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TSC began a new collaboration with Kiasma Theatre’s annual street art and culture festival URB, and Nordic Hiphop to the Stage, an international project funded by Nordisk kulturfund and Nordisk kulturkontakt, that aims to build an institutionally backed network for collaborations in the sphere of street culture and performance arts. In March TSC provided an artistic residency at TSC Studio for dancers Hamis Zzy and Siiri Korkeamäki. During their two-week residency, Hamis and Siiri created movement material for their new solos that are part of URB's EU funded Be Part project. Their works are to be seen on 7–9 June at URB's programme at Stoa Helsinki, as a part of a full evening performance, created by the French Art Move Concept and Nordic Hiphop to the Stage.

Two groups were chosen for a Sound Residency in TSC Studio for Summer 2022. During 27 June – 10 July choreographer Suvi Kemppainen, composer Walter Sallinen and dramaturg Klaus Maunuksela will work towards their new stage work From a great height: a choreographic sonic ceremony that examines subsidence, transgression and love for grief. During 11–31 July the multi-disciplinary Yumi Collective, consisting of Sebastian Kurten, Simeoni Juoperi, Antti Uimonen and Hamis Zzy, will be working on their first staged work at TSC Studio. Inspired by the 'Gömböc' shape, their creation will examine balance and its reciprocative nature. The Sound Residency programme, made possible by Genelec, is reserved for creators focused on the relationship between sound and movement.

Our collaboration with the Finnish National Opera and Ballet and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen continues with a new creation in celebration of FNOB's centenary year! Saarinen's choreography, Wedge, produced in collaboration with TSC will premiere on the Main Stage of The Finnish National Ballet in Helsinki, in May 2022. Wedge will end a triple bill titled 'Made in Finland', showcasing three internationally acclaimed Finnish choreographers: Kenneth Kvarnström, Johanna Nuutinen and Tero Saarinen. Saarinen's choreography to the Cello Concerto by Esa-Pekka Salonen will be interpreted by dancers from the Finnish National Ballet and TSC, performing together with the Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera. Dance, sound and light will be wedged together in the interface between chaos and order, defenselessness and safety, and the experience of the transience of existence. The costume design is by TSC’s trusted designer, Erika Turunen, lighting and set design by Joonas Tikkanen and sound design by Timo Kurkikangas. TSC's David Scarantino and Satu Halttunen work as choreographer's assistants in the creation.