Gaspard

“(Tero Saarinen) captures the underlying atmospheres very successfully and has a virtuosic sense of form. --- The optimum balance between gentleness and strength, and the five dancers were all impressive.”

- Hufvudstadsbladet (Finland), 2014

“Above all, he (Tero Saarinen) knows how to transform space into a magic box. -- The obliqueness in the piece is not without interest, and the choreography, increasingly cumulative, has a textured numbness in the best sense.”

- The New York Times (USA), 2002

“Chief among these was the talent of Saarinen, an exceptionally gifted Finnish choreographer. -- Saarinen's Gaspard may be a ballet simply because ballet dancers danced it. It is otherwise a gripping modern dance with elements of Butoh cannily exploited. It is a most intriguing work.”

- San Francisco Chronicle (USA), 2002

“In Tero Saarinen's Gaspard, Lyon Opera Ballet edged boldly away from footwork to create larger, more cinematic images. The effect was quite amazing, like watching a silent movie set to Edward Boagni's ecstatic piano.”

- Ottawa Sun (Canada), 2002

“Saarinen has the ability to create collective, almost zero-gravity states. --- Even the complex outbursts and confrontations have an organic structure, as if caused by underwater currents and vortices. The work is soothing and caresses the eye.”

- Helsingin Sanomat (Finland), 2014