Soup Talks
Moving in November released its programme for the festival from 7–17 November in Helsinki! One format we are involved in and highly recommend: The Soup Talks, where informal conversations raise between audience and artists mingling around a hot pot full of soup.
Soa Ratsifandrihana at the [8:tension] Podcast
Episode 11 of our [8:tension] Podcast is out! Meet wonderful Soa Ratsifandrihana, who showed her solo g r o o v e at this years’ ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival.
Deva Schubert at the [8:tension] Podcast
We started to release Season #2 of our [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series!
Our first guest is Deva Schubert, dancer and choreographer from Berlin and one of the winners of the 2024 ImPulsTanz – Young Choreographer’s Award with her piece Glitch Choir.
Cécile Le Claire is On the Outset at Moving in November
The project manager, artistic mediator and facilitator from France recently moved to Finnland and is now involved in the production of the contemporary dance festival, which takes place from 7–17 November this year.
Austrian Premiere: Hold yr ache 2 my ache
Hold yr ache 2 my ache by Zeynab Kirikou Gueye and Lau Lukkarila premieres on 22 November at Tanzquartier Wien! The piece was (also) developed during the Creative Crossroads residencies at STUK Leuven and Workshop Foundation.
NOMAD DANCE ADVOCACY TRANSFORMATIVE POLICIES FOR DANCE
The panel will discuss the positioning of contemporary dance in cultural and political strategies in the region. We will also explore the priorities for its development at the national and municipal levels and how these are being implemented in light of the acute needs and challenges facing the sector. With Marijana Cvetković (Station – Service For Contemporary Dance, Belgrade), Goran Sergej Pristaš (Academy Of Dramatic Art, University Of Zagreb), Madeline Ritter (Director Of Bureau Ritter, Berlin) and Nevena Tudor Perković (Directorate For Cultural And Artistic Development, Ministry Of Culture And Media Of The Republic Of Croatia), moderated by Teja Reba (Contemporary Dance Association Slovenia, Ljubljana).
Mean Time Between Failures at STUK
Mean Time Between Failures, the Helsinki-based experimental dance and performance art collective of Dash Che and Suvi Tuominen. During their Artistic Exchange Residency at STUK, MTBF will work with sound designer Oula Rytkönen, who is a long-term collaborator of the collective. They will focus on dramaturgical and choreographic development of a new dance piece called DOWN BEAT.
OPEN LAB: CONSTELLATION OF BODIES
A participatory programme by Teodora Ežovska. The focus of the Constellations of Bodies workshop is on creating group dynamics and harmony among participants by developing awareness of internal dynamics, space, time as a measuring unit, and proximity. Through improvisation and inspiration from nature, participants will explore ways to create a movement constellation through space. Specifically, we will focus on mimicking the structure and composition of a flock of birds as they travel from one place to another.
Opening: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE DANCE KIND
A Performance Situation Room: Close encounters of the dance kind
What would you send into the future of dance? We asked the local dance scene to dance and write their answers to the following question: If there were something at your disposal right now that you would send into the future of dance, what would it be? We received answers from those at the beginning of their journeys, as well as from those who have been on this trek for a while. For very trivial practical reasons, the responses presented in the film don’t encapsulate the entirety of our scene, but demonstrate its multiplicity, polyphony, strength, persistence and permanence.
Capacity Grid, On The Outset, Outsetters Abroad
Performance Situation Rooms, Choreographic Conventions