Tanssille Performance Club
- Schedule
Thu 10.12. at 18
Introduction
Welcome to Tanssille ry’s Performance Club at Pannu Hall, Dance House Helsinki – a new club night celebrating dance, artistic encounters, and togetherness! Join us on Thursday, December 10, from 6 PM to 11 PM for an evening filled with dance!
Throughout the evening, you’ll get to experience five short dance performances (10–20 minutes each) by dance professionals working in the Uusimaa region. From solos to group performance, the programme brings together a diverse mix of artistic expressions, creative experiments, and fresh perspectives on dance – all in a relaxed and welcoming club atmosphere.
The evening features solo performances by dance artists Petri Ekqvist, Maya Oliva, Minttu Myräkkä, and Jenna Välikangas, as well as a group performance by the seven-member group Casualbutpro.
There will be breaks between the performances, offering plenty of time to catch up with friends and connect with new ones, enjoy a drink and some bar snacks. After the performances, Joseysradios takes over, the dance floor opens to everyone, and the evening continues with music and dancing!
A warm welcome to Tanssille Performance Club!
Organiser: Tanssille ry
Evening programme
18.00 | Doors open
18.30 | Minttu Myräkkä: Väre
18.50 | Jenna Välikangas: Tanssivat peilit
Joseysradios keeps the music flowing
19.15 | Casualbutpro Incubator: Mitä jos se ei palvele meitä
19.35 | Petri Ekqvist: Mies, tuoli ja mikrofoni
Joseysradios keeps the music flowing
20.20 | Maya Oliva: aaAaaaAA
20.40 | Dance floor opens – Joseysradios takes over!
23.00 | Doors close
Performances
Minttu Myräkkä: Väre
Väre is a physical and movement-based journey through the body of a single dancer, at once precise and raw. The work delves into themes of transience, vulnerability, and exposure. It is an embodied narrative of time and moments felt on the skin and deep within the body. The piece originates from a desire to explore and deepen the knowledge, skills, experiences, dreams, and questions that years of working as a dance artist and living life have accumulated within me.
Jenna Välikangas: Tanssivat peilit
At the heart of the work is an ordinary girl who, in all her vulnerability, chooses to open her heart to love. The fusion of ballet and contemporary dance tells a story of overcoming one's fears, even when fear itself remains present.
Casualbutpro Incubator: Mitä jos se ei palvele meitä (What If It Doesn't Serve Us)
Choreography: Marika Metsovuori ja Lyylia Koivuniemi
Dancers: Veronika Hailu, Pihla Huttunen, Lyylia Koivuniemi, Tiia Laitinen, Marika Metsovuori, Iisa Ojala, Janina Salmela
What If It Doesn't Serve Us examines the mental distress that flourishes in late-capitalist society and the phenomena that arise from it. How does the human mind fracture under economic pressure and the demands of a performance-driven culture? And how much chaos, fear, anxiety, and uncertainty about the future can a person who appears composed and balanced on the outside carry within? This work brings together classical music, ballet, and rap. The fluidity and aesthetic elegance of ballet create a contrast with the rawness and honest self-expression of rap. The choreography moves between controlled beauty and movement as symptom, perhaps revealing things that are too painful to put into words.
Petri Ekqvist: Mies, tuoli ja mikrofoni (Man, Chair and Microphone / excerpt from Long Way Home)
Long Way Home is a contemporary performance that combines spoken word, physical theatre, contemporary dance, and circus. Aimed at adult audiences, the work explores themes of love, loss, and hope, seeking to restore faith in togetherness during fragile times.
The piece asks what happens when our private fears are translated into a shared physical language. It explores the dreams that shape our lives, the rootlessness that can come with pursuing our ambitions, and the fragmentation of identity in a globalized world. How do we find depth in the present moment when our memories and experiences are scattered across the globe?
Maya Oliva: aaAaaaAA
Slow motion and temporal channels collapse into the throat. Polyemotional states emerge from the diaphragm as a volcanic force.
Joseysradios
Joseysradios is a DJ, artist, and curator, and the founder of What’s on Joseysradios? and Livingroom Session. With roots in Uganda and Congo, her sound centers around South African amapiano while drawing inspiration from across the African continent and beyond. Driven by rhythm, heat, and movement, her sets build through deep grooves, storytelling, and unexpected turns — creating an experience made to be felt, shared, and sweated out on the dancefloor.
Ticket info
Supporter ticket | 25 €
PWYC | 10 € / 5 € / 2 €
