In the joint performance opening the anniversary year of choreographer Alpo Aaltokoski, three international female dancers interpret magnificent solo works.
Tomorrow will have its repremiere with dancer Delfiina Huczkowski; Despues de Ayer – After Yesterday its Finnish premiere with dancer Pachi Sejas from Bolivia. In addition, Ukrainian-born Nina Bulgakova will perform a solo version of Ethno Contemporary Ballet’s Fertility.
“Tomorrow is open, full of expectation and perhaps even fear, but the dancer ultimately has the strength and serenity to face it.”
Uutispäivä Demari newspaper 2010
Fertility is a work by the dance group Ethno Contemporary Ballet, founded in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and operating in Helsinki since autumn 2022. It is a piece about feminine creation in the vortex of humility, disobedience and girlish passion. The old must die, because only then can new life be born! Fertility won the Ars Electronica State of the ART(ist) Award in Austria in 2024. The award is given to artists who courageously confront the threats of oppression, political persecution, unjust governance, environmental disasters or exploitation.
Alpo Aaltokoski, who is celebrating his 40th anniversary as an artist, is a choreographer, dance artist and artistic director of Alpo Aaltokoski Company (founded in 1995). During his career, Aaltokoski has created over 65 choreographies that have been performed in over 30 countries on five continents: Alpo Aaltokoski Company is, among other things, the Finnish dance company that has performed most extensively in Latin American countries. Alpo Aaltokoski has also worked as an artist professor and artistic director of the Full Moon Dance Festival, and has been awarded in Finland with, among others, the Pro Finlandia and Tanssin Maineteko awards.
Performances:
- TUE 27.10. at 18.30
- WED 28.10.at 18.30
- THU 29.10. at 18.30
- FRI 30.10. at 18.30
- SAT 31.10. at 15