Performers | Kuopio Dance Festival 2019

Genelec-Gala

Gala program is full of virtuosity of dance bringing several different performers and groups on stage.

Yoann Bourgeois-CCN2 Grenoble (France)

Choreographer, acrobat and dancer Yoann Bourgeois is a marvel across the world. He searches for the ”suspension point” in delicate virtuoso arrangements that defy gravity’s limits with unique grace.

Le Patin Libre (Canada)

Threshold concentrates on experience, how to move without moving through the space. Le Patin Libre defies traditional figure skating rules and creates something whole new.

Winter Guests-Story, story, die. Chor. Alan Lucien Øyen. Photo Mats Bäcker

winter guests (Norway)

Story, story, die. presents current theme of to be liked and accepted. It deals with our desire to give a best possible view of ourselves and eventually our craving for being loved.

Peeping Tom (Belgium)

Last part of the family trilogy, Kind, takes us into the world of a child. In Kind, we enter a distant and out of joint universe littered by somber fairy tales and magic

GN|MC (Spain)

Digging in the idea of infinity as a ceaseless loop and with a constant interest in the joy of repetition, this work aims to draw our attention to the perception of time, memory and lived experiences, a series of infinite opportunities for time and space to be compared.

Iiro Näkki (Finland)

[frames] from Iiro Näkki is contemporary dance as its’ purest, stripped away from performativity and certain message. Instead, it expresses, reveals and contains meanings.

Compagnie 111 – Aurélien Bory (France)

In Corps Noir, Aurélien Bory captures the energy of a dancer to the canvas in a fascinating way. Dancer’s body heat leaves a temporary imprint and fades away again.

Dance Schools On Stage

Kuopio Dance Festival has founded the Dance Schools On Stage concept in 2011. In three days, we will see about 20 different groups.

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