Emanuel Gat Dance (France): LOVETRAIN2020

A contemporary “Musical” for 14 dancers, LOVETRAIN2020 will call upon the wonderful music of the 80s British duo Tears for Fears.

Eun-Me Ahn Company (South-Korea): North Korea Dance

For this piece, Eun-Me Ahn dived into the videos coming from North : military parades and fan dances, gestures showing off virility and and virtuoso acrobatics, traditional dances and village dances.

Genelec-gala

On stage will be seen Alan Lucien Øyens sparkling solo Sinnerman performed by Daniel Proietto and Akram Khans masterpiece KAASH performed by Spanish IT Dansa.

winter guests (Norway): Story, story, die.

With a cast of 7 extraordinary dancers – Story, story, die. looks at the interdependency between lies and love: The things we do to be liked.

La Veronal (Spain): Sonoma

Marcos Morau’s Sonoma is a cry of the body, a primitive howl to feel alive in the pace of the digital age.

Kinetic Orchestra (Finland): Mostly Mass

Mostly Mass is a corporeal poem – a performance that gives itself over to bodily instincts and wildness.

Adi Boutrous (Israel): One More Thing

In One More Thing, Adi Boutrous strives to convey a state of listening, solidarity and support for the other.

Carl Knif Company (Finland): Matka

Mat­ka is a si­te-spe­ci­fic and com­mu­nal work who­se cho­reog­rap­hy Carl Knif will crea­te in col­la­bo­ra­tion with Carl Knif Com­pa­ny dan­cers and the work’s au­dien­ce.

Dance Schools On Stage 1-3

In On Stage perfomances, selected dance schools will perform to the festival audience. Every group will get feedback from professional jury after their perfromance.

Alessandro Sciarroni (Italy): Save The Last Dance For Me

Compagnie 111 (France): Corps Noir

The body is opaque. It hides an inner body, a body in the shadows, a body that feels.

Livsmedlet/ Grus Grus teatteri (Finland): Invisible Lands

Riku Lehtopolku & Nuoret Tanssijat: VIRTA

Virta is a world premiere which brings together almost 150 dance students from all over Finland.