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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 inspiration from the courtship dances of birds-of-paradise, professional wrestling, love songs and longing, this choreographic work reveals how birds and humans alike create 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 comedy in everyday situations, objects and spaces. It finds poetry in the smallest gestures: opening a door, sinking into a sofa and the glances exchanged 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 composed of fragmented scenes presented out of sequence – like pieces of a larger puzzle that never fully takes shape. The work invites the audience to assemble the performance puzzle in their own way.
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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 audiences on a unique exploration of the human body and mind through movement.
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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 exploring the interplay between the visible and invisible worlds. The performance invites audiences into a surreal waiting room where human bodies, movement, music and space merge into one.
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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 dancers form an orchestra in the classical tradition and do everything they can to bring the movements 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–Romani–Jewish–Finnish flamenco orchestra and the Helsinki City Theatre Dance Company invite you to Veren häät!
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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 company has worked with numerous acclaimed artists from Finland and abroad. It has played a vital role in the development of contemporary dance in Finland, continually attracted new audiences to its works and created unforgettable experiences for five decades.
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Gravity
Helsinki Dance Company & Kinetic Orchestra

Gravity

Small Stage – Eläintarhantie 5

Gravity takes audiences deep into the world of dance, blending contemporary dance techniques with acrobatics and martial arts.
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Kaksivärinen fuuga
A co-production with Carl Knif Company

Kaksivärinen fuuga

Studio Pasila – Ratamestarinkatu 5

In Kaksivärinen fuuga, a co-production by Helsinki City Theatre’s dance company Helsinki Dance Company (HDC) and Carl Knif Company (CKC), the precise formal language of Dmitri Shostakovich’s magnificent music meets the dancers’ richly expressive movement.
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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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