Moilanen the Hero and Eve is a dance adventure for the whole family. It boldly dares to look at the things we’d prefer to hide from the public eye. In the performance absurd and fun shake hands. Performance language is Finnish.
Choreography Samuli Roininen
Recommended for ages +5
A children’s show based on graphic designer Leena Junnila’s nursery rhymes and drawings. Performance language Finnish.
Choreography and dance Samuli Roininen, texts and drawings Leena Junnila
Recommended for ages 0-5
Dancing Moominvalley is visually spectacular, fully composed dance theatre piece for the whole family. Dance, music and visual elements such as projections intertwine to interpret the holistic and fascinating world created in Tove Jansson’s tales.
Choreography Samuli Roininen, music Heikki Mäenpää
Recommended for ages +3
An interactive little sister of the whole 50 minute long contemporary dance theatre piece.
Two ordinary thieves find a map and head for the treasure. The X marks a magic box capable of conjuring up all kinds of characters and visions. Performance language is Finnish.
Choreography Anniina Kumpuniemi
Recommended for ages 2-7
Breathing life into the inhabitants of an old-time toy shop, this performance takes the audience on a journey filled with magic and excitement. No spoken language.
Choreography Mari Rosendahl
Recommended for ages +3
The one-act children’s opera Arabian Rabbit is a delightful piece filled with jumping, swinging ears and all things rabbity. Performance language Finnish.
Choreography Samuli Roininen, libretto Sinikka Nopola, music Seppo Pohjola
Recommended for ages +3
Based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, one of the best-selling books of all time, Little Prince, WT*? is a gritty mix of contemporary dance, live drawings, video and dialogue. Performance language Finnish, subtitles in English/Swedish possible.
Choreography Elina Jakowleva, script Janne Mäkelä
Age limit K13
Loopit is an intimate and experimental limited-audience piece that examines the relationship between a dance performer and an audience while exploring the performance space itself.
Choreography Tero Saarinen
A surreal journey into art, this three-act piece featuring five dancers and one insect brings together the creative forces of choreographer Mari Rosendahl, designer Stefan Lindfors and composer Jussi-Pekka Nuto.
Dance Theatre MD’s version of renowned choreographer Tommi Kitti’s Leap (2005). Merging Kitti’s striking and rich movement material with Iiro Rantala’s playfully nostalgic tunes and evoking the mood of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, Leap provides ample space for six gentlemanly-dressed dancers and pianist Arto Piispanen.
A peek into the cool passion of 50’s and 60’s French cinema, 400 Steps has been hailed as one of the defining dance works of 2011.
Choreography Mari Rosendahl, music Jussi-Pekka Nuto
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