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Zodiak Laboratory: Christy Ma

Zodiak Laboratory is Zodiak's residency concept. In August 2024 the ZodLab residency artist is Christy Ma.

Thu

29.8. at 17

Fri

30.8. at 17

Zodiak Studio C4

Z-Lab

Discussion: International touring and collaboration in the European context

You are most welcome to come and join a discussion about the development and challenges of international touring. The event will be held in the foyer of Dance House Helsinki on Thu, Sep 5th.

Thu

5.9. at 16 – 17:30

Dance House Helsinki, foyer

Discussions

Big Pulse Dance Alliance

Photo: Haliz Yosef

Marika Peura: Amalgam Melee

Amalgam Melee delves into the emotional and expressive body; artist’s inner contradictions in relation to cultural heritage, brownness, whiteness, hierarchies of power and violence.

Thu

5.9. at 19

Premiere

Sat

7.9. at 19

Sun

8.9. at 15

Tue

10.9. at 19

Wed

11.9. at 19

Canceled

Fri

13.9. at 19

Sat

14.9. at 19

Tue

17.9. at 19

Wed

18.9. at 19

Thu

19.9. at 19

Theater haze, flickering lights, sudden loud sounds. The performer will be handling a blade knife on stage during the performance. The performance deals with the themes of power structures and violence.

There is a small amount of so called "pay what you can" tickets available for each performance date. The PWYC tickets can be bought in advance via this link.

With this gesture we wish to guarentee that no one is turned away for lack of funds.

Zodiak Stage

Performance

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Residency demo: Escarleth Pozo

Choreographer Escarleth Pozo, together with their working group, will be in residency at Zodiak on the first week of September. The residency period ends in an open demo on Saturday, Sep 7.

Sat

7.9. at 17

Zodiak Studio C4

Open rehearsals

Photo: Eva-Liisa Orupõld

Sonja Jokiniemi: Armo

In Sonja Jokiniemi's work, the impossibility of normality has always been described as the only human condition. Her new creation, Armo, opens up an associative space where mementos and remembering are braided into a tangible disorder.

Tue

8.10. at 19

Premiere

Thu

10.10. at 19

Fri

11.10. at 19

Sat

12.10. at 19

Mon

14.10. at 19

Tue

15.10. at 19

Wed

16.10. at 19

The performance includes theatre haze.

There is a small amount of so called "pay what you can" tickets available for each performance date. The PWYC tickets can be bought in advance via this link.

With this gesture we wish to guarentee that no one is turned away for lack of funds.

Tanssin talo, Pannuhalli

Performance

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Photo: Rosaliina Elgland

Youth Club Night

Zodiak, Reality Research Center and Helsinki Poetry Connection / Youth Open Mic are organising a multi-art club night for young people at the Kontula Youth Centre Luuppi.

Fri

1.11. at 17 – 22

Kontulan nuorten toimintakeskus Luuppi

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Good Vibes East

Photo: Sinem Kayacan

Young Dancers and Sara Grotenfelt: A two-day monument

The performance by Young dancers will be seen twice in HAM – Helsinki Art Museum, in connection with their exhibition Tove Jansson – Paradise.

Fri

29.11. at 18

Sat

30.11. at 17:30

HAM, Tove Jansson – Paradise exhibition, 2nd floor

Other event

Image: Maisa Immonen

WAUHAUS: Renaissance

The stage of Renaissance is a flowing spring; a place for rebirth and new forms of imagination. The performance beckons the audience to a realm of wonder, pleasure, and oddity.

Tue

3.12. at 19

Premiere

Wed

4.12. at 19

Thu

5.12. at 19

Sat

7.12. at 19

Tue

10.12. at 19

Wed

11.12. at 19

Thu

12.12. at 19

Sat

14.12. at 15

The performance contains loud noises, theatre smoke and theatre haze.

Tanssin talo, Pannuhalli

Performance

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Zodiak Laboratory: Jacqueline Aylward & Iris Blauberg

Zodiak Laboratory is Zodiak's residency concept. In December 2024 the first ZodLab residency artists are Jacqueline Aylward and Iris Blauberg.

Thu

12.12. at 17

Fri

13.12. at 17

Zodiak Studio C4

Z-Lab

Kuva: Odysseas Chloridis

Zodiak Laboratory: Felix Urbina Alejandre

Zodiak Laboratory is Zodiak's residency concept. In December 2024 the second ZodLab residency artist is Felix Urbina Alejandre, together with their working group.

Thu

19.12. at 17

Fri

20.12. at 17

Zodiak Studio C4

Z-Lab

Photo: Tuukka Ervasti

Sonya Lindfors: something like this

Something like this is a performance that looks at the possibilities of the stage and hip-hop culture to serve as a platform for telling diverse stories, taking over space, empowerment and communality.

Tue

21.1.2025 at 10

Wed

22.1.2025 at 10

Thu

23.1.2025 at 10

Fri

24.1.2025 at 10

Tue

1.4.2025 at 10

Wed

2.4.2025 at 10

Thu

3.4.2025 at 10

Fri

4.4.2025 at 19

Sat

5.4.2025 at 15

here is a small amount of so called "pay what you can" tickets available for each performance date. The PWYC tickets can be bought in advance via this link.

Tanssin talo, Pannuhalli

Performance

Zodiak-nuoret 2021–2025

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Photo: Luis Castilla

Yinka Esi Graves: The Disappearing Act

The Disappearing Act is Yinka Esi Graves' first solo production. With dance, live music rooted in flamenco, text and live video, the work presents itself as an experimental flamenco work, in the form of a reimagined Ghanaian Concert Party.

Fri

31.1.2025 at 19

Sat

1.2.2025 at 18

The performances are a part of Side Step Festival 2025.

Tanssin talo, Pannuhalli

Performance

Sivuaskel-festivaali 2025

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Photo: Reto Schmid. In the photo Trajal Harrell (in the front), Ondrej Vidlar, Titilayo Adebayo, Nodan Bojas Mair, Songhay Toldon, Maria Ferreira Silva

Trajal Harrell, Zürich Dance Ensemble: The Köln Concert

A dance piece to the most famous solo piano recording of all time - Keith Jarrett's Köln Concert.

Sat

1.2.2025 at 20

Part of the Side Step Festival 2025.

Tanssin talo, Erkko-sali

Performance

Sivuaskel-festivaali 2025

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Photo: Maria Baranova

Marikiscrycrycry: Goner

A live, suspenseful choreography delving into the depths of psychological horror. Exploring alienation, migration, violence and more, it crafts radical visual culture from the marginalised perspective and engages a new Black tradition of horror in live…

Tue

4.2.2025 at 19

Wed

5.2.2025 at 19

This show contains strong language, flashing lights, verbal references to sex, verbal references to murder, loud sounds including gunshots, sensitive themes and topics, partial nudity and violence.
There is haze in the performance.

Zodiak Stage

Performance

Sivuaskel-festivaali 2025

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Photo: Hertta Kiiski

Marianna Henriksson, Anna Mustonen: Sfäärit (Spheres)

Sfäärit (Spheres) is a performance initiated by harpsichordist Marianna Henriksson and choreographer Anna Mustonen, bringing together contemporary music and contemporary choreography.

Thu

6.2.2025 at 18

Premiere

Fri

7.2.2025 at 19

Sat

8.2.2025 at 15

Part of the programmes of Side Step Festival 2025 and Musica nova Helsinki 2025.

Tanssin talo, Pannuhalli

Performance

Sivuaskel-festivaali 2025

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Photo: David Cenzar

Vincent Riebeek: Don't clap for Crap

A remake of an indecent contemporary cult classic.

Fri

7.2.2025 at 21

Sat

8.2.2025 at 17

The performance contains nudity and bodily fluids, text about suicide, miscarriage, and rape. Usage of theatrical haze.

Zodiak Stage

Performance

Sivuaskel-festivaali 2025

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Wojciech Grudziński, Maria Magdalena Kozłowska: TEACH ME NOT!

TEACH ME NOT! is a choreographic role-play of trust and dependence, admiration and rancor. It is an ode to students' longing for the bittersweet memories of their masters.

Wed

2.4.2025 at 19

Premiere

Thu

3.4.2025 at 19

Fri

4.4.2025 at 19

Sat

5.4.2025 at 15

Tue

8.4.2025 at 19

Wed

9.4.2025 at 19

Thu

10.4.2025 at 19

There is a small amount of so called "pay what you can" tickets available for each performance date. The PWYC tickets can be bought in advance via this link.

Zodiak Stage

Performance

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Photo: Laura Cemin

Zodiak Laboratory: Laura Cemin, Bianca Hisse

Zodiak Laboratory is Zodiak's residency concept. In March-April 2025 the ZodLab residency artists are Bianca Hisse and Laura Cemin.

Thu

3.4.2025 at 17

Fri

4.4.2025 at 17

Zodiak Studio B2

Z-Lab

Photo: August Joensalo

Mikko Niemistö: Glass Eyes

Glass Eyes, a stage piece by Mikko Niemistö and his working group, unfolds a distorted human experiment where medicine and mysticism intertwine.

Thu

8.5.2025 at 19

Sat

10.5.2025 at 19

Mon

12.5.2025 at 19

Tue

13.5.2025 at 19

Thu

15.5.2025 at 19

Fri

16.5.2025 at 19

Sat

17.5.2025 at 19

Tue

20.5.2025 at 19

There is a small amount of so called "pay what you can" tickets available for each performance date. The PWYC tickets can be bought in advance via this link.

Zodiak Stage

Performance

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Photo: Riikka Lakea

Zodiak Laboratory: Riikka Lakea & työryhmä

Zodiak Laboratory is Zodiak's residency concept. In May 2025 the ZodLab residency artist is Riikka Lakea, together with their working group.

Thu

15.5.2025 at 17

Fri

16.5.2025 at 17

Zodiak Studio B2

Z-Lab