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1.3.2023

Kuopio Dance Festival’s course programme is even more versatile than before

Kuopio Dance Festival’s course programme is even more versatile than before
1.3.2023

The Festival Parade is renewed

The Festival Parade is renewed
15.2.2023

Groups for Dance Schools On Stage have been selected!

This year, 120 applications were received, of which 10 were from abroad
21.1.2023

Program 2023

Kuopio Dance Festival program is out and all tickets on sale!
18.11.2022

Gala tickets on sale!

The gala lifts the festival spirits through the roof!

Tanssioppilaitokset On Stage 1
14.10.2022

Apply to Dance Schools on Stage 2023

Kuopio Dance Festival and Finnish Dance Schools Association STOPP ry invite dance schools to apply to perform at the 54th Kuopio Dance Festival.
Nina Enroth
7.4.2021

Nina Enroth: And there I stood in the snow

Nina Enroth learned as a grown-up that dance belongs to everyone.

Gaala Tuonelan Joutsen
15.3.2021

Jani Talo leaves the door open for the world of dance

We interviewed Jani Talo, whose career as a ballet dancer at the Finnish National Ballet is almost done.
paula thesleff
15.3.2021

Paula Thesleff encourages self-reflection

We interviewed Paula Thesleff, a top professional in the field of sports psychology.
Eeva Anttila
15.3.2021

Eeva Anttila yearns for diversity in dance pedagogy

We interviewed Eeva Anttila, a professor of dance pedagogy at Theatre Academy of University of the Arts.
toriohjelma
12.3.2021

Antti Keinänen still loves to perform

We interviewed our guest of the month Antti Keinänen, a soloist dancer in the Finnish National Ballet.
Toni Ledentsa
12.2.2021

Toni Ledentsa sees potential for growth in Kuopio's cultural life

We interviewed Toni Ledentsa, the curator of Galleria Ars Libera.
toriohjelmaa
27.1.2021

These dance schools come together for PREMIERE

List of selected dance schools.
Pori Dance Company, Hetkien vaellus
7.10.2019

Riku Lehtopolku:"Kuopio is a window to the world of international dance"

New Artistic Director of Kuopio Dance Festival, Riku Lehtopolku is working with his first programme for the festival.

18.9.2019

Festival story captured in archive photographs

Unique story of Kuopio Dance Festival is a pearl among dance arts. These photos cover decades of dance.
10.9.2019

How did Kuopio became the home of an international dance festival?

Kuopio already had the pedigree of a cultural town. Ballet had been teached in the city since 1950s, so the atmosphere was right
19.8.2019

10 reasons to dance

New time of the year and time to start something new. How about dance?
3.7.2019

Genelec-at the top of the sound world

Kuopio Dance Festival and Genelec have united forces. Dance art and sound are natural part of each other, but for these companies collaboration means much deeper understanding.