kallio Pyhäjärvi Contact: [email protected] www.loikka.fi Contemporary dance from Finland and www.kaustinen.net abroad; courses and discussions. In July. Lonely in the Rain? Contact: Winter Dance in Kokkola Joensuu Artistic Director Pirjo Yli-Maunula Kokkola Festival for contemporary dance, new www.fullmoondance.fi A four-day event, full of contemporary dance and improvisation. in November. dance and dance theatre. In March. Contact: Executive Producer Eeva Eloranta Matti Häyrynen www.itak.fi

Moving in November Helsinki International contemporary dance festival in the Helsinki region. In November. Contact: Artistic Directors Ari Tenhula & Mikael Aaltonen, www.movinginnovember.fi

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Northern Finland, mainly contemporary International dance happening and folk over the city with one art action at a dance. In September. dance festival combined. In June. time. In autumn. Contact: Contact: [email protected] Contact: Artistic Director, Choreogra- Artistic Director Jarkko Lehmus www.sottiisimoves.fi pher Sonya Lindfors www.jojo.fi/festival/ www.urbanapa.fi Tampere Dance Current Pispala Schottische Dance Tampere \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Mania Festival of contemporary Finnish dance Tampere organised annually in May. New folk music and dance, concerts, Contact: Anniina Kumpuniemi VENUES performances, training. Every two years, www.tanssivirtaa.net in September 2015. Contact: [email protected] Tampere Flamenco Week Helsinki – Espoo metro- www.sottiisi.net Tampere politan area International flamenco performances

Marco Riva and courses in flamenco dance, guitar Alexander Theatre and singing. In July. Contact: Director of International Contact: Affairs Saija Nisula Artistic Director Anu Silvennoinen www.aleksanterinteatteri.fi www.tampereflamenco.com Capacity: 473. All forms of performing arts. Tampere Theatre Festival Tampere Espoo Cultural Centre The programme of Finland’s main inter- Contact: Producer Sanna Katajavuori national theatre festival includes new www.espoo.fi/kulttuurikeskus drama, updated classics, dance theatre, Capacity: Louhi Hall 233/296, Tapiola contemporary circus and street theatre. Hall 686/773 depending on the con- In August. figuration. All forms of classical and Contact: contemporary dance, performances for Ruutia! International Dance PR Manager Eevamaija Miettinen-Kopsa young audiences. Festival for Children and www.teatterikesa.fi Young Audiences Kiasma Theatre – Museum of Helsinki Time of Dance Contemporary Art Kiasma International dance performances for Jyväskylä Contact: Jonna Strandberg children and young audiences. In April. Finnish contemporary dance. In Septem- www.kiasma.fi Contact: Producer Kaisa Karkkonen ber, Central Finland. Capacity: 200. Contemporary dance www.hurjaruuth.fi Contact: and theatre, performance/live art, Artistic Director Teemu Kyytinen site-specific, performances for young Side Step Festival www.tanssinaika.fi audiences, urban art. Helsinki Contemporary dance, cutting-edge URB – Urban Art Festival Savoy Theatre international performances, lectures, Helsinki Contact: Producer Anna-Liisa Tasapuro artist dialogues and workshops. Organ- Urban dance and theatre, site-specific www.savoyteatteri.fi ised by Zodiak – Center for New Dance. performances, visual arts. In August. Capacity: 735. Performance/live art, In February. Contact: Mikael Aaltonen contemporary dance, dance theatre, Contact: www.urb.fi folk dance, flamenco, concerts. Artistic Director Harri Kuorelahti www.zodiak.fi UrbanApa Stoa Helsinki Contact: Producer Monika SottiisiMoves International UrbanApa is not your usual nice and Silander-Stolt Dance Festival safe, once-a-year festival. It’s a different www.stoa.fi Tampere and surprising series of events that takes Capacity: Theatre Hall 240 seats, Music P 48 finnish dance in focus 2014–2015 Directory of Finnish Dance \ Mirka Kleemola Hall 74 seats. Contemporary dance, folk dance, flamenco, performance/live art, performances for young audiences, music and theatre. Tampere Tampere Hall Contact: Head of the Concert Department Marko Stenström www.tampere-talo.fi Capacity: Main Auditorium 1800–1900, Small Auditorium 450, Studio 170–200, Park Hall 1000. All forms of performing arts and music. Turku Barker Theatre, Stage for Independent Art in Turku Arts Academy at Turku portal.savonia.fi Contact: Jesper Dolgov University of Applied Sciences www.barkerteatteri.fi Faculty of Performing Arts / Dance North Karelia College Contemporary dance performances, Dance Teacher Education (4-year BA Outokumpu training facilities, dance residency. level) Movement & Performance Research Contact: Contemporary dance \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Tarja Yoken [email protected] Vocational qualification in dance www.taideakatemia.turkuamk.fi Head of Dance Education: Ulla Mäkinen Contact: [email protected] PROFES- Oulu University of Applied www.pkky.fi/amo/outokumpu Sciences SIONAL School of Media and Performing Arts Tampere Conservatoire Options of study: Ballet, folk dance, Contemporary dance, classical & couple dance, show dance contemporary ballet, jazz dance, dance EDUCATION Degree Programme in Dance Teacher theatre, performance/live art Education Vocational qualification in dance Head of Degree Programme: Head of Degree Programme: Finnish National Opera Ballet Niina Susan Vahtola Miika Riekkinen School Contact: [email protected] Contact: Contact: [email protected] www.oamk.fi/english/info/schools/ [email protected] www.ooppera.fi mdm/ www.tampereenkonservatorio.fi

University of the Arts Helsinki Savonia University of Applied Turku Conservatory of Music – Theatre Academy Sciences and Dance www.uniarts.fi / www.teak.fi Kuopio Academy of Music and Dance Contemporary dance, jazz dance, classi- Department of Dance Contemporary dance, classical ballet, cal ballet Planning Officer: Jan-Peter Kaiku dance improvisation, dance education, Vocational degree in dance Contact: [email protected] jazz dance Director of Dance Department: Department of Dance and Theatre Degree Programme in Dance, Dance Sari Hannula Pedagogy Teacher (BA) Contact: Planning Officer: Justiina Westerinen Head of Degree Programme: [email protected] Contact: [email protected] Eeri Pihlajakari www.turunkonservatorio.fi Contact: [email protected]