#Tero Saarinen Company

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Third Practice, Tero Saarinen Company. Helsinki 2021.

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I just saw one of the best dance performances (if not the best) that I've ever seen.

VORTEX by National Dance Company of Korea, choreography by Tero Saarinen. It was a breathtaking performance. Strongly recommended, if you ever have a chance to see this!

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The Friday Round Up

It’s Friday - enjoy!

Tero Saarinen Company (Finland) in Morphed

Tonight and tomorrow October 27 and 28, you still have time to join DanceHouse at their season opener with Tero Saarinen Company (Finland) in Morphed. In Morphed, seven male dancers seduce, challenge, demand and swagger, borrowing from casual street dance, Gene Kelly musicals, classical 19th century and modern dance. Saarinen masterfully crafts a fresh exploration of masculinity undaunted by the extremes of sensitivity and heroism, and all that lies between. Check out the Vancouver Sun’s article the company where Saarinen says his style has been called “butoh dance with wings”! And remember to come early for the pre-show chat with Tero Saarinen himself, in conversation with Janet Smith, 7:15 pm in the upstairs lobby of the Playhouse Theatre. Show time 8pm. Tix 

Also October 27 and 28, The Dance Centre Presents Deanna Peters | Mutable Subject in META. META proposes that our body is not one thing. We are fluid, messy and protean. Created and performed by Deanna Peters in collaboration with performers Justine A. Chambers and Kim Sato, with costumes and set design by Natalie Purschwitz, this new work dismantles expectations of what a body can be, generating a richly imaginative and engaging experience. It is really worth a trip over to Deanna’s website where she has some wonderful video and writings related to the work. At the Scotiabank Dance Centre, 8pm. Tix

Tonight through October 28  Amber Funk Barton and her contemporary dance company the response. return to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts for the third installment of their exciting WorkSpace series. WorkSpace is a performance series developed by the response. dance team to showcase work-in-progress excerpts of dance work being explored by the company. Inspired by memories, past relationships and the relativity of time, WorkSpace III will endeavor to embody these ideas to a curated playlist of pop music. This special installment of WorkSpace III will also feature the emerging dancers of the company’s Apprentice Program, along with a new solo work for Amber Funk Barton by guest choreographer Heather Laura Gray.  Take a look at the video trailer here. Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby 8pm. Tix

Jose Manuel Alvarez in Kasandra Flamenco’s Ritmo y Soniquete

Sunday October 29 Kasandra Flamenco is thrilled to present Ritmo y Soniquete, a super charged, high octane flamenco show starring some of Spain’s hottest flamenco musicians, singer Miguel Rosendo and festero Luis de la Tota, with the fire power of Barcelona’s Flamenco dancer, Jose Manuel Alvarez. Experience the Kasandra Flamenco Ensemble at its most raw and powerful, showcasing the best of improvisational, rhythmic Flamenco with spontaneity, passion and emotion. Experience pure flamenco at its roots as the artists torch the stage! Two shows at The Cultch 3pm and 8pm. Tix

Sunday October 29 New works presents Dance Allsorts: South Asian Arts. South Asian Arts has been championing South Asian dance, music, and culture since its formation in 2005 by Gurpreet Sian and Raakhi Sinha. With prestigious dance and music performances ranging from the 2009 Juno Awards to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, South Asian Arts has firmly established themselves as a premier organization successfully promoting the rich, cultural diversity of British Columbian artists to widespread audiences. At the Roundhouse Community Arts Centre Performance 2pm | Free Workshop 3:15pm TIx

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Ballet BC 2022/2023 Season Welcomes Five World Premieres

Over three programs in its 2022/2023 season @BalletBC welcomes Five World Premieres

While summer has barely begun, the Art community is looking forward to launch upcoming seasons. Ballet BC has announced its 2022/2023 season will welcome five world premieres within its three programs for the season — OVERTURE/S, HORIZON/S, and WAVE/S. The new works include an international co-production with Finland’s Tero Saarinen Company and a one-of-a-kind large scale collaboration with…

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Tero Saarinen Company: Third Practice Trailer (2021) from Tero Saarinen Company on Vimeo.

THIRD PRACTICE

Choreography & Concept Tero Saarinen Music Claudio Monteverdi Music direction, Arrangement Aapo Häkkinen Lighting design Eero Auvinen (TTT-Theatre) Costume design Erika Turunen Projection design Thomas Freundlich Sound design Marco Melchior Choreographer’s Assistants Henrikki Heikkilä, Satu Halttunen

Tenor Topi Lehtipuu Virtual soprano Núria Rial

Dancers | Tero Saarinen Company Jenna Broas, Elina Häyrynen / Annika Hyvärinen, Oskari Kymäläinen / David Scarantino, Mikko Lampinen / Pekka Louhio, Natasha Lommi, Eero Vesterinen. Understudy: Emmi Pennanen

Musicians | Helsinki Baroque Orchestra Aapo Häkkinen (harpsichord), Aira Maria Lehtipuu (violin), Hannu Vasara (violin) , Luca Várhelyi (recorder), Marina Belova (lute), Mikko Perkola (viola da gamba)

Tirsi e Clori recording Núria Rial, soprano, Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano, Teppo Lampela, countertenor, Topi Lehtipuu, tenor, Jussi Lehtipuu, bass

Streaming production | Tero Saarinen Company in collaboration with Thomas Freundlich (Lumikinos Production, 2021)

With thanks to Jane & Aatos Erkko Foundation Ministry of Education and Culture Anonymous donor

Trailer by Lumikinos Production

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https://youtu.be/smF0gxvZYwQ

Mette

https://youtu.be/vFLiDN6GpZQ

Sasha walt

https://youtu.be/0eMDXPDoDnU

Tero saarinen

https://youtu.be/160_fRFWzlU

Kidd pivot

https://youtu.be/vNVPumETpuA

DV8

https://youtu.be/5UMJOZ9XDzw

Peeping tom

https://youtu.be/EMVb-nWELNE

Ultima vez

https://youtu.be/BhDMuQBQ2wM

C de la B

https://youtu.be/kIxOkzpdsV8

Gecko dance company

https://youtu.be/amsZyJMq09w

Jan fabre

https://youtu.be/GUe9gGxKWMk

Sharon eyal

https://youtu.be/QuWr-lZ0BiE

Batsheva dance company

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Tero Saarinen Company: MORPHED trailer (2014) from Tero Saarinen Company on Vimeo.

”A severe ritual of powerful but clearly and distinctly hewn forms of dance --- harmony and integrity” Nezavisimaja Gazeta, Natalia Zvenigorodskaya, 12 October, 2015 (Russia)

“The dance movements blend into Esa-Pekka Salonen’s music, which evokes the harshness of the cold, wide-open continent and also its evocative beauty. --- Vigorous and ground-breaking, and yet timelessly unforced.” Komei, Hiromi Harada, 10 July, 2015 (Japan)

“Intimate dialogue between music and movement --- An excellent piece that reveals the men’s exuberant beauty and awakens poetic images.” Yoimiuri, Akiko Tachiki, 7 July, 2015 (Japan)

“Morphed is a complete work of art, and irresistible. Salonen’s powerfully emotionally music, the skilful dancers, and Mikki Kunttu’s understated visual elements create a sense of richness and fullness that surges vibrantly, like poetry flowing out of the unconscious.” Teatteri & Tanssi, Raisa Rauhamaa, 6/2014 (Finland)

Recording: August 15, 2014. Thomas Freundlich / Lumikinos

Morphed, a choreography for eight men, to music by Esa-Pekka Salonen originally premiered in 2014 at Helsinki Festival in collaboration with Finnish National Opera. It has since become part of Tero Saarinen Company's repertoire.

For more information on Morphed, visit: terosaarinen.com/en/works/

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Top Posts From AJBlogs 10.23.17

Dark Matters from Finland Tero Saarinen Company performs at the Joyce Theater. ... read more AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2017-10-23 Music as Communication: with you, with myself, with it I write music for three reasons that I can name, though there may be others that elude me.  These three reasons jockey with one another for primacy from one work to the next, and sometimes ... read more AJBlog: Infinite Curves Published 2017-10-23 The Most Under-Rated 20th Century American Composer — Take Two Back in the thirties and forties, there were no American music historians to tell the story of American classical music. So the task fell to a couple of composers: Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson. ... read more AJBlog: Unanswered Question Published 2017-10-22

  Article source here:Arts Journal

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Finnish Dance: Tero Saarinen Company at Joyce Theatre (October 19, 2017)

Finnish Dance: @TeroSaarinenCo at @TheJoyceTheater (October 19, 2017)

The lights dim and an announcement asks for everyone’s attention. Please turn off your cell phones. Then, there is something happening in the fourth row. A young man is having a seizure. He is shaking as the people around him look stunned. Someone yells, “Is there a doctor in the house?” A doctor approaches and looks at the man. “Call 911”, he says. The young man has stopped shaking and is now…

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VORTEX / The National Dance Company of Korea by Tero Saarinen Company Via Flickr: Photo: Nathalie Vu-Dinh

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Third Practice, Tero Saarinen Company. 

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La portada de Mayo de Auditorium Magazine con la compañía de danza Tero Saarinen Company, usando Givenchy.

Foto de Anton Sucksdorff 

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The Friday Round Up

Lots of dance to see, but you just may have to swim your way there! Happy rainy Friday!

Tero Saarinen Company (Finland) in Morphed

Coming up in one week, October 27 and 28, DanceHouse presents the Tero Saarinen Company (Finland) in Morphed. In Morphed, seven male dancers seduce, challenge, demand and swagger, borrowing from casual street dance, Gene Kelly musicals, classical 19th century and modern dance. Saarinen masterfully crafts a fresh exploration of masculinity undaunted by the extremes of sensitivity and heroism, and all that lies between. Check out this weeks  article in the Georgia Straight by Janet Smith, and have a taste of the piece in this video. At the Vancouver Playhouse, 8pm - and don’t forget the pre-show chat in the upstairs lobby of the Playhouse at 7:15pm. Tix for the show here.

Tuesday October 24 join DanceHouse in Cultural Policies in a Global World: a Comparison, moderated by Janet Smith, with Jarkko Lehmus (dancer, Tero Saarinen Company and producer, Cirko – Centre for New Circus); Charlie Wu, (managing director, ACSEA-Asian-Canadian Special Events Association and TAIWANfest). Co-presented by DanceHouse and SFU Woodward’s, Speaking of Dance Conversations is a series of free public dialogues and roundtable conversations about the world of dance, contextualizing it within culture and society. Presented by noted writers, choreographers and creative thinkers, Speaking of Dance is a platform for everyone to share and develop their observation and interpretation of dance. 7pm at the  Djavad Mowafahian World Art Centre, SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149 West Hastings Street). FREE

Did you know each time DanceHouse brings a company into town, it engages each visiting company in a series of local masterclasses. The classes with the Tero Saarinen Company are Thursday, October 26 10am – 11:30am in partnership with Harbour Dance Centre, details and registration, and also Saturday, October 28,  2:30pm – 4:00pm, in partnership with Lamondance Training and Performing Company. Details and registration

plastic orchid factory & MAYDAY/Mélanie Demers present Animal Triste.  Photo Mathieu Doyon 

You still have two nights, October 20 and 21, to catch the plastic orchid factory & MAYDAY/Mélanie Demers present Animal Triste. In the world’s grand parade, humans are nothing more than sad little animals. Prisoners of a hidden biology that guides their every step. In MAYDAY/Mélanie Demers’ Animal Triste, a national cast of stellar, inexhaustible performers grapple with this inner turmoil. With setbacks and vagaries of living together. Neither quite man nor woman, slaves to their desires and anxious to escape them, they are terrestrial beings, wild animals, angels and demons. Side by side, these domesticated primates rush towards something: their ruin, most likely. Check out the Georgia Straight article about the piece, and a video here.  At the Scotiabank Dance Centre, 8pm. Tix

October 24 The Talking, Thinking, Dancing Body (TTDB) is a facilitated conversation about aesthetics, context and artistic process. Initiated in 2012 by Lee Su-Feh, it encourages speaking about performance from an awareness of our bodies as well as the world it lives in. It unabashedly interrogates the body in performance through a lens that is concerned with anti-colonialism, anti-racism and feminism. The 2017-18 season sessions will be facilitated by Justine Chambers, Sadira Rodrigues and Lee Su-Feh, scribed by Alexa Mardon. Hosted by battery opera performance in partnership with The Dance Centre. At the Scotiabank Dance Centre, 5-7pm. FREE

October 24-26 MACHiNENOiSY invites you to Underdancing. Throughout the fall MACHiNENOiSY Artistic Directors Delia Brett and Daelik offer a series of 3-day workshops, and this is number 5.  In Underdancing learn how to dance like the waves floating your partner to shore instead of getting dragged and pulled in the undertow. Come experiment and play with experienced contact teachers Delia and Daelik and learn how to build a resilient and supportive foundation for your partner. Underdancing is an open level contact workshop and is suitable for beginners and advanced contact dancers alike. At their studio Left of Main, 211 Keefer Street. 6:00 - 8:00 pm. The cost per workshop is $35. **Please register at info@machinenoisy.com.

October 25-28  Amber Funk Barton and her contemporary dance company the response. return to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts for the third instalment of their exciting WorkSpace series. WorkSpace is a performance series developed by the response. dance team to showcase work-in-progress excerpts of dance work being explored by the company. Inspired by memories, past relationships and the relativity of time, WorkSpace III will endeavour to embody these ideas to a curated playlist of pop music. This special instalment of WorkSpace III will also feature the emerging dancers of the company’s Apprentice Program, along with a new solo work for Amber Funk Barton by guest choreographer Heather Laura Gray. Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby 8pm. Tix

October 26 - 28 The Cultch and TomaoArts present Kayoi Komachi/Komachi Visited, A Noh Chamber Opera, the world premiere of a new chamber opera that blends Japanese noh theatre and western classical music. Based on a traditional noh play about 9th century poet Ono-no-Komachi, the opera has been re-imagined to tell a contemporary story of a man and woman haunted by a passionate and troubled relationship. Kayoi Komachi/Komachi Visited is composed by Farshid Samandari and stars soprano Heather Pawsey as Komachi and master noh actor Yamai Tsunao as Fukakusa. The opera involves Japanese and Canadian singers and features a live orchestra of strings, flute, percussion and kotsuzumi (noh shoulder drum). Kayoi Komachi/Komachi Visited is about love, poetry, and the power of words. At The Cultch, 1895 Venables St., Vancouver, 8pm. Tix

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Tero Saarinen Company

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The Friday Round Up

So much dance happening - have a great week!

Tero Saarinen Company in Morphed

DanceHouse is revving up for its season opener on October 27 and 28 with the Tero Saarinen Company (Finland) when they perform Morphed. In Morphed, seven male dancers seduce, challenge, demand and swagger, borrowing from casual street dance, Gene Kelly musicals, classical 19th century and modern dance. Saarinen masterfully crafts a fresh exploration of masculinity undaunted by the extremes of sensitivity and heroism, and all that lies between.Check out this interesting interview with Saarinen, and have a taste of the piece in this video. At the Vancouver Playhouse, 8pm - and don’t forget the pre-show chat in the upstairs lobby of the Playhouse at 7:15pm. Tix for the show here.

Did you know each time DanceHouse brings a company into town, it engages each visiting company in a series of local masterclasses. The classes with the  Tero Saarinen Company are Thursday, October 26 10am – 11:30am in partnership with Harbour Dance Centre. Details and registration and also Saturday, October 28,  2:30pm – 4:00pm, in partnership with Lamondance Training and Performing Company. Details and registration

Co-presented by DanceHouse and SFU Woodward’s, Speaking of Dance Conversations is a series of free public dialogues and roundtable conversations about the world of dance, contextualizing it within culture and society. Presented by noted writers, choreographers and creative thinkers, Speaking of Dance is a platform for everyone to share and develop their observation and interpretation of dance. The first of these conversations Cultural Policies in a Global World: a Comparison, moderated by Janet Smith, is on Tuesday October 24, 7pm at the  Djavad Mowafahian World Art Centre, SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149 West Hastings Street). FREE

Compañía Sharon Fridman in Hasta Dónde…?

You still have tonight and tomorrow October 13 and 14 to see The Dance Centre presentation as part of its Global Dance Connections series Compañia Sharon Fridman in Hasta Dónde…? + All Ways. One of a new generation of sensational Israeli choreographers, Sharon Fridman has taken the dance world by storm since establishing his company in Madrid a decade ago. His athletic, adventurous work is rooted in contact improvisation techniques, filtered through an innate musicality and an eye for design. Hasta Dónde…? explores the relationship between two men as it evolves through dependency, struggle and harmony. The endlessly fluid lifts and tumbles are propelled by a wonderful surging score. Fridman’s latest work All Ways is a meditation on the multiple paths before us: seven outstanding dancers power through an extreme physical and emotional spectrum, which ranges from fierce urgency to calm contemplation. At the Scotiabank Dance Centre, 8pm. Tix

A reminder that October 13, 2017 - 11am + 8pm and  October 14, 2017 - 2pm + 8pm Dances for a Small Stage presents Small Stage: Act 1, specially designed for kids and parents who are never able to make it to a Small Stage show due to the age restrictions.  At the BMO Theatre Centre, and tix are only $12! Tix

October 17 - 22, The Cultch presents Encounter SINDHOOR/NATYAVEDA - Navarasa Dance Theater (India/USA) Presented with Diwali in BC. The best physical theatre out of India, Encounter delves into the struggles and challenges of the indigenous communities of India through an explosive fusion of dance and theatre. Acrobatics and original music in a tribute to indigenous people’s history around the world. Read an article in the Georgia Straight about the company here. At the York Theatre, 8pm; October 22 7pm. Tix 

Opening next Thursday October 19 and continuing October 20 & 21, plastic orchid factory & MAYDAY/Mélanie Demers present Animal Triste. In the world’s grand parade, humans are nothing more than sad little animals. Prisoners of a hidden biology that guides their every step. In MAYDAY/Mélanie Demers' Animal Triste, a national cast of stellar, inexhaustible performers grapple with this inner turmoil. With setbacks and vagaries of living together. Neither quite man nor woman, slaves to their desires and anxious to escape them, they are terrestrial beings, wild animals, angels and demons. Side by side, these domesticated primates rush towards something: their ruin, most likely. At the Scotiabank Dance Centre, 8pm. Tix