History
Kuopio Dance Festival, the oldest and most diverse international dance festival in the Nordic countries, was born in the 1960s when Kuopio came up with the idea of organising an internationally renowned summer event in the city. In 1968, Lauri Siimes, Mayor Eino Luukkonen, theatre director Aimo Hiltunen and the newly elected director of the Kuopio Ballet School, Elsa Sylvestersson, put their heads together and the idea of dance, especially ballet, as one of the themes of the event was born.
In its first decade, the festival had no artistic director at all. At that time, artistic direction was the responsibility of a committee. From 1981 to 1992, the artistic director was ballet dancer and professor Doris Laine, whose contribution to the festival was reflected in an expansion of the range of performances and an overall increase in quality.
From 1993-1998, Jukka O. Miettinen was the artistic director of the festival. During his years as director, the festival’s focus shifted visibly to ethnic dance. In 1999-2001, Alpo Pakarinen was the artistic director.
From 2002 to 2019, the artistic director of the festival was Jorma Uotinen, perhaps Finland’s most internationally renowned choreographer and director of the Finnish National Ballet.
In 2020, Riku Lehtopolku, a renowned dancer, choreographer and teacher, was appointed Artistic Director. Previously, he was also Artistic Director of Pori Dance Company. Right from the start, the Covid pandemic years brought challenges and event organisers all over Finland had to think of new solutions and methods for producing events. The 2020 and 2021 Kuopio Dance Festivals were held in the autumn due to the pandemic. In 2022, the festival returned as a summer event.
The festival’s new artistic director, Kenneth Kvarnström, was appointed at the end of 2023 and begun in his role after the summer 2024
festival. Kvarnström is one of Finland’s most well-known choreographers internationally and has had a long career in the field of art and dance since the 1980s. He has worked in various roles such as the director of Dansens Hus in Stockholm and the choreographer for the Helsinki Dance Company at the Helsinki City Theatre.
Even today, the week-long festival showcases both fresh dance trends and old acquaintances from around the world. In addition to the main performances, the week offers a wide range of dance classes for professionals, amateurs and beginners, as well as a rich programme of free admission.
In addition, in 2023, the festival started to pursue a responsible approach through an accessibility plan and sustainable development programmes. These aim to ensure that the event is accessible and safe for all, taking into account the diversity of performances and audiences. Under the sustainability programme, the association and the festival will continue to develop sustainability by building clear objectives and measures for their activities, taking into account environmental and social impacts.
Sources and references in the text:
FM Olli Ahlroos 2012, Taidetanssi-instituutiot Suomessa, osa 3: Kuopio Tanssii ja Soi Liikekieli.com
Tiia Lappalainen 2019 Kuopio Tanssii ja Soi 50 –historiikki, Kuopio Tanssii ja Soi ry
Order 50th anniversary history of Kuopio Dance Festival
(finnish version only available)
press@kuopiodancefestival.fi
Festival posters and performers 1970-2023
6th-14th June 1970
Carry Rick (USA)
Cullberg Ballet (Sweden)
Estonia Theatre Ballet (Estonia)
Koco Racin, folk dances (Yugoslavia)
Praesens (Finland)
Dancers from Kuopio Theatre (Finland)
4th-11th June 1971
Ballet Rambert (UK)
Cramér Ballet (Sweden)
Daile, folk dances (Latvia)
3rd-10th June 1972
Compagnie Anne Béranger (France)
Doina, folk dances (Romania)
Etoile du Nord (Sweden)
Lietuva, Lithuanian folk dances
International Ballet Gala (Lithuania)
Dancers from the Helsinki City Theatre (Finland)
4th-10th June 1973
Andriesh, folk dances (Moldova)
Ballets Contemporains Karin Wahner (France)
The Norwegian National Ballet (Norway)
Ruth Matso (Finland)
3rd-9th June 1974
Dance Theatre Raatikko (Finland)
Finnish National Opera Ballet (Finland)
Les Diaboua de Brazzaville, folk dances (Congo)
Kirghiz folk dances
Pilobolus (USA)
5th-11th June 1975
Cullberg Ballet (Sweden)
Finnish National Opera Ballet (Finland)
The Indian Ballet of Folk Tradition (India)
Lar Lubovotch (USA)
Riga Ballet (Latvia)
7th-13th June 1976
Estonia Theatre Ballet (Estonia)
Dimitrovec, folk dances (Czechoslovakia)
Scapino Ballet (The Netherlands)
6th-12th June 1977
The Contemporary Dance System (USA): Rooms / Day on Earth / Steps of Silence / And First They Slaughtered the Angels / Waldstein Sonata/ Dead Heat
Cramér Ballet (Sweden)
Dance Theatre Polar (Finland)
The S. Aini Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (Tadzhigistan): Giselle / Leili / Medznun
Vasas, folk dances (Hungary)
5th-11th June 1978
Arabesque (Bulgaria)
Dance Theatre Raatikko (Finland)
Finnish National Opera Ballet (Finland): Ganajeh
Tanztheater-Ensemble der Komische Oper Berlin (East Germany)
Turkmenia folk dances
4th-14th June 1979
Camerata Coreografica (Romania)
Carolyn Carlson and Jorma Uotinen (USA/Finland)
Dance Theatre Raatikko (Finland): Mitä nyt eli erään johtajan lapsuus
Dance Theatre Rollo (Finland): Kymmenen tikkua laudalla / Tango / Puettu eläin
Dancers of the Helsinki City Theatre (Finland): Rossiniana / Liikettä niveliin / Karelia sarja
Finnish National Opera Ballet (Finland): Romeo and Julia
Katrilli, folk dances (Finland): Perinteisiä suomalaisia ja virolaisia tanhuja / Kansanmusiikkia / Kansantanssikuvaelma Ruususolmu
Kuopio Ballet School 25th Anniversary gala
Tanzforum der Oper der Stadt Köln (West Germany)
9th-15th June 1980
Ballet School Virpi Wirlander (Finland): Lumikuningatar
Carolyn Carlson (USA): Running on the sound of the thousand stones
Cullberg Ballet (Sweden): Pyhä Yrjö ja Lohikäärme / Vid Urskogens Rand / Bernardan talo
Helsinki City Theatre Dance Company (Finland): Äiti Maa
Hungarian State Opera (Hungary)
Jorma Uotinen (Finland): Jojo
Polish Dance Theatre (Poland): Krzesany / Stabat Mater / Dramatic Story
5th-11th June 1981 Artistic Director Doris Laine
Dance Theatre Miimos (Finland)
Finnish National Ballet (Finland): Seitsemän veljestä
Jorma Uotinen & dance group (Finland): Unohdettu horisontti
Reijo Kela (Finland)
The Royal Danish Ballet (Denmark)
Tanztheater-Ensemble der Komische Oper Berlin (Germany)
5th-11th June 1982 Artistic Director Doris Laine
Akademska folklorna skupina France Marolt (Slovenia): Yugoslavian folk dances
Dance Theatre Raatikko (Finland): Pas de quatre á la Strada / Kauriinmetsästäjä / Isadora / Cay Da -puu
Finnish National Ballet School (Finland): Sininen helmi
Group de Recherche Chorégraphique, Paris Opera Ballet (France): Pieces of Dreams / Aunis / In illo tempore / Slow, Heavy and Blue
Jazz-Point (Finland): Futuro
Jorma Uotinen (Finland): Unisono
Moscow Classical Ballet Group (USSR): Maailman luominen / Natalia
The Royal Swedish Opera Ballet (Sweden): Stoolgame / There is a Time / The Pillar of Fire
Won Kyung Cho (USA/ Korea): Asian Theatre Artists
9th-15th June 1983 Artistic Director Doris Laine
Ballet School Sonja Tammela (Finland): Pas de Quatre / Nukkehaltijatar
Le Ballet Royal de Wallonie (Belgium): Romeo and Juliet / Yerma / Images / Bolshoin koulussa (ote baletista Porsliinilapsi) / Apollo Distraught / Rainbow Ripples / Ghost Dances / Airs / Concertino / Pribaoutki
Group of India (India)
Jorma Uotinen and Dancers (Finland): Julius / Almeria
Reijo Kela (Finland): Taulumannekiini
4th-10th June 1984 Artistic Director Doris Laine
Dance Theatre Raatikko (Finland): Luutanainen
Dance Theatre Rollo (Finland): Tanssille / Sininen muisto / Äidin rakkaus / Miniatyyrilintu / Matka aamuun
Dancers from Finnish National Ballet (Finland): Ruma Ankanpoikanen
Dancers of Helsinki City Theatre (Finland): Askeleet
Doina Jiului (Romania), folk dances
Györi Ballet (Hungary): The Loved Ones of the Sun / The Joyful Souls / Bolero / Seasons / The Miraculous Mandarin
Jazz-Point (Finland): Bess
Moshe Efrati Kol Demama Dance Company (Israel): Textures / He That Walketh Uprightly / Dalet Amot / Psalms of Jerusalem / Attachments – in memory of my brother Abraham / Chapters. Voices
The Prague Chamber Ballet (Czechoslovakia)
Reijo Kela (Finland): Tanssia teille
Selo (Tanzania), village music and dances
3rd-9th June 1985 Artistic Director Doris Laine
Bremer Tanztheater (Germany): Callas
Dance Theatre Raatikko (Finland): Hyrrä
Dancers from Helsinki City Theatre (Finland): Kalevala
Finnish National Ballet (Finland): Huonosti vartioitu tyttö / Seitsemän veljestä
International Ballet Gala: Kimmo Sandell & Kirsi Aromaa & Ulrika Hallberg & Jarmo Rastas (Finnish National Ballet) / Marie Claude Pietragalla & Wilfrid Romoli (Paris Opera Ballet, France) / Nina Semizorova & Juri Vasutsenko (Bolshoi Ballet, USSR) / Anneli Alhanko & Per Arthur Segerström (Kungliga Teaterns Ballet, Sweden)
José Limón Dance Foundation (USA): Heart to Heart / Recueil / Dances for Isadora / The Moor’s Pavane
4th-10th June 1986 Artistic Director Doris Laine
Aurinkobaletti (Finland): Nainen mikä nainen / Eject
Beskid (Poland), folk dances
Compagnie Maguy Marin (France): May B
Corona Danseteater (Denmark): Rejsen i den dybe sky / I Ching
Dance Theatre Raatikko (Finland): Junttibaletti
Göteborgs Stora Musikteater (Sweden): Tango, Buenos Aires 1907
The Icelandic National Ballet (Iceland): Dafnis ja Chloë / By the End of the Time
International Ballet Gala: Kirsi Aromaa & Jukka Aromaa & Ulrika Hallberg & Jarmo Rastas & Tommi Kitti & Kimmo Sandell (Finnish National Ballet) / Helle Fritz-Petersen (Göteborgs Stora Musikteater) / Sylvie Guillem & Manuel Legris (Paris Opera Ballet)
Jazz-Point (Finland): Jae
Jorma Uotinen and Helsinki Dance Company (Finland): Huhtikuu / Huuto
The Norwegian National Ballet (Norway): The Tempest
Scapino Ballet (the Netherlands): Concerto Grosso / Night Island /Piccolo Mondo / Six Stops & Museum / Jeux / Septet Extra
Sharatyn (Caucasus), Georgian folk dances
4th-10th June 1987 Artistic Director Doris Laine
Ariadone (Japan): Himé
Ballet du Louvre (France): Giselle
Cullberg Ballet (Sweden): Giselle / På Norrbotten & Eldstad / Schakt
Cumbre Flamenca (Spain)
Dance Theatre Mario Maya (Spain): Flamenco puro
Gypsy Theatre Romen (USSR)
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (Canada): The Four Temperaments / In Paradisum / Tango Accelerando / Consort Lessons / Serenade / Le Sacre du Printemps / Agon
Jorma Uotinen (Finland): Suomalainen sinfonia
Susanne Linke (West Germany): Es schwant / Im Bade wannen / Orient-Occident / Flut
3rd-12th June 1988 Artistic Director Doris Laine
Aboriginal /Islander Dance Theatre (Australia)
The Berlin State Opera Ballet (East Germany): Coppelia / La Valse / Infantin und Narr / Gesang der Schwäne / Carmen-suite
Finnish National Ballet (Finland): Loviisa / Tansseja illassa / Troijan kilpa / Uhri
International Ballet Gala: Maria Teresa del Real & Pablo Savoye (The Royal Ballet of Flanders, Belgium) / Natalja Bessmertnova & Juri Vasjutshenko & Alla Mihaltshenko & Aleksei Fadejetshev (Bolshoi Ballet, Russian Federation) / Nederlands Dans Theater 2 (the Netherlands)
Katrilli (Finland): Finnish folk dances & Kalocsa (Hungary): Hungarian folk dances
Lyon Opéra Ballet (France): Cinderella/Luminescences / Steptext / Mama, Sunday, Monday, or Always / Jardi Tancat Per Johnsson Dance Company (Sweden): Dance-1 / Third Construction / Den Leende Hunden
Scapino Ballet (the Netherlands): D.C / Bagatellen / Pulcinella / In the Future/ Quartet III
7th-13th June 1989 Artistic Director Doris Laine
Angelia Siu-Yau Leung (USA): Bad Day Fishing / Stones Within
Aurinkobaletti (Finland)
Chang Mu Dance Company (South Korea)
Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth (Finland)
Gong Sadha Budaya (Bali/Indonesia)
Helsinki City Theatre (Finland)
Henry Smith (USA)
Huangshi Peking-opera Group (China)
Narippatta Raju (India)
Padatik (India)
3rd-10th June 1990 Artistic Director Doris Laine
Ballet Cristina Hoyos (Spain)
Les Ballets Africains (Guinea)
Les Ballets Maliens (Mali)
Company Germaine Acogny (Senegal)
Dance Theatre Eri (Finland)
Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth (Finland): Saari
Dance Theatre Raatikko (Finland): Kuningas tulee / Puerto, Puerto
Groupe Emile Dubois (France): Mammame Montréal
Henry Smith (USA)
International Ballet Gala: Estonian National Ballet (Estonia) / Tallinn National Choreography School (Estonia) / Finnish National Ballet School (Finland) etc.
Magic Dances of Zaire (Zaire)
Les Mevlevis D’Istanbul (Turkey)
Tine Rožanc (Yugoslavia)
7th-15th June 1991 Artistic Director Doris Laine
Carolyn Carlson & Jorma Uotinen (USA/Finland): The Dance Floor on the Mountain
Conjunto Folclórico Nacional de Cuba (Cuba)
Cumbre Flamenca (Spain)
Drujba (USSR): Folk dances from USSR
Gestos Trasitorios (Cuba)
Ilkka Lampi & Juha Lampi & tap group (Finland)
International Ballet Gala: Nina Anianiashvili & Aleksei Fadejetshev (Bolshoi ballet, USSR) / Maria del Real (English National Ballet, UK) / Jose Manuel Carreño (Cuban National Ballet, Cuba) / Ulrika Hallberg & Nina Hyvärinen & Jarkko Niininen & Tero Saarinen & Kimmo Sandell (Finnish National Ballet, Finland)
Jamaica National Dance Theatre Company (Jamaica)
Keski-Pohjanmaan Balettiopisto (Finland): Tsirikli
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company (USA) Opening: Tero Saarinen etc.
Perfect Harmony Gospel Concert (Finland)
Puppet Theatre Sytkyt (Finland): Akvaarionäytelmä
Sankai Juku (Japan): Unetsu
Young Tuxeco Brass Band (USA)
4th-10th June 1992 Artistic Director Doris Laine
Aurinkobaletti (Finland): Carmen
Avanti! Orchestra and dance group (Finland): Jupiter – a star that brings the cold
Carolyn Carlson (USA/France): Blue Lady
Dance Theatre Eri & Bandola Orchestra & Annariitta Minkkinen (Finland): Tango Memories
Dance Thetre Eri & Turku emsemble: A Soldier’s Tale
Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth (Finland): 1001
Dance Theatre Raatikko (Finland): Mummy Ballet
Gala: New Helsinki Quartet (Finland), Kuopio Conservatoire dance students (Finland)
Dinastia De Los Pelaos (Spain): 100 years of flamenco
International Ballet Gala: Anneli Alhanko & Göran Svalberg (Royal Swedish Ballet, Sweden) etc.
International folk dance concert (Ingria/Finland/Pihkova)
Gestos Trasitorios (Cuba)
Jorma Uotinen Dance Company (Finland): Ballet Pathetique
Kuopio City Orchestra (Finland): Finnish & Russian evening
New Helsinki Quartet (Finland)
Nikolais and Murray Louis Dance Company (USA)
Peking Opera (China)
Puppet Theatre Sytkyt (Finland): Mother Water
Rhythm in Arctia
Tero Saarinen (Finnish National Ballet, Finland): Solo
Tuomo Railo (Finnish National Ballet, Finland): Khora
6th Boys’ residential dance course (Finland)
7th-13th June 1993 Artistic Director Jukka O. Miettinen
American Indian Dance Theatre (USA)
Audur Bjarnadottir & Herdis Torvaldsdottir (Svöluleikkúsio theatre, Iceland)
Ballet Du Rhin (France): La Fille Mal Gardée
Contemporary Finnish Dance: Arja Raatikainen, Raisa Punkki & Sari Lukkarinen: Vibrations / Tero Saarinen: Takana / Tuomo Railo: Lerchen Musik
Dance Theatre Minimi (Finland): Kun valot sammuu…
Dans Design (Norway): Temppeliuni
Gala: Ballet du Rhin (France) / Håkan Mayer (Sweden) / Royal Ballet of Danmark (Danmark) / National Ballet of China (China) / Nina Hyvärinen (Finland) / Arja Raatikainen (Finland)
Jorma Uotinen & Kenneth Kvarnström & dancers & Kuopio City Orchestra (Finland)
Kenneth Kvarnström and CO (Sweden): Finger and new creation
Kimmo Koskela & Rea Pihlasviita (Finland): Red
Nyt Dansk Danseteater (Denmark): Wunderbau / 2 x Stravinsky
Paula Tuovinen (Finland): Umpikuja
Rhythm in Arctia
Sankai Juku (Japan): Shijima
Vuokko Kekäläinen & Tero Saarinen & Juha Laukkanen & Marita Salmela: Korttelimuseon tanssivat hatut
12th-19th June 1994 Artistic Director Jukka O. Miettinen
Alpo Aaltokoski Co (Finland): Minä olen ruumiini
Anzu Furukawa (Japan): The Insect
Ari Tenhula (Teatterikorkeakoulun tanssitaiteen laitos, Finland): Ariel / Houre II
Batsheva Dance Company (Israel): Mabul
Clowns of the World
Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth (Finland): Eläköön miehet!
Dance Theatre Minimi (Finland): Kun valot sammuu…
Katri Soini & Kuopio Symphony Orchestra (Finland): One way only / Kenneth Kvarnström & Tero Saarinen & Kuopio Symphony
Orchestra (Finland): Vanha
The Latvian National Opera Ballet (Latvia): Cinderella / Raymonda / Theatre Urubaru (Denmark) / Osvaldo Requena’s Tango orchestra and dancers (Argentina)
Nishikawa Minosuke V and his Kabuki Dancers (Japan): Fujimusume / Renjishi Puppet Theatre Sytkyt (Finland): Naamion takana
The Sichuan Hibiscus Opera from Chengdu (China)
Suraya Hilal and Company (UK / Egypt): Jewels
Kiperä Folk dance company (Finland)
Rhythm in Arctia
25th Anniversary Gala: Ulrika Hallberg & Kimmo Sandell & Aku Ahjolinna & Nina Hyvärinen & Jukka Aromaa & Anu Sistonen & Antti Honkanen (Finnish National Ballet, Finland) / Elisabeth Platel & Nicolas Le Riche (Opera de Paris, France) / Angela Reinhardt & Gregor Seyffert (Komische Oper Berlin, Germany) / Jorma Uotinen (Finland)
29th June-4th July 1995 Artistic Director Jukka O. Miettinen
Andrea Ladanyi (Hungary) & Jorma Uotinen (Finland): Yesterday
Ballet Flamenco Antonio Canales (Spain): Torero / Flamenco Puro
Bruce Stegmann & Carol Christiansen & Jay Fagan & Julie Cartier (USA): Tap dancing from Chicago
Carmen Cortés (Spain): Flamenco
Cia Vicente Saez & Virpi Pahkinen (Spain/Finland): Rapta / Iridium
Circus Bohemia (Finland)
The Compagnie of Dancers (UK): Baroque dance
Compañia Nacional de Danza (Spain): Duende / Ecos / Tabulae / Coming Together
Ervi Sirén & Antti Riikonen (Finland): Enteitä
Fêtes Galantes (France): Charpentier des Ténèbres
Gala: Tommi Kitti (Finland) / Nina Hyvärinen & Jukka Aromaa & Anu Sistonen & Antti Honkanen (Finnish National Ballet, Finland) / Ilze Liepa & Piatras Skirmantas (Bolshoi Ballet, Russia)
José de Udaeta & Co (Spain): Living Castanets
Kati Hämäläinen & Jari S. Puhakka (Finland): Baroque music on period instruments
Kenneth Kvarnström & Co (Finland): ..and the angels began to scream / Carmen!?
Kirsi Monni, Chris af Enehielm, Sanna Salmenkallio, Kimmo Takala (Finland): Für Valeska
Old is Gold (Finland): Outi Kallas & Leena Koskiahde & Jatta Lukkari & Hermanni Rask & Hanna Savolainen & Vivianne Budsko-Lommi & Juan Pujals & Riitta Vainio & Marja Leino & Tommi Kitti & Teemu Kyytinen & Janne Marja-aho & Jussi Nousiainen & Sami Vartiainen & Jatta Lukkari & Tero Saarinen
Olli Porthan (Finland): Nordic baroque organ music
Suraya Hilal & Co (Egypt/UK): Rhythms of Cairo
28th June-5th July 1996 Artistic Director Jukka O. Miettinen
Gala: Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth (Finland) / Tan Longjian (China) / The Opera of Peking (China) / Helsinki City Theathe Dance Company (Finland) / Ulf Gadd (Sweden) / Jingga Putih (Indonesia) / Helsinki City Theatre Dance Company (Finland) / Capoeira Dance Company (Brazil) / The Arts School Dance Company (Indonesia) / The Royal Dance Company of Thailand (Thailand) / Dance Camp for boys (Finland) / Fêtes Galantes (France)
Kuopio Symphony Orchestra & Mika Backlund (Finland)
Lyon Opera Ballet (France): Romeo & Julia / Määritelty rakkaus / Rakkauden aavikot / Groosland
Madame Pusi & Company (Egypt)
Reijo Kela & Heikki Laitinen (Finland): Kurttu
27th June-3rd July 1997 Artistic Director Jukka O. Miettinen
Anzu Furukawa (Japan): L’Arrache -coeur
The Ballet School of Finnish National Opera (Finland): Pyörteitä / Prinsessa Ruusunen 3rd act
Conservatories of Kuopio and Oulu (Finland): Conservatory of Kuopio: Blown / Conservatory of Oulu: Kosketa rytmiä
Dance Theatre Eri & Edward Vesala (Finland): Takti / Tangon syleily
Dance Theatre Minimi (Finland): Uneton –kertomuksia yöstä
Dance Theatre Raatikko (Finalnd): I Still Love you, Dear Carolyn
DV8 Physical Theatre (UK): Bound to Pleaser
Finnish dance: Anu Sistonen & Timo Kokkonen (Finnish National Ballet, Finland) / Katri Soini (Finland) / Jyrki Karttunen (Finland) / Company Toothpick (Finland) / Dance Theatre Minimi (Finland) / Helsinki City Theatre Dance Company (Finland) / Arja Raatikainen (Finland) / Jorma Uotinen (Finnish National Ballet, Finland) / Ulla-Mari Mäkelä & Kare Länsivuori (Finnish National Ballet, Finland)
Finnish National Ballet (Finland): Halla / the second detail
Oulu Dance Studio Group (Finland): Eläimellinen romanssi / Lady of Spells
Sankai Juku (Japan): Hiyomeki
Tero Saarinen (Finland): Westward HO! / Overdosed Mood
Wendy Buonaventura and Maureen O’Farrel (UK): Dancing Girls
26th June-2nd July 1998 Artistic Director Jukka O. Miettinen
Anna Niinimäki & Marilena Fontoura & Javier Torres (Finland): Soledad / Ainda / Calles Zigzagueantes
Balé Folclórico da Bahia (Brazil): All colors of Bahia
Ballet Nacional de Cuba (Cuba)
Danzahoy (Venezuela): Orejas de Tigre
The Finnish All Star Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra
Grupo Corpo (Brazil): Nazareth / Parabelo
José Moncada (Peru): Luonnonlapsen konsertti
Kuopio Symphony Orchestra (Finland): Kaupunginorkesteri Etelä-Amerikan rytmeissä
Meu Samba (Finland)
Päivi Rissanen & Susanna Veijalainen (Finland): Viva la Frida
Tangokinesis (Argentina)
Utopia Danza-Teatro (Mexico): Bajo la luna (..la memoria) / Veracruz 36˚(.. nadie mira la luna al atardecer)
30th June-6th July 1999 Artistic Director Alpo Pakarinen
Ballet Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Germany): A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Carmen / Black Cake
Compagnia Fabula Saltica (Italy): In mezzo alla terra; Italian Songs / Eclipse / Annunciazione / Entre dos Aguas
Flamenco!!! Ricardo Franco (Spain)
I Solisti Veneti (Italy)
Icebreaker Dance Productions (Australia/Finland): Commedia Machine / Lekatsu
Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (Israel): Aide Memoire
Leandre Ribera (Spain)
Nomad Dance Theatre (Australia): Secrets / Hotel Nada
NorrDans (Sweden): Brutal Calm / Kila Stadigt / Rede / Sturm / Skär / Kila Stadigt
Rimpparemmi (Finland): Folk Music Concert
Sari Kaasinen & Orchestra (Finland): Viisuja vintiltä & Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth (Finland): Topi ja taikasulka
Tero Saarinen & Company Toothpick (Finland): Un/Do / Could You Take Some of My Weight…
28th June-4th July 2000 Artistic Director Alpo Pakarinen
Celtic Feet (UK)
The Cholmondeleys and the Featherstonehaughs (UK): The victims of death in Smithereens
Cool Heat Urban Beat (USA)
daCi 2000 (Finland)
Dance Company Tsuumi (Finland): Pyörteissä / Koppa
Gala: Carlos Acosta (Cuba/UK) & Larissa Lezhnina (Russia) / Eve Andre and Sergei Upkin (Estonia) etc.
Irek Mukhamedov & Company (UK): Class Concerto / Moszkovsky Waltz / Mazurka / Sita / Don Quixote / Quartet / Pas de Deux from La Sylphide / Louis Armstrong (…when angels fly…)
Jamgang orchestra (Finland)
Jan Lehtola (Finland)
Katri Soini & Jyrki Karttunen (Finland): Dipolos / KJp / Little Stars
Kenneth Kvarnström & Co (Finland/Sweden): SPLITVISION
Kyberia (Norway)
Scottish Dance Theatre (UK): To Time Taking Blush / Interlock / She Is As He Eats
13th-20th June 2001 Artistic Director Alpo Pakarinen
Alpo Aaltokoski & Co (Finland): Yönvartija – Seitsemän sielun vaellus
Aurinkobaletti (Finland): Ugly Duckling
Dance Theatre Eri and Hortto Kaalo (Finland): Romani Gili
Dance Theatre Minimi (Finland): Mikrokosmos
E-5 Orchestra (Finland): Romantic Evening with Finnish Composers Merikanto and Sibelius
I Solisti Veneti Orchestra (Italy)
Introdans (the Netherlands): Viva la Pasión / Baroque Pieces
The Israel Ballet (Israel): Dvorak variations & Ecstasy / Tangoneon / Symphony in C / Gurrelieder
Lanònima Imperial (Spain): La Nit Transfigurada / Eco de Silenci / Cuerpo de Sombra y Luz
Nuevo Ballet Español (Spain): Furia
Professional Dance Education in Finland – dance evening
Szeged Contemporary Ballet (Hungary): The Wedding / Le Sacre du Printemps / Postscriptum / Orpheus
13th-19th June 2002 Artistic Director Jorma Uotinen
Ballet Biarritz (France): Un hommage aux ballets russes
Ballet Preljocaj (France): Helicopter & Le Sacre du Printemps
La Biennale di Venezia & Teatro Massimo di Palermo (Italy) & Mieskuoro Huutajat (Finland): J. Beuys Song
Carolyn Carlson, Talia Paz, Nina Hyvärinen: Spiritual Warriors
Compagnie Sweet Move (France): Sukr
Gala: Minna Tervamäki & Tamás Solymosi (Finland) / Natalia Sologub & Andrei Merkuriev (Russia) / Barbora Kohoutková & Kare Länsivuori (Finland) / Nina Hyvärinen (Finland) / Janna Aiupova & Igor Kolb (Russia) / Hlín Diego Hjálmarsdottir & Gudmundur Elias Knudsen (Iceland) / Talia Paz (Israel) / Anu Viheriäranta & Kare Länsivuori (Finland)
Glims & Gloms Dance Company (Finland): Sikabaletti
Harri Kuorelahti (Finland): Sokea hetki
Jorma Uotinen (Finland): Mies, jota ei koskaan ollut
Jyrki Karttunen (Finland): Keiju & digital duende
Tero Saarinen & Company Toothpick (Finland) & Yas-Kaz Unit (Japan): Kaze
12th-18th June 2003 Artistic Director Jorma Uotinen
Ballet Gulbenkian (Portugal): Prumo / Chameleo, / Cantata
Batsheva Dance Company (Israel): Naharin’s Virus
Compañia Rafaela Carrasco (Spain): La Musica del Cuerpo
Finnish National Opera Ballet School (Finland)
The Göteborg Ballet (Sweden): Jorma²
International Choreography Competition – Winner: Isira Makuloluwe
Mariinsky Theatre (Russia)
Rotterdam Dance Academy & Boys Action (The Netherlands)
Vantaan tanssiopisto (Finland): Seitsemän Veljestä
Virpi Pahkinen (Finland): 2 rukousta & Tero Saarinen Company (Finland): HUNT
17th-23rd June 2004 Artistic Director Jorma Uotinen
Compagnie Festina Lente (France): Ostinato
Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu (France): Paradis
Galili Dance (the Netherlands): For Heaven’s Sake
Glims & Gloms Dance Company (Finland): Näkki
Jorma Uotinen (Finland): Hevosen kuolema / Illusions
Karelia Gala: Béatrice Martel & Jean-Christophe Guerri (France) / Anu Sistonen (Finland) / Anna Valev & Rafi Sady (Sweden) / Rafaela Carrasco (Spain) / Sini Länsivuori & Henrikki Heikkilä (Finland) / Marie Lindqvist & Anders Nordström (Sweden) / Minna Tervamäki & Aleszja Popova (Finland) / Constance Kau, Nhlanhla Mahlangu, Thoko Seganye, Muzi Shili, Kuyanda Sidiya, Thabo Rapoo, Faith Maseko, Thandi Tshabalala & Sonia Radebe (South-Africa)
Moving into Dance Mophatong (South-Africa): Tranceformations / Gula Matari / Layers of Time
Stockholm 59° N (Sweden): Come Out / Carmen!? / In my Dream Team
Tero Saarinen Company (Finland): Borrowed Light
VIVID.dance (Sri Lanka / France): Stay Away From the Rocks
15th-22nd June 2005 Artistic Director Jorma Uotinen
Centre Choréogaphique National d’Orléans (France): Woyzeck
Compagnie Carolyn Carlson (France): Tigers in the tea house – trio of men
Finnish National Opera Ballet School (Finland) & Vantaan Tanssiopisto (Finland): BUUMI
Granhrøj Dans (Denmark): New creation
Jenni Kivelä (Finland): Mestarietsivät
Jorma Uotinen (Finland): TRIO TRIO
Karelia Gala: Jyrki Karttunen (Finland) / Dance Company Tsuumi / Tommi Kitti & Co. (Finland) / Iiro Rantanen, Susanna Leinonen, Katri Soini, Joona Halonen (Finland) / Salla Suominen & Jaakko Eerola (Finnish National Ballet)
Leni-Basso (Japan): FINKS
Nordic Grand Prix Competition
Teatterikorkeakoulun tanssitaiteen laitos (Finland): Korttelimuseon Vinski
Tero Saarinen Company (Finland): Borrowed Light
Ultima Vez & KVS (Belgium): PUUR
United Snakes (Finland): Raaka-aineet
Zero Visibility Corp. (Norway): …It’s Only a Rehearsal
15th-21st June 2006 Artistic Director Jorma Uotinen
Boys’ Residential Dance Camp 20 years (Finland)
Compagnia Aterballetto (Italy): Romeo and Juliet
Creative Africa: the winners of the 6th African and Indian Ocean Choreographic platform
Eva Yerbabuena Ballet Flamenco (Spain): Eva / 5 Women 5
Jyrki Karttunen (Finland): Human Imitations
Karelia Gala
Nederlands Dans Theater II (The Netherlands): Sleepless / Shutters Shut / Subject to Change / Minus 16
Sami Saikkonen & Finnish National Opera (Finland): Pienten joutsenten lampi
Susanna Leinonen (Finland): Kaira
Tilman O´Donnell & Shintaro Oue, The Winners of Nordic Grand Prix 2005 (Sweden): Plan B
14th-20th June 2007 Artistic Director Jorma Uotinen
Anoukvandijk dc (The Netherlands): STAU Les Ballets C. de la B., (Belgium): vsprs
Arja Tiili (Finland): Kukaan ei katso
Compañia Kaari Martin (Finland) & Compañia Manuel Liñan (Spain): Voz en grito seguirilla / Cuéntame Lluvia / Madame Soledad
Compagnie Maguy Marin (France): MAY B
Gala: Teak (Finland) / Manuel Liñan (Spain) / Jukka Haapalainen & Sirpa Suutari-Jääskö (Finland) / Christian “Mio” Loclair & Christian “Robo” Zacharas (Germany) / Kenneth Greve & Marie-Pierre Greve (Danmark) / Jailhouse rock / Talia Paz (Israel) / Arja Tervo & Sampo Kivelä & Timo Kokkonen (Finnish National Ballet, Finland)
Helsinki Dance Company (Finland): Syvältä. Sydämellä. RIEMUKUPLA / Liian onnelliset ihmiset
Kuopion Musiikki- ja Tanssiakatemia (Finland): Noitien talo
Membros Companhia de Danca (Brazil): Elemento Bruto / Raio X
Nordic Grand Prix Competition (Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Norway)
Talia Paz (Israel): Magnolia / Habayta
Theatre Academy (Finland): ARC-EN-CIEL
12th-18th June 2008 Artistic Director Jorma Uotinen
Alan Lucien Øyen, Nordix Grand Prix 2007 -winner (Norway): What’s not to love?
Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève (Switzerland): Para-Dice / Selon Désir / Loin
Belén Maya & musicians (Spain): Souvenir
Compagnie Georges Momboye (France/ Ivory Coast): Boyakodah
Glims & Gloms Dance Theatre (Finland): Kaijat
Jukka Haapalainen & Sirpa Suutari-Jääskö (Finland): Lost moon (Finland)
Kansantanssiteatteri Rimpparemmi (Finland)
Karelia Gala: Dance Theatre Minimi (Finland) / Alan Lucien Øyen & Suzie Davis (Norway) / Jorma Uotinen (Finland) / Jukka Haapalainen & Sirpa Suutari-Jääskö (Finland) / Marie Lindqvist (Royal Swedish Ballet, Sweden) & Thomas Lund (Royal Danish Ballet, Danmark) / Brandi Coleman & Billy Siegenfeld (USA) / Nina Hyvärinen (Finland) / Christian “Mio” Loclair & Christian “Robo” Zacharas (Germany)
Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (Israel): Ekodoom
Kuopion Musiikki- ja Tanssiakatemia (Finland): Aika-Öykkäri
Midnight concert (Finland): Jorma Uotinen, Helena Paavola, Jari Hakkarainen & Petri Ikkelä
Petri Kekoni Company & Avanti! -kvartetti (Finland): Glow of Dimness
Pori Dance Company (Finland): Huuto / Petrushka
Seniorit valokeilassa (Finland): Jossain on jotain
11th-17th June 2009 Artistic Director Jorma Uotinen
Andrea Ladányi & Gergo Borlai (Hungary): BL Production / United Snakes & Arja Tiili (Finland): Henkilökohtaista
CCN Roubaix Nord-Pas de Calais, Carolyn Carlson & Tero Saarinen (France / Finland): Blue Lady [Revisited]
La Compagnie Lionel Hoche (France): Plexus / Volubilis
Corridor (Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania, Iceland) – Kedja-Kuopio event
Dance Company Tsuumi (Finland): Fragile –This side up
Dansgroep Amsterdam (the Netherlands): Pulse / Six / Variaties op een thema / Drumming
Finnish National Ballet (Finland): Stepping Stones / FLUKE
Kuopio Music and Dance Academy (Finland): Tapahtui talvi-iltana…
Nuevo Ballet Español (Spain): Sangre Flamenca
TaDaC09, Theatre Academy Dance Company (Finland): Rough Plan / Etäisyyksiä
40th Anniversary Gala: Jussi Väänänen & Katja Koukkula & Johanna Iivanainen (Finland) / Sergei Upkin & Eve Andre (Estonia) / Tanssiryhmä Tsuumi (Finland) / Minna Tervamäki & Kare Länsivuori (Finland) / Rojas & Rodríguez (Spain) / Dance.fi company (Finland) / Andrea Ladányi (Hungary)
17th-23rd June 2010 Artistic Director Jorma Uotinen
Ballet Argentino (Argentina): TANGO – From the brothels to ballrooms and streets
Carte Blanche (Norway): SH:HO KILLER PIG / Uprising
Cullberg Ballet (Sweden): She was Black / 40 M UNDER (Dance Film) / Negro con Flores
Dance Theatre Minimi (Finland): Ihme juttu
Dansk Danseteater (Denmark): Enigma / Cadance / Kridt
Granhøj Dans (Denmark): Dance me to the end on I off love
Iceland Dance Company (Iceland): Kvart / The Swan / Station Gray – Last stop
Jin Xing Dance Theatre (China): Shanghai Beauty
Savonia AMK – Music and Dance (Finland): Viltti hukassa
Shanghai Ballet (China): Le Corsaire – Pas de Deux / Giselle -Pas de Deux / Keep the Length / The Red Fan / Beyond Bach / A Sigh of Love – Pas de Deux / Now / The Horizon / La Valse
Skånes Dansteater (Sweden): Fragile I Entity / Black Water
16th-22nd June 2011 Artistic Director Jorma Uotinen
Ailey II (USA): Echoes / The Corner / Revelations / Shards / Valse
Apotosoma Dance Company (France): Romeo and Juliet
As2Wrists Dance Company (Finland): Tango for the radically anonymous
By Kellokumpu/Roumagnac (Finland/France): 8/62°53᾽N27°40᾽E/16062011
The Byuk-Pah Dance Research Society (Korea): The four seasons of Korea
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet (USA): Sunday, Again / Unit in reaction / Hubbub
Compagnie Thor (Belgium): To the ones I love
Dance Schools on Stage (Finland)
Dance Theatre Minimi (Finland): Lajien synty / Älä hämäänny auringosta
Dance Theatre Rimpparemmi (Finland): Minä ja kuu/ Sahara
Mimulus Cia de Danza (Brazil): Dolores
Pieni Suomalainen Balettiseurue (Finland): Ballet U.G./ new creations
14th-20th June 2012 Artistic Director Jorma Uotinen
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (USA): Le Lac Des Cygnes (Swan Lake act III) / Patterns in Space / Go for Barocco / Paquita
Polish National Ballet (Poland): Weill Suite / When You End and I Begin / Afternoon Of A Faun / From the Bach Dances: The Green
Carl Knif (Finland): Manuscript
Cia. Sociedade Masculina (Brazil): Tāo/ Entre o Corpo e o Azul
Compagnie Opinion Public (Belgium): Apart / Heid
Dance Schools on Stage (Finland)
Dance Theatre MD (Finland): Dancing Moominvalley
Ervi Sirén (Finland/Japan): Kite
Joona Halonen (Finland); Whispering Cosmos
Karttunen Kollektiv & Eero Hämeenniemi (Finland): Lacrimae
Kuopion kaupunginorkesteri & Pori Dance Company (Finland): Wanha / Symphony 4 – dances
Ranganiketan Manipur Cultural Arts Troupe (India)
13th-19th June 2013 Artistic Director Jorma Uotinen
Compagnie Malka (France): Murmures
Gala: Luyanda Sidiya (Etelä-Afrikka) / Teemu Tainio & Antti Keinänen (Finland)/ Choi JIn-Han (Korea) / Finnish National Ballet (Finland) / Introdans (The Netherlands)
Dance Group Ikuna (Finland): IKUNA – tanssien piirtyvä minä
Dance Schools On Stage (Finland)
Haapalainen & Suutari-Jääskö (Finland): Double
Il Posto Vertical Dance & Marco Castelli Small Ensemble (Italia): Atto Bianco
Incidence Choreographique with Paris Opera dancers and soloists (France): Ouverture / Bless – Ainsi soit IL/ Fugitif / Thaïs / 4 Figures dans une piece
Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt (Norway): Praeambulum
Introdans (The Netherlands): In Love
Jazzin´up & Savonia Tentetti (Finland)
Katriina Honkanen & Tulilintu & Tanssiteatteri Tsuumi (Finland): Joutomiehiä
Petri Kekoni Company (Finland): Miniatures
Realizando Ideas (Mexico): Antropia
Tampereraw & Pirkanmaan Tanssiopisto Elina Berg (Finland): Luokkaretki kuuhun
Vuyani Dance Theatre (South-Africa): Umnikelo / Mayhem
12th-18th June 2014 Artistic Director Jorma Uotinen
Alpo Aaltokoski Company (Finland): Together
Andersson Dance (Sweden): Name of the next song
Dada Masilo (France/ South-Africa): Swan lake
Dance Schools on Stage (Finland)
Gala: Agnès Letestu & Stéphane Bullion (Paris Opera Ballet, France) / Dada Masilo (France/ South-Africa) / Daniele Bianco (Italy) / Virpi Pahkinen Dance Company (Sweden) / Katja Koukkula & Jussi Väänänen (Finland) / Will Funk For Food (Finland) / Finnish National Ballet (Finland)
Helsinki Dance Company (Finland): Jeminan monta elämää
Hofesh Shechter Company (UK): Political Mother
Nuevo Ballet Español (Spain)
Routa Company (Finland): MOMO -tanssiteatteriesitys lapsille
Virpi Pahkinen Dance Company (Sweden): Digambara / Kalagni / Kabar kabur
10th-16th June 2015 Artistic Director Jorma Uotinen
Aurinkobaletti (Finland): Ennen viimeisiä ajatuksia
Cia Marco Flores Flamenca Danza (Spain): Laberíntica
CCN de Creteil et du Val de Marne / Cie Käfig (France): Boxe Boxe
Dance Schools on Stage (Finland, Denmark, Norway)
Danish Dance Theatre (Denmark): Black Diamond
Finnish National Opera Ballet School (Finland)
Gala: Dennis ”Ätä” Nylund (Finland) / Andrea Miltrenová (Czech Republic / UK) / Will Funk For Food (Finland) / Compagnia Kaari & Roni Martin (Finland) / Finnish National Ballet (Finland)
Quorum Ballet (Portugal): Correr o Fado
Susanna Leinonen Company (Finland): Touch of Gravity & Marita Liulia & Co (Finland): Swan Song
15th-21st June 2016 Artistic Director Jorma Uotinen
Arja Raatikainen & Co (Finland): Leikin alku
Aterballetto (Italy): LEGO / #hybrid / Antitesi Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (USA)
Gala: Xie Xin (China) / Riku Lehtopolku (Finland) / Finnish National Ballet (Finland) / Tsuumi Dance Theater (Finland) / Another Kind of Blue (The Netherlands)
Dance Schools on Stage (Finland, Norway, Estonia)
Jorma Uotinen & Pétur Sakari & Pori Dance Company (Finland): Hetkien Vaellus
Pojat 30v (Finland)
Tero Saarinen Company (Finland): Could you take some of my weight…? / Mesh
Sankai Juku (Japan): Utsushi
14th-20th June 2017 Artistic Director Jorma Uotinen
Dada Masilo (South Africa): Giselle
Dance Schools on Stage (Finland, Estonia)
Finnish National Opera Ballet School (Finland)
Gala: Alena Shkatula & Denis Klimuk (Estonian National Ballet, Estonia) / Atte Kilpinen (Finland) / Jutta & Sami Helenius (Finland) / Iron Skulls (Spain) / Valerio de Vita & Emiliano Perrazzini (Italy) / Dada Masilo (South-Africa)
Israel Galván: FLA.CO.MEN
Nederlands Dans Theater 2 (The Netherlands): SH-BOOM! / mutual comfort / Solo / Cacti
VerTeDance & Jiri Havelka Clarinet Factory (Czech Republic): Correction
Vertigo dance Company (Israel): Yama
Xiexin Dance Theatre (China): From IN
13th-20th June 2018 Artistic Director Jorma Uotinen
Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal (Canada): Dance Me
Bodhi Project (SEAD – Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Austria): Beneath a Falling Sky / Is this it? / Sound of the Trap
Carl Knif Company (Finland): At Once, in Helsinki
Compagnie Marie Chouinard (Canada): Hieronymos Bosch – The Garden of Earthly Delights
Gala: Introdans (The Netherlands) / Constantine Allen & Yui Sugawara (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Canada) / Anart Dance Company (India) / Compagnie Didier Théron (France) / Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal (Canada)
Dance Schools on Stage (Finland, Sweden, Iceland)
Glims&Gloms (Finland): JAM – Herra Hillon hämmennys
Helena Franzen (Sweden): Extended
Jorma Uotinen & Jari Hakkarainen (Finland): Avec le Temps (concert)
Shanghai Empireast Culture Group (China)
12th-18th June 2019 Artistic Director Jorma Uotinen
50th Anniversary Gala
Au revoir Jorma – Gala
Ballet School of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet (Finland): Excerpts from the school’s spring performance
Boys Residential Dance Camp (Finland): JU-JU
Compagnie Pál Frenák (Hungary): Lutte
Dance Schools on Stage (Finland, Russia, Lithuania)
Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company (Germany): Postgenoma / Echoes from a Restless Soul / High Breed
Hofesh Schecter Company (UK): Grand Finale
Kuopio Consevatory (Finland): What do you need for living in Earth?
Sydney Dance Company (Australia): ab [Intra]
Tero Saarinen Company & Helsinki Baroque Orchestra (Finland): Third Practice
Zoltan Grecso & Beatrix Simco (Hungary): #Orpheus #Eurydice
Autumn 2020 Artistic Director Riku Lehtopolku
14th October Raekallio Co (Finland): Muistikuvia
17th October ELO-Forum (Finland): Kuopion Konservatorio, Kuopio Taideopisto, Kuopio Tanssistudio, Oskari Kymäläinen, MDD, mSuomen kansallibaletin nuortisoryhmä, Blind Gut Company, Minna Tervamäki
15th-16th October Satu Tuomisto (Finland): Kilpatanssi Remix
13th-14th November Fern Orchestra (Finland): Mareld
14th November Dance Films: Maalta kaupunkiin
28th November Dance Films: Havahtumisia
27th November Toistuvat yllätykset hiphopshow
29th-30th November Katja Lunden Company (Finland): Flamencosauna
1st December Satu Rekola (Finland): Satubaletti
18th-31st December Jenni Kivelä (Finland): Jotakin kuviteltua (kuunnelma kaupunkitilassa)
20th August-21st November 2021 Artistic Director Riku Lehtopolku
20th August-6th September William Forsythe (USA/Germany): Choreographic Objects
(City of Abstracts, Untitled Instructional Series)
9th-10th October Cristiana Morganti (Italy): Jessica and Me
9th-10th October Dance Schools on Stage (Finland)
11th-12th October Peeping Tom( Belgium): Kind
13th-16th October Shobana Jeyasingh Dance (UK): TooMortal
31st October Dance Films
31st October-1st November GN/MC (Spain): Set of Sets
10th-11th November Andonis Foniadakis Dance Company (Greece): Salema Revisited
19th-20th November Caleb Teicher & Nic Gareiss (USA): Caleb & Nic
20th-21st November Genelec Gala
15th-21st June 2022 Artistic Director Riku Lehtopolku
Adi Boutrous (Israel): One More Thing
Alessandro Sciarroni (Italy): Save the last dance for me
Carl Knif Company (Finland): Matka
Compagnie 111 – Aurélien Bory (France): Corps Noir
Dance Schools on Stage (Finland)
Emanuel Gat Dance (France) LOVETRAIN2020
Eun-Me Ahn Company (South Korea): Nort Korea Dance
Genelec-Gala
Kinetic Orchestra (Finland): Mostly Mass
La Veronal (Spain): Sonoma
Livsmedlet/Grus Grus teatteri (Finland): Näkymättömät maat
Riku Lehtopolku (Finland): Stream
Winter guests (Norway): Story, story, die.
14th-20th June 2023 Artistic Director Riku Lehtopolku
Compagnie Mouvements Perpétuels / Cie Salia Sanou (France): D’un Rêve
Bruno Beltrão / Grupo De Rua (Brazil): New Creation
Alexander Vantournhout / Not Standing (Belgium): Through the Grapevine
Prototype Status / Cie Jasmine Morand (Switzerland): LUMEN
Cristiana Morganti (Italy): Behind the Light
Kammerballetten (Denmark)
Helsinki Dance Company & Anton Lachky (Finland): Special Night
Il Posto (Italy): Skyline
Dance Schools on Stage (Finland)
Genelec Gala
Children’s Gala
12th-18thn June 2024 Artistic Director Riku Lehtopolku
Dorrance Dance / Michelle Dorrance (USA)
Basses Loaded & Myelination
Peeping Tom / Gabriela Carrizo & Franck Chartier (BE) Diptych
Petri Kekoni Company / Petri Kekoni (FIN) Ei aikaa | Otid | Untime
Aditi Mangaldas Dance Company / Aditi Mangaldas (IN) FORBIDDEN
Collectif Petit Travers / Julien Clément & Pierre Pollet (FRA) S’assurer de ses propres murmures
Pori Dance Company / Riku Lehtopolku (FIN) Songs
Soul Chain by tanzmainz / Sharon Eyal (GER) Soul Chain
Uppercut Danseteater / Stephanie Thomasen (DK) BENCHED
Suomen Kansallisoopperan ja -baletin balettioppilaitos (FIN)
Dance Schools On Stage 1 & 2
Supervisual Gala: Acosta Dance, Atte Kilpinen, B.Dance, Dorrance Dance, Uppercut Danseteater