Programme | Zodiak

Pura Muuri!

A contemporary dance mentoring group, which has been part of Valokeilassa koillinen venture in 2020-2021, brings their work-in-progress performance Pura Muuri! (Tear Down The Wall!) to The Wall.

Tue

3.8. at 19

Fri

6.8. at 17

The Wall, Töölönlahti park

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Joni Kärkkäinen, Jukka Tarvainen: Muuri

Photo: Jussi Ulkuniemi

Z-Lab: Sanni Giordani & working group

Zodiak Laboratory is Zodiak's residency concept. Dancer and choreographer Sanni Giordani, together with her working group, will be working on their new work Mostly Mass during the residency.

Thu

12.8. at 17

Fri

13.8. at 17

Zodiak Studio C4

Z-Lab

Photo: Iiri Potteri / Timo Vaittinen at Eino Ruutsalo’s Message to the Unknown sculpture

Patsastellaan: Parts (for Muuri)

Patsastellaan is an ongoing project by James Prevett where artists are invited to make a new public work (party) for a public sculpture in Helsinki.

Sat

14.8. at 15

Sun

29.8. at 15

Sat

4.9. at 15

Muuri, Töölönlahti park

Other event

Joni Kärkkäinen, Jukka Tarvainen: Muuri

Photo: Uupi Tirronen

Jukka Tarvainen: Get Down from There – and Other Remarks

Get Down from There – and Other Remarks is a performance that approaches the visual art work The Wall in a physical way. The Wall, by visual artist Joni Kärkkäinen and dance artist Jukka Tarvainen, will be located by the Töölönlahti Bay and is part of the…

Fri

20.8. at 21

Premiere

Sat

21.8. at 21

Mon

23.8. at 21

Tue

24.8. at 21

Fri

27.8. at 21

Canceled

Sat

28.8. at 21

The new restrictions regarding audience events from Aug 20th onwards do not affect the performances, due to the event location's openness.

The performance location is close to the Finlandia Hall, on a lawn next to the childerns' playground.

The Wall, Töölönlahti park

Performance

Joni Kärkkäinen, Jukka Tarvainen: Muuri

Photos: Kannisto Väinö / Helsinki City Museum, Sinem Kayacan / Zodiak

Kira Riikonen, Tuukka Jukola: Cycle City

Cycle City is an art experience that unfolds over the course of a bike ride. The work, devised by choreographer Kira Riikonen and performing artist Tuukka Jukola, expands as it traverses the whole city, inviting you to experience, witness, and marvel at…

Sat

21.8. at 13

Premiere

Sat

21.8. at 13:30

Sun

22.8. at 13

Sun

22.8. at 13:30

Tue

24.8. at 18

Tue

24.8. at 18:30

Wed

25.8. at 18

Canceled

Wed

25.8. at 18:30

Canceled

Thu

26.8. at 18

Thu

26.8. at 18:30

Sat

28.8. at 10

Canceled

Sat

28.8. at 10:30

Canceled

Sun

29.8. at 13

Sun

29.8. at 13:30

Tue

31.8. at 18

Canceled

Tue

31.8. at 18:30

Canceled

Wed

1.9. at 18

Canceled

Wed

1.9. at 18:30

Canceled

Thu

2.9. at 18

Thu

2.9. at 18:30

Sat

4.9. at 10

Sat

4.9. at 10:30

Sun

5.9. at 10

Sun

5.9. at 10:30

The performance is experienced by riding a bicycle. The duration of the performance is approximately 2,5–3 hours.
The performance can take place during light rain.

The performance on Sunday, Aug 5, at 10:30 (the Body), will take place in collaboration with Helsinki City Bikes.

Starting point: Cabel Factory, seaside at Tammasaarenlaituri, door M1

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Photo: Jesse Hinkkuri

Flow Finland parkour tour: Parkour workshop and jam

Flow Finland (since 2005) is a traditional, national parkour tour of Finnish Parkour Organization. A free of charge and open for all parkour jam will be organized in each city of the tour.

Sun

22.8. at 11

The Wall, Töölönlahti park

Other event

Joni Kärkkäinen, Jukka Tarvainen: Muuri

Photo: Saara Taussi

Tiia Kasurinen: I'm not entirely here (cybersad)

I'm not entirely here (cybersad) is in love with sad girl aesthetics, classic art memes and grainy zoomed images. It is a perspective into a world that plays with gender stereotypes, sexuality and pink aesthetics as instruments for becoming whole.

Fri

27.8. at 19

Premiere

Sat

28.8. at 14

Sat

28.8. at 19

Sun

29.8. at 19

Tue

31.8. at 19

Wed

1.9. at 19

Thu

2.9. at 19

Fully booked

Zodiak Stage

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Photo: Jenni Pystynen

Mira Kautto, työryhmä: BS/BF

BS/BF is a fantasy forest and an alternate reality in the form of a dance performance. It is made of dancing, hypnotic music and the colour blue.

Thu

9.9. at 19

Premiere

Sat

11.9. at 19

Sun

12.9. at 15

Tue

14.9. at 19

Wed

15.9. at 19

Thu

16.9. at 19

Sat

18.9. at 19

Sun

19.9. at 15

Instructions on how to reach the Cable Factory can be found under How to Find Us.

Zodiak Stage

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Picture: Jurmu, Nyberg, Broas

Broas & Nyberg: Designing the End

Designing the End is an imagination of the future. It is an attempt to accept and understand something greater than ourselves. The work is a montage born out of thoughts of the past, present and future.

Thu

30.9. at 19

Premiere

Sat

2.10. at 19

Sun

3.10. at 15

Tue

5.10. at 19

Wed

6.10. at 19

Thu

7.10. at 19

Zodiak Stage

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Photo: Tuukka Ervasti

Sonya Lindfors: camouflage

camouflage, by choreographer Sonya Lindfors and working group, examines the act of looking and the politics of the gaze.

Tue

19.10. at 19

Premiere

Thu

21.10. at 19

Fri

22.10. at 19

Sat

23.10. at 15

Stoa

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Photo: Venla Helenius

Kemppainen, Nieminen, Peura: and then they left

and then they left is a puddle and an ocean of lies, liquids and truths. It is a watery yet dry magic trick that wants to fall towards an uncategorised space and pleasure.

Tue

26.10. at 19

Premiere

Thu

28.10. at 19

Fri

29.10. at 19

Sat

30.10. at 19

Sun

31.10. at 15

Tue

2.11. at 19

Wed

3.11. at 19

See here how to find your way to Zodiak.

Zodiak Stage

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Photo: Uupi Tirronen

Sari Palmgren: Utopia (on empathy)

Utopia (on empathy) is a multidisciplinary performance where a better and more empathic future is created. The work combines dance, movement, singing, music, and discussions on future visions and the role of empathy in the vision work.

Thu

28.10. at 18

Premiere

Thu

28.10. at 21

Sat

30.10. at 18

Sat

30.10. at 21

Sun

31.10. at 15

Sun

31.10. at 18

There is a possibility to enjoy a dinner before the performances in Hotel Katajanokka’s Linnankellari restaurant. The dinner hours are 16:30 and 19:00 (Thu & Sat) and 13:30 and 16:30 (Sun). Dinner tickets from Tiketti.

Hotel Katajanokka, Kirkkosali

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Photo: Anna Autio

Mikko Niemistö, Sanna Blennow, Teo Lanerva, Olli Lautiola, Justus Kantakoski: Astral Projections

Astral Projections is a living installation and a durational performance that is situated somewhere in between dream and fiction.

Sun

7.11. at 15

Sun

7.11. at 19

Tue

9.11. at 19

Wed

10.11. at 19

Valssaamo

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Z-Lab: Leila Kourkia

Zodiak Laboratory is Zodiak's residency concept. Dance artist Leila Kourkia will be working on her new process Harpyija (working title) during the residency.

Thu

11.11. at 17

Fri

12.11. at 17

Zodiak Studio C4

Z-Lab

Photo: Katri Naukkarinen

Ahti Kuningas Lommi Nenonen Rinne Salo Soidinsalo: Svett

Svett is a performance that emerges from motifs of pressure and release.

Thu

11.11. at 19

Premiere

Sat

13.11. at 19

Wed

17.11. at 19

Thu

18.11. at 19

Sat

20.11. at 19

Wed

24.11. at 19

Sat

27.11. at 19

Sun

28.11. at 13

Fri

3.12. at 19

Sat

4.12. at 19

Tue

7.12. at 19

Thu

9.12. at 19

Sat

11.12. at 19

Note! Seats bought with Zodiak's serial ticket are on sale in Tiketti.

Venue: Teater Viirus (Välimerenkatu 14, Helsinki)

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Photo: Katri Naukkarinen

Mikko Niemistö: Odd Meters

Odd Meters by choreographer/performer Mikko Niemistö is a frenzied dance that bounces between rhythms in an attempt to reconstruct itself from fragments of dreams, time and the body. It works with rhythms found in the moment that overlap, argue and shake…

Sat

13.11. at 20

Sun

14.11. at 20

The performance includes loud noices.

Zodiak Stage

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Photo: Jenni Pystynen

Janina Rajakangas: Meadow

Meadow foregrounds the first man holding power in our lives, our fathers.

Thu

2.12. at 19

Premiere

Sat

4.12. at 15

Sun

5.12. at 15

Tue

7.12. at 19

Wed

8.12. at 19

Thu

9.12. at 19

Sat

11.12. at 15

Sun

12.12. at 15

Tue

14.12. at 19

Wed

15.12. at 19

Fri

17.12. at 19

Sat

18.12. at 15

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Photo: Rafael Mentges

Z-lab: Lindon Shimizu & Dasha Lavrennikov

Z-lab is Zodiak’s residency concept. Lindon Shimizu and Dasha Lavrennikov will work with their new project Project M while in residence in autumn 2021.

Thu

16.12. at 17:30

Fri

17.12. at 17:30

Zodiak Studio C4

Z-Lab