How do Bach and dance art meet in 2023? Together with dancers and the BRQ Ensemble assembled by Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, choreographer Liisa Pentti seeks an answer to this question. Combining live music and dance, Das Musikalische Opfer – A Choreography for Seven Dancers and Musicians is an inverse continuation of Pentti's work with the music of minimalist masters, a reach into the musical past beyond the present.

Das Musikalische Opfer (The Musical Offering) is Johann Sebastian Bach’s enthralling and playful late-period masterpiece whose complex and enigmatic counterpoint offers a fascinating challenge to choreography and new encounters between dance and music.

Bach’s music is timeless, providing a framework for emotions like joy and sorrow. It inspires hope and allows us to feel part of the mysterious universe from which music springs. Das Musikalische Opfer – A Choreography for Seven Dancers and Musicians is at once an experimental and traditional dance work, in which dancers and musicians create a mystical and dreamlike world in the space of the Erkko Hall.

Liisa Pentti +Co is a Helsinki-based dance group whose central values are artistic relentlessness and ingenuity. Founded in 2000, the group’s artistic profile is situated in a field between dance, performance art and contemporary theatre. Experimentation and searching for new forms of expression are emblematic of Liisa Pentti +Co’s work.

BRQ Vantaa Festival’s artistic director Markku Luolajan-Mikkola has assembled a unique ensemble of internationally renowned musicians. BRQ Ensemble performs with varying line-ups mainly at the BRQ Vantaa Festival, but their past performances also include venues in both Stockholm and Italy.

The performance may contain strong lights.
Note: Age recommendation +7 years.

The event is organized by Liisa Pentti +Co

Ticket information

Tickets on sale at tiketti.fi and Tiketti's ticket offices. For any ticketing inquiries, please contact Tiketti's customer service.

Early bird prices until 25.6.2023:
Standard ticket | A 36€ – B 28€ – C 20€
Discount ticket (Under 25, pensioners, students, unemployed, conscripts and civil servants, members of Teme) | A 28€ – B 20€ – C 12€
Group ticket (minimum 10 tickets) | A 32€ – B 24€ – C 16€

Prices from 26.6.2023:
Standard ticket | A 45€ – B 35€ – C 25€
Discount ticket (Under 25, pensioners, students, unemployed, conscripts and civil servants, members of Teme) | A 35€ – B 25€ – C 15€
Group ticket (minumum 10 tickets) | A 40€ – B 30€ – C 20€

Pay What You Can | A small number of "Pay What You Can" tickets are available for the performance. PWYC ticket reservations via email: info@liisapentti.com.

Note: To ensure good visibility to everyone, The Erkko Hall auditorium is steep. Please note that there is no lift to the upper section. Only the first row seats are fully accessible.