Joona Halonen’s senior course invites you to marvel and experience movement. In this course, all bodies are celebrated as unique, valuable and fascinating just as they are.
In this course, all bodies are celebrated as unique, valuable and fascinating just as they are. As a participant, you have the right to be heard, seen, acknowledged and understood – both as an individual and as part of the group. Together, we will explore how to perceive our own and others’ dances as living, temporal, spatial and rhythmic experiences.
Through task-based exercises, we aim to connect mind and body while exploring ways of working together. Joona will guide you through the movement exercises, offering versatile approaches to structuring movement. Much of the work will take place in silence, creating space for focus and reflection.
Throughout the course, we will reflect on our movement both individually and with others. How does the movement feel? What shapes emerge from different areas of the body? Which aspects of the movement feel meaningful?
The exercises are not focused on the aesthetic or technical aspects of dance. Instead, they are designed to create a space for free experimentation, encouraging movement inspired by personal impulses.
Joona Halonen graduated with an MA in Dance from the Theatre Academy in 2000 and completed his pedagogical studies at the University of Helsinki’s Faculty of Educational Sciences in 2024. As a dancer and performer, he has worked with numerous directors and choreographers, including Deborah Hay and Kirsi Monni.
Joona has also worked extensively as a choreographer and teacher across Finland’s independent art field, city theatres and art schools. Joona’s artistic work focuses on promoting equality, and he is particularly inspired by innovative projects that support and celebrate diversity.
