On Saturday November 16th, dance company Liisa Pentti +Co hosts a whole day dedicated to dance and music improvisation in Oodi’s Maijansali hall. The event is free of charge and open to everyone. The program consists of two workshops and a series of performances by young and more experienced artists alike; altogether eleven dancers and musicians, all working internationally, will appear on stage.
Schedule:
12:00 workshop on music improvisation
13:00 workshop on dance improvisation
14:30-18:00 performances
Dance improooo! is a part of the Focus on the Local Landscape within the frame of Moving in November.
Liisa Pentti +Co is a Helsinki-based dance group founded in 2000. The group’s artistic profile is situated in the field between dance, performance art and contemporary theatre. Experimentation and the search for new forms of expression are central to the company’s works. Liisa Pentti is one of the trailblazers of Finnish contemporary dance, and her unique intellectual work forms the artistic core of the company. Her works often find their starting point in the unnamed, in the night and in dreams-That which the everyday does not reach. In addition to performing, Liisa Pentti +Co hosts residencies and organizes dance events, talks and workshops in collaboration with a wide range of partners from Finland and abroad. Liisa Pentti has a long history of teaching both dancers and actors, and the company also organizes weekly dance classes to people on the autism spectrum and with developmental disabilities.