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Helsinki Dance Company

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Dance performance archive

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Birds of Paradise
Tiia Kasurinen

Birds of Paradise

Studio Pasila – Ratamestarinkatu 5

Drawing on the courtship dances, show wrestling, love songs and longing of birds of paradise, the choreographic work shows how both birds and humans construct seductive rituals to be noticed, accepted and chosen.
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Somatic Sitcom
Anna Maria Häkkinen

Somatic Sitcom

Studio Pasila – Ratamestarinkatu 5

A performance that reveals the comic nature of everyday situations, objects and spaces. It finds poetry in small gestures: opening a door, sinking into the sofa and glances between friends.
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Out of Order
Helsinki Dance Company & Fernando Melo

Out of Order

Small Stage – Eläintarhantie 5

Brazilian choreographer Fernando Melo's work is made up of fragmented scenes that are presented in disorder – like the pieces of a puzzle of a larger whole that never fully takes shape. The work invites the viewer to put together a performative puzzle according to their own liking.
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Project No. 2191
Helsinki Dance Company & Adrienn Hód / Hodworks

Project No. 2191

Small Stage – Eläintarhantie 5

Helsinki Dance Company and internationally acclaimed Hungarian choreographer Adrienn Hód invite the audience on a unique movement-based exploration of the human body and mind.
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DREAMER
HDC & Annamari Keskinen & Ryan Mason

DREAMER

Studio Pasila – Ratamestarinkatu 5

Helsinki Dance Company's DREAMER is a multidisciplinary dance work about the interaction between the visible and invisible worlds. The performance invites the audience to a surreal waiting room where human bodies, movement, music and space merge.
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Silence
Helsinki Dance Company & Kinetic Orchestra

Silence

Small Stage – Eläintarhantie 5

Silence is a dance performance inspired by the performance of classical music. The dance group forms an orchestra that follows the tradition of classical music and does everything in its power to bring the parts of the concerto to life.
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Veren häät
Helsinki Dance Company & Compañía Kaari & Roni Martin

Veren häät

Studio Pasila – Ratamestarinkatu 5

Compañía Kaari & Roni Martin's Spanish-Roma-Jewish-Finnish flamenco orchestra and the dance group of the Helsinki City Theatre invite you to Blood's wedding!
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Special Night
Helsinki Dance Company & Anton Lachky

Special Night

Main Stage – Eläintarhantie 5

In 2023, Helsinki Dance Company celebrates its 50th anniversary. Over the years, the group has worked with several renowned foreign and domestic artists. It has had a significant impact on the development of contemporary dance in Finland, always finding new viewers for its works, and offering unforgettable experiences for five decades.
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Gravity
Helsinki Dance Company & Kinetic Orchestra

Gravity

Small Stage – Eläintarhantie 5

Gravity takes the viewer deep into the world of dance by combining different contemporary dance techniques with acrobatics and martial arts.
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Kaksivärinen fuuga
Co-produced with the Carl Knif Company

Kaksivärinen fuuga

Studio Pasila – Ratamestarinkatu 5

In a co-production of the Helsinki City Theatre's dance group Helsinki Dance Company (HDC) and Carl Knif Company (CKC), the two-colour fugue The precise formal language of Dmitri Shostakovich's magnificent music meets the richly sprawling expression of the dancers.
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Aikuisten joulukalenteri
Jyrki Karttunen – Helsinki City Theatre dance group

Aikuisten joulukalenteri

Small Stage – Eläintarhantie 5

The Christmas Calendar for Adults is an unpretentious dance theatre performance. It offers healing Christmas care for adults who occasionally feel like an outsider in relation to Christmas traditions.
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Rakkaus
Ari Numminen

Rakkaus

Unpretentious dance theatre, stories from real life and age-old songs about love. Who likes whom?
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Tunteet, tunteet
Jyrki Karttunen

Tunteet, tunteet

Helsinki Dance Company's performance, which combines dance and theatre, is a dreamlike dive into the world of emotions and a journey to freedom.
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(play)
Kenneth Kvarnström

(play)

Helsinki Dance Company and NorrlandsOpera present: Wild dancing with live music!
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(re)use
Kenneth Kvarnström

(re)use

(re)use is the third, independent part of Kenneth Kvarnström's dance trilogy.
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