18 23 – 29 OCTOBER 2014 WHERE TO GO TIMES compiled by anna-maija lappi

From Sun 26 October Anni Klein – Jarkko Partanen: Dirty Dancing Contemporary dance. Zodiak – Center for New Dance S AKARI V IIKA Tallberginkatu 1B Tickets €14/22 Contemporary www.zodiak.fi

Wed 29 October dance at Tero Saarinen Company & Alexander Theatre fills up with brilliant contemporary dance between 21 Octo- Avanti! : Gaspard | Wavelengths | Vox Balaenae ber and 1 November. During the Aleksanteri Tanssii (“Alexander Dances”) fes- A triple bill of ’s most inter- tival, an impressive line-up of dance pieces from top Finnish choreographers nationally acclaimed contemporary and dance artists will be seen on stage. dancer-choreographer. Swan Song, a new work from media artist Marita Liulia, will be getting its Alexander Theatre Albertinkatu 32 world premiere at Alexander Theatre on Friday 24 October. Inspired by ballet Tickets €17.50-48.50 classics, Swan Song is a unique blend of dance, multimedia, live music and film. www.aleksanterinteatteri.fi This one-of-a-kind piece, exploring the fear of the unfamiliar and the unpre- dictability of life itself, is being performed in a collaboration of Marita Liulia (di- rection), Minna Tervamäki and Ima Iduozee (choreography and dance), Tomas EXHIBITIONS Djupsjöbacka and Ali Kesanto (music) and Antti Kuivalainen (lightning design). Between Wednesday 29 October and Saturday 1 November, a triple bill from Until Mon 27 October Tero Saarinen, one of Finland´s most prominent dancer-choreographers, will be Tommi Toija: Mutatis mutandis seen on stage. This breathtaking triple of brilliant contemporary dance per- In Tommi Toija’s sculptures we formances, Gaspard, Wavelengths and Vox Balaenae, is accompanied with live discover ourselves – and our friends and loved ones. music by Avanti! Chamber Orchestra. Amos Anderson Art Museum Yrjönkatu 27 Until Sat 1 November Mon, Thu, Fri 10:00-18:00 Aleksanteri Tanssii Wed 10:00-20:00 Alexander Theatre Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Albertinkatu 32 Tickets €0/2/8/10 www.amosanderson.fi Tickets €15-48.50 Gaspard by Tero Saarinen is a quintet set to Maurice Ravel´s piano piece Gaspard www.aleksanterinteatteri.fi de la nuit. Until Sun 16 November goes Kunsthalle How do the works from Kiasma look like when they are exhibited outside their own museum? MUSIC Thu 23-Sun 26 October Fri 24 October Sat 25 October Wed 29 October Kunsthalle Helsinki Supermassive 2014 Lada Nuevo, Antti Autio Entombed A.D (SWE) Migis & Kopone Nervanderinkatu 3 “An odyssey through the Folk/rock/pop. Metal. Hip hop. Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Thu 23 October underground” with artists like Tim Korjaamo Culture Factory Semifinal Wed 11:00-20:00 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Hecker (CAN), Cold Cave (USA), Töölönkatu 51 B Telakkakatu 8 Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Strauss´ Olympic Hymn. The Fall (UK) and OFF! (USA). Helsinki Tickets €22.00 Tickets €8.50 Tickets €0/7/10 Helsinki Music Centre Various venues. Tickets €7.50 Helsinki www.semifinal.fi www.taidehalli.fi Concert Hall www.supermassive.fi www.korjaamo.fi www.elmu.fi Manneheimintie 13 Wed 29 October Until Sun 11 January Tickets €7.50-32.50 Fri 24 October Fri 24 October Sat 25 October Diandra Ceramics & Space www.musiikkitalo.fi Softengine Yona, Viitasen Piia Apulanta Pop. Exhibition of contemporary Pop/rock. Folk/pop. Rock. Tavastia Finnish ceramics. Thu 23 October Virgin Oil CO. Gloria Tavastia Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Design Museum Aili Ikonen & Tribute to Ella Mannerheimintie 5 Pieni Roobertinkatu 12 Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Helsinki Korkeavuorenkatu 23 Jazz. www.virginoil.fi Helsinki Helsinki Tickets €15.50 Tue 11:00-20:00 Koko Jazz Club Tickets €11.50 Tickets €24 www.tavastiaklubi.fi Wed-Sun 11:00-18:00 Hämeentie 3 Fri 24 October www.gloriahelsinki.fi www.tavastiaklubi.fi Tickets €0/5/8/10 Tickets €16.50/22 Smash Into Pieces (SWE) Wed 29 October www.designmuseum.fi www.kokojazz.fi Hard rock. Fri 24 October Sun 26 October Gary Burton Quartet feat. Julian Le Bonk Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Lord of the Lost (GER) Lage, Jorge Roeder and Marcus Until Sun 11 January Thu 23 & Fri 24 October Yrjönkatu 24 Red Nose Day concert. Metal. Gilmore (USA) Tuomas A. Laitinen: Kalevi Aho: Frida y Diego www.lebonk.fi Helsinki Music Centre Tavastia Jazz. Fundamental Matter Opera presents Concert Hall Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Savoy Theatre Wide-ranging installations combining the world premiere of Kalevi Aho’s Fri 24 October Manneheimintie 13 Helsinki Kasarmikatu 46-48 sound, light and moving image. opera. Raul Saaremets & Rhythm Tickets €22.50-43.50 Tickets €22/23 Helsinki EMMA – Espoo Museum of Helsinki Music Centre Doctor www.musiikkitalo.fi www.tavastiaklubi.fi Tickets €48 Modern Art Sonore Legendary Mutant Disco dj from www.savoyteatteri.fi Ahertajantie 5 Manneheimintie 13 Tallinn. Fri 24 October Mon 27 October Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Helsinki Club Kaiku Richard Strauss Anna Kokkonen, Viitasen Piia, Wed 29 October Wed 11:00-20:00 Tickets €11.50-32.50 Kaikukatu 4 150th anniversary Laura Airaksinen Finnish Radio Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 www.musiikkitalo.fi www.clubkaiku.fi Anniversary concert Pop/folk. Symphony Orchestra Tickets €0/10/12 with top vocalists. Tavastia Okko Kamu & Jouko Harjanne. www.emma.museum Finnish National Opera Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Helsinki Music Centre Helsinginkatu 58 Helsinki Concert Hall Until Sun 18 January Cinemaissí has now become Helsinki Tickets €11.50 Manneheimintie 13 #snapshot an important multicultural Tickets €21.50-62.50 www.tavastiaklubi.fi Tickets €9.50-32.50 Photographs taken by ordinary A decade event on the calendar. www.opera.fi www.musiikkitalo.fi people, images sourced from the Mon 27 October internet, historic snapshots and On offer until Sunday 26 Fri 24 October Fink (UK) selfies as well as an overview of October, once again films from Club Kultabassokerho Indie/folk. THEATRE & DANCE the history of the selfie. of Latin all around Latin America are Ruger Hauer & Kalifornia-Keke. Kuudes Linja The Finnish Museum being be screened, covering a Kuudes Linja Hämeentie 13 of Photography wide range of themes and top- Hämeentie 13 Helsinki Thu 23-Wed 29 October Tallberginkatu 1 G American Helsinki Tickets €18 Sirkus Finlandia Tickets €0/6/8 ics. In the midst of a crowded Tickets €10 www.kuudeslinja.com One of Finland´s oldest circus Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 programme the festival is cel- www.kuudeslinja.com companies. Wed 11:00-20:00 cinema ebrating its first decade by of- Tue 28 October Kaisaniemen puistokuja 3 www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi fering a retrospective of the Sat 25 October Mike Stern (USA) Tickets €16-32 Club Hang the DJ Jazz. www.sirkusfinlandia.fi Until Wed 28 January JAMES O’SULLIVAN best films screened over the HELSINKI TIMES Big Wave Riders. Helsinki Music Centre Edward Munch - The Dance of Life past decade. Kuudes Linja Black Box Fri 24-Sun 26 October Exhibition of one of the major This year, the main guests Hämeentie 13 Manneheimintie 13 Marita Liulia & Co. : Swan Song visual artists in Northern Europe A LOT has changed in the of the festival are Colombi- Tickets €6 Helsinki Dance piece combining of the 20th century. past 10 years in Helsinki. The an actress Karent Hinestro- www.kuudeslinja.com Tickets €17.50-37.50 exquisite dance, multimedia, www.musiikkitalo.fi live music and film. Kuusilahdenkuja 1 number of newcomers ar- za and Argentine director Sat 25 October Alexander Theatre Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 riving from abroad has in- María Victoria Menis. Paleface & Räjähtävä Nyrkki Tue 28 October Albertinkatu 32 Tickets €0/8/13 creased, as well as people Hip hop. Edda Magnason (SWE) Tickets €15/28/35 www.didrichsenmuseum.fi travelling overseas. This has Sello Hall Jazz. www.aleksanterinteatteri.fi all contributed to a great- Cinemaissí – Latin American Soittoniekanaukio 1A Savoy Theatre Until Sun 22 March Tickets €22.50/23 Kasarmikatu 46-48 Sat 25 & Wed 29 October Sibelius and the World of Art er interest in other cultures Film Festival 2014 www.sellosali.fi Tickets €41/46 Kenneth Greve – Tuomas Exhibition explores the links and international cinema. So, Until October www.savoyteatteri.fi Kantelinen: The Snow Queen between the composer’s work what initially began at the Helsinki Sat 25 October Wintery ballet for the whole family. and the art scene of his time. initiative of a group of Lat- Kino Engel Aseistakieltäytyjäliitto 40v. Tue 28 October Finnish National Opera Art Museum Andorra Asa & Band, Joose Keskitalo, Yona Ville Leinonen Helsinginkatu 58 Kaivokatu 2 in American immigrants and & Liikkuva Pilvi. Death Black Dream Halloween tour. Tickets €21.50-107.50 Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00 their Finnish friends, Lat- Dubrovnik Korjaamo Culture Factory Elmun Baari www.opera.fi Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00 in American Film Festival www.cinemaissi.org Töölönkatu 51 B Telakkakatu 8 Sat, Sun 10:00-17:00 Tickets €14.50 Tickets €6.50/7 Sat 25 & Sun 26 October www.ateneum.fi www.korjaamo.fi www.elmunbaari.fi Bodecker & Neander (GER): Follow light Sat 25 October Tue 28 October The latest show from the masters OTHERS Helsinki Times iPad edition Moon Boots (USA) Lecherous Gaze (USA) of mime. Nu disco. Punk/hard rock/stoner. Espoo City Theatre Le Bonk Kuudes Linja Louhi Hall Until Sun 26 October Yrjönkatu 24 Hämeentie 13 Kulttuuriaukio 2 Cinemaissi Helsinki Tickets €11.50 Tickets €15/25/30 Latin American film festival. www.lebonk.fi www.kuudeslinja.com www.espoonteatteri.fi www.cinemaissi.org