Side Step Festival 2024 - Programme

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Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir: Boundless Ominous Fields

This performance work by Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir aims to activate the archaic and energetic transgenerational archives of both performer and spectator.

Thu

1.2. at 19

Premiere

Fri

2.2. at 19

Sat

3.2. at 15

The performance on Fri, Feb 2, will take place as planned, despite the strike in public transportation.

Zodiak Stage

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Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir, Susan Kozel: CATALYSTS – Somatic Resonance

CATALYSTS – Somatic Resonance is an installation exhibition of somatic states from the performance work of Icelandic choreographer Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir. The exhibition takes place in collaboration with MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre.

Sat

3.2. at 12 – 18

Sun

4.2. at 12 – 16

Tue

6.2. at 14 – 19

Wed

7.2. at 14 – 19

Thu

8.2. at 14 – 19

Fri

9.2. at 14 – 19

Sat

10.2. at 12 – 18

Sun

11.2. at 12 – 16

Venue: MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre

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Audience at the 2023 Side Step Festival / photo: Rosaliina Elgland

Side Step 2024: The Side Programme

Side Step Festival's additional programme gives you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the works and the artists' work. The Side Programme, which is framing the preformance works in the programme, will be hosted by festival curators Jenni-Elina von…

Sat

3.2. at 14

Sat

3.2. at 16

Sun

4.2. at 19:10

Tue

6.2. at 20

Wed

7.2. at 21:50

Fri

9.2. at 20

Discussions

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Photo: Lucas Canavarro

Davi Pontes, Wallace Ferreira: Repertório N.2

Repertório N.2, by Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, is the second part of a choreographic experiment to think of dance as a practice of self-defense. NOTE the new performance times.

Sat

3.2. at 17:30

Sat

3.2. at 19:30

NOTE the new performance times. The changes are due to the strikes affecting air trafic. More details can be found in News.

Has nudity and proximity to audience.

Foyer of Dance House Helsinki

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Kuva: Vojtěch Brtnický, courtesy of Tanec Praha

Silvia Gribaudi: GRAND JETÉ

GRAND JETÉ is a choreographic project by Silvia Gribaudi with the MM Contemporary Dance Company, italian company directed by Michele Merola. PLEASE note the change of date.

Sun

4.2. at 18

A smoke machine is used in the performance. Flashing lights are present in some scenes.

Tanssin talo, Erkko-sali

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Photo: Dajana Lothert / Tanz im August

Agata Siniarska: null&void

null&void, by Agata Siniarska, seeks to tell the stories of wartime mass destruction from the ground - from the perspective of landscapes, matter and non- humans and their constantly neglected voices.

Tue

6.2. at 19

Wed

7.2. at 18

null&void contains depictions of war. Moreover, there are passages with strobe lights, intensive light effects, darkness and high volume.

Zodiak Stage

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Photo: Eva Würdinger

Florentina Holzinger: TANZ

A sylphidic reverie in stunts with excessive attentiveness to the self. TANZ by Florentina Holzinger at Dance House Helsinki’s Erkko Hall.

Wed

7.2. at 19:30

The performance contains: strobe lights, explicit nudity, blood, needles and hooks, self-harming body acts.

Tanssin talo, Erkko-sali

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Photo: Märta Thisner

Cullberg, Halla Ólafsdóttir: Sylph

In her first work for Cullberg, choreographer Halla Ólafsdóttir takes inspiration from the mythological creature the sylph, an ethereal being with the power to shape-shift.

Thu

8.2. at 19

Fri

9.2. at 19

The performance includes: flashing lights, theatre haze, loud noises, blood. The performance includes scenes with close physical proximity with audience members.

Tanssin talo, Pannuhalli

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Photo: July Weber

July Weber: The Devil's Hour

Seductive dances are at play in The Devil’s Hour, a dance piece by choreographer and dancer July Weber for four dancers, set to composer Laure M. Hiendl’s Ray Ray of Light.

Fri

9.2. at 23:55

Sat

10.2. at 23:55

Contains strobe lights and theatre haze, and few moments of louder screaming.

Zodiak Stage

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Audience at the 2020 Side Step Festival / photo: Timo Wright

Side Step 2024: The Final Club

Side Step Festival's Final Club will take place on Sat, Feb 10, in Kaapelitehtaan Konttori cafe. The programme for the evening includes the panel discussion Impossible Radicalism, Sara Grotenfelt's Magic Show, and a gig by the up and coming artist…

Sat

10.2. at 17 – 23:59

Tapahtumapaikka: Kaapelitehtaan Konttori -kahvila

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