Historia

6.-14.6.1970   
Carry Rick (USA) 
Cullberg Ballet (Sweden) 
Estonia Theatre Ballet (Estonia) 
Koco Racin, folk dances (Yugoslavia) 
Praesens (Finland) 
Dancers from Kuopio Theatre (Finland) 

4.-11.6.1971 
Ballet Rambert (UK) 
Cramér Ballet (Sweden) 
Daile, folk dances (Latvia) 

3.-10.6.1972 
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) 

4.-10.6.1973 
Andriesh, folk dances (Moldova) 
Ballets Contemporains Karin Wahner (France) 
The Norwegian National Ballet (Norway) 
Ruth Matso (Finland) 

3.-9.6.1974 
Dance Theatre Raatikko (Finland) 
Finnish National Opera Ballet (Finland) 
Les Diaboua de Brazzaville, folk dances (Congo) 
Kirghiz folk dances 
Pilobolus (USA) 

5.-11.6.1975 
Cullberg Ballet (Sweden) 
Finnish National Opera Ballet (Finland) 
The Indian Ballet of Folk Tradition (India) 
Lar Lubovotch (USA) 
Riga Ballet (Latvia) 

7.-13.6.1976 
Estonia Theatre Ballet (Estonia) 
Dimitrovec, folk dances (Czechoslovakia) 
Scapino Ballet (The Netherlands) 

6.-12.6.1977 
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) 

5.-11.6.1978 
Arabesque (Bulgaria) 
Dance Theatre Raatikko (Finland) 
Finnish National Opera Ballet (Finland): Ganajeh 
Tanztheater-Ensemble der Komische Oper Berlin (East Germany) 
Turkmenia folk dances  

4.-14.6.1979 
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)

9.-15.6.1980 
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 

5.-11.6.1981 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) 

5.-11.6.1982 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

9.-15.6.1983 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 

4.-10.6.1984 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  

3.-9.6.1985 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    

4.-10.6.1986 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 

4.-10.6.1987 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 

3.-12.6.1988 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 

7.-13.6.1989 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) 

3.-10.6.1990 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) 

7.-15.6.1991 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) 

4.-10.6.1992 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)     

7.-13.6.1993 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  

12.-19.6.1994 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 
25^th 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) 

29.6.-4.7.1995 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 

28.6.-5.7.1996 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 

27.6.-3.7.1997 Artistic Director Jukka O. Miettinen 
Anzu Furukawa (Japan): L’Arrache -coeur 
The Ballet School of Finnish National Opera (Finland):  Pyörteitä / Prinsessa Ruusunen 3^rd 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 

26.6.-2.7.1998 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) 

30.6.-6.7.1999 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… 

28.6.-4.7.2000 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 

13.-20.6.2001 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 

13.-19.6.2002 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 

12.-18.6.2003 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 

17.-23.6.2004 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  

15.-22.6.2005 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  

15.-21.6.2006 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 

14.-20.6.2007 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

12.-18.6.2008 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 

11.-17.6.2009 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 
40^th 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) 

17.-23.6.2010 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 

16.-22.6.2011 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 

14.-20.6.2012 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) 

13.-19.6.2013 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 

12.-18.6.2014 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 

10.-16.6.2015 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 

15.-21.6.2016 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 

14.-20.6.2017 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 

13.-20.6.2018 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) 

12.-18.6.2019 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 

Syksy 2020 Artistic Director Riku Lehtopolku 
14.10. Raekallio Co (Finland): Muistikuvia 
17.10. ELO-Forum (Finland): Kuopion Konservatorio, Kuopio Taideopisto, Kuopio Tanssistudio, Oskari Kymäläinen, MDD, Suomen kansallisbaletin nuorisoryhmä, Blind Gut Company, Minna Tervamäki 
15.-16.10. Satu Tuomisto (Finland): Kilpatanssi Remix 
13.-14.11. Fern Orchestra (Finland): Mareld 
14.11. Dance Films: Maalta kaupunkiin 
28.11. Dance Films: Havahtumisia 
27.11. Toistuvat yllätykset hiphopshow 
29.-30.11. Katja Lunden Company (Finland): Flamencosauna 
1.12. Satu Rekola (Finland): Satubaletti 
18.-31.12. Jenni Kivelä (Finland): Jotakin kuviteltua (kuunnelma kaupunkitilassa) 

20.8.-21.11.2021 Artistic Director Riku Lehtopolku 
20.8.-6.9. William Forsythe (USA/Germany): Choreographic Objects 
(City of Abstracts, Untitled Instructional Series) 
9.-10.10. Cristiana Morganti (Italy): Jessica and Me 
9.-10.10. Dance Schools on Stage (Finland) 
11.-12.10. Peeping Tom( Belgium): Kind 
13.-16.10. Shobana Jeyasingh Dance (UK): TooMortal 
31.10. Dance Films 
31.10.-1.11. GN/MC (Spain): Set of Sets 
10.-11.11. Andonis Foniadakis Dance Company (Greece): Salema Revisited 
19.-20.11. Caleb Teicher & Nic Gareiss (USA): Caleb & Nic 
20.-21.11. Genelec Gala

15.-21.6.2022 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. 

14.-20.6.2023 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 

12.-18.6.2024 Artistic Director Riku Lehtopolku