Dance productions
Monday, 24 March 2008 19:10
An intense, elemental work set to the music of one of Russia's leading contemporary composers, Airflow explores the search for light and salvation amidst an icy darkness.
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Monday, 24 March 2008 19:54
A piece for two dancers and two musicians, encompassing both energetic duets and melancholy moments of solitude. In a smoky after-hours bar, nothing remains constant except the stories of love lost and found, danced to the yearning tones of the milonga.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 April 2008 23:50 )
Monday, 24 March 2008 19:59
A work integrating elements of text and movement theatre, based on the poetry of celebrated Finnish poets Eino Leino and L. Onerva.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 April 2008 23:49 )
Monday, 24 March 2008 20:01
A dynamic duet set to foot-tapping Finnish rock and pop grooves ranging from the stirring to the eccentric, North Star Boogie alternates between contemporary urban beats and echoes of Nordic melancholy from decades past.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 April 2008 23:50 )
Monday, 24 March 2008 20:09
Premiered in Amman, Jordan, in the Finnish-Jordanian collaborative project Fusion, Passageway brought together Finnish and Jordanian dancers on the stage of Amman's Royal Cultural Center.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 April 2008 23:51 )
Monday, 24 March 2008 20:06
Accompanied by Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel and MC Solaar, Thomas Freundlich, in a tour de force solo set in lowlife Paris, effortlessly shifts between French music hall, hip hop and outlandish illusionary pantomime.
Last Updated ( Monday, 24 March 2008 20:08 )
Monday, 24 March 2008 20:10
An intimate dance drama set in World War 2, Missing Presumed Dead recounts the timeless story of a pilot missing in action and the impossible choice that his wife, consequently, must face.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 April 2008 23:52 )
Monday, 24 March 2008 20:11
An exuberant, energetic ensemble work that translates Frank Zappa's singular symphonic music into inventive choreographic episodes.
Monday, 24 March 2008 20:12
Written and directed by renowned mime artist and author Adam Darius, Carnival of Fear is an electrifying work of physical theatre integrating dance, text and live music.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 April 2008 23:53 )
Monday, 24 March 2008 20:14
"Powerful impact...young choreographer succeeds with his difficult theme of James Dean, icon of the rebels..." - Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki, Finland
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Monday, 24 March 2008 20:15
In this intense solo work, a young woman gathers the fragments of her bombed-out life among the ruins; the flames are extinguished but the scars of war never heal. The piece was created for Barbora Kohoutková, principal ballerina of the Finnish National Ballet.
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Monday, 24 March 2008 20:16
In this dance theatre piece for an actress and two dancers, the poems of Edith Södergran and the urban music of Paul Schütze provide the backdrop for three peoples' struggle against the confining boundaries of life.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 April 2008 23:54 )
Monday, 24 March 2008 20:17
The body and mind of a pointe shoe-clad dancer become a playing field of conflicting moods as the soundscape drifts between an insistent drum 'n' bass beat and echoes of Debussy's piano music.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 April 2008 23:54 )