Music and dance resonating in Helsinki Baroque Orchestra’s concert
I dare to say it is an achievement in the field of art when a renowned orchestra of baroque music welcomes “another” art form to the same stage, venturing to
Can art be as powerful as religion? – Kirkko Soikoon 2016: Jälleen näimme tähdet
Two shadows dance a spiritual dance on each side of a big Jesus’s figure nailed to the cross; a melody of Italian and Finnish languages alternates in harmony with elevated
Helsinki Festival 2015: Peking opera on the stage of the Finnish National Theatre
This year’s Helsinki Festival brings Chinese performing arts closer to the Finnish audience. The Last Warrior by Wusheng Company, premiered at the stage of the Finnish National Theatre, represents traditional
Sinfonia de Tango: Away from Winter Lethargy
Weaving legs, soft sliding and flying women above the heads of their partners – these are the instant flashbacks, occurring in your mind after seeing Sinfonia de Tango: A Tribute
Side Step Festival – …and I’m a Human.
We like to pick our noses. We like to watch on our own shit. We don’t like weddings.
Side Step Festival – Paradise in Weirdness: Weirdness in Paradise
This year the program of Side Step Festival challenges its audience with the large and universal themes about the meaning of life and death. It explores human beings and inner
Days Without Names: Dance Without Choreography
Where is dance and where is choreography? What is happening on the stage: dance or choreography? After all, when dance is happening on the stage without choreography?
Remote Stravinsky’s Genius
In a continious whirling she shows up on the stage once the curtains open up and keeps on whirling until the very end of 45-minute long performance. No change of
SEE, HEAR, MOVE: WRITE
First International Symposium of Art Writing took place in Theater Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki on the 28-29 of March. As Tiina Rosenberg, the rector of the
”IDÄN OTTEESSA”: Four Dance Artists, Three Dance Pieces
”IDÄN OTTEESSA” – the Evening for Three Dance Pieces was organized by four dance artists, educated in North Karelia college Outukumpu: Mari Kortelainen, Nadja Pärssinen, Sari Tuunanen and Anna Venäläinen .
”WATCH AND REPEAT”
…A big Persian carpet in the middle…another smaller one in a Turkish style …one more Colored Vintage…a mid sized carpet with octagonal ornament…. a mat without fringe….a rug, consisting of
Immature Girlish Bodies… Mature Girls’ Minds
Young immature girlish bodies and abstract movement material choreographed for professional dancers; it takes as long as the piece ”GIRLS” lasts, to overcome the confusion in perceiving how both come