Thank you for sharing our opening season with us! More than 4000 people attended HZ | HUNT at Tanssin talo and the Erkko Hall was sold out for the very first time in history, as we presented a new interpretation of Tero Saarinen’s beloved Rite of Spring solo HUNT (2002) and Johanna Nuutinen’s choreography Hz (2022) on 31 March – 9 April.
“Both works are a commentary on the numbing torrent of stimuli that causes us to lose ourselves. It feels as if the theme is more relevant now than ever before.”
– Tero Saarinen, Artistic Director
HZ
Johanna Nuutinen’s Hz (Hertz) is a deep dive into soundwaves, in which underwater sound pollution acts as a metaphor for the sensory stimuli of the modern world. Interpreted by five brilliant dancers the work takes its audience to a zone where hearing becomes experiencing. Nuutinen’s Hz is the first piece commissioned for TSC by another choreographer.
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Tero Saarinen’s HUNT, influenced by the duality of life and the transience of corporeality, was commissioned by the Venice Biennale in 2002. The work, praised by audiences and critics alike, was labelled one of the most significant contemporary reinterpretations of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. Saarinen toured with the work for over 10 years until the end of 2013, in a total of 83 cities and 32 countries. Now, Saarinen is passing on his technically and expressionally demanding solo to two new dancers: Auri Ahola (31.3.–5.4.), known as an extremely charismatic interpreter and Atte Kilpinen (6.4–9.4.), who has a top-flight career in ballet internationally.
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Tickets | **16€–57€ – Ge your tickets online!
Ticket sales and info | Ticket offices are located at the Cable Factory and Tanssin talo’s main entrance Lasipiha (Mon-Fri: 11:00–19:00) and at the Cable Factory’s Konttori (Mon-Fri 8:30–19:00, Sat-Sun 11:00–18:00). Contact: (09) 4763 8300 | konttori@kaapelitehdas.fi
Duration | 1h 40 min (inc. intermission)
Arriving | Tanssin talo‘s Erkko Hall is next to the Cable Factory in Ruoholahti, Helsinki (Kaapeliaukio 3). Please favour public transport! More information here.
Safety and accessibility | More info here. When choosing your seats, please keep in mind that the auditorium at Erkko Hall is steep.
Artist talks | After the performances Tuesday 5 April and Friday 8 April.
Performers: Hz | Elina Häyrynen, Natasha Lommi, Saida Solla, Eero Vesterinen, Riccardo Zandonà (understudies: Mikko Lampinen, Sofia Ruija)
Performers: HUNT | Auri Ahola Thu 31.3. | Fri 1.4. | Sat 2.4. | Tue 5.4. and Atte Kilpinen Wed 6.4 | Thu 7.4 | Fri 8.4 | Sat 9.4.
N.B.! These works use loud sound and strobe lights.
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Regular tickets: A 57€ | B 49€ | C 41€
Discount categories: Under 25, Students, Unemployed, Civil Servants, Conscripts: B 22€ | C 16€; Pensioners: A 54€ | B 46€ | C 38€; Groups of over 20 people: A 54€ | B 46€ | C 38€ per person. Discount prices cannot be combined with any other offers or discounts.
Online payment through Paytrail, Smartum or Epassi.
Tickets for professionals (–50%) will be on sale with valid membership card a week before the season’s start, only at Lasipiha.
Tero Saarinen Company will follow the regional COVID-19 safety guidelines and restrictions.
NEW! Digital evening programme
The season’s digital evening programme includes never-before-seen footage that takes you on a tour behind the scenes! Get to know the works before the show and read the essay by cultural journalist Suna Vuori on why contemporary dance needs its classics. You can easily access the content, designed especially for mobile devices and tablets, from the link below.
Download the programmeTSC Gift Card
With the TSC gift card, you can pay for tickets to performances produced by Tero Saarinen Company at Tanssin talo. The gift card can be used both online and at the ticket offices located at Tanssin talo and the Cable Factory (5 Jan onwards). You are free to choose the value of the gift card. The gift card is valid for one year from the date of purchase. In addition to the commonly used online payment methods, the gift card can also be bought with Smartum and ePassi. Edenred is available at the ticket offices.
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“Impressive – Extraordinary – Powerful“
- THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA), 2006 | HUNT
“HUNT is remarkable on a number of levels, evoking the ballet of the past, and the 20th century artistic and scientific movements that shook the world. It is truly a tour de force.“
- TORONTO STAR (Canada), 2006 | HUNT
“Auri Ahola’s stunning virtuosity and intensity were breathtaking.”
- TEATTERI & TANSSI + SIRKUS (Finland)
“Atte Kilpinen was absolutely brilliant. His extremely sensitive and movementally expressive interpretation was stunning.”
- DEMOKRAATTI (Finland)
“Nuutinen is a master of creating in-depth well-planned, strongly visual works of art. She has found something very own and is already a name that is also in demand internationally.”
- HUFVUDSTADSBLADET (Finland), 2021 | OPIA
“Rigorous work in the intersections of art, science and social emotions has resulted in a timeless work, which has, through polished details and precision, a strength that downright sprains the mind.”
- Helsingin Sanomat (Finland), 2021 | OPIA
Hz
Choreographer Johanna Nuutinen
Composer and Sound designer Tuomas Norvio
Scenographer (set and lighting) Joonas Tikkanen
Costume designer Mert Otsamo
Dramaturg Jarkko Lehmus
Rehearsal Director Satu Halttunen
Duration 40 minutes | Premiere 31.3.2022, Tanssin talo, Helsinki | Production Tero Saarinen Company in collaboration with Johanna Nuutinen +CO | Photos Jonas Lundqvist
– Intermission –
HUNT
Choreography Tero Saarinen
Music Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Lighting and set design Mikki Kunttu
Multimedia, photos Marita Liulia
Costume design Erika Turunen
Rehearsal Director Henrikki Heikkilä
Duration 35 minutes | Premiere 2 June 2002, Venice Biennale, Italy | Original production Tero Saarinen Company and La Biennale di Venezia in collaboration with Octobre en Normandie | Thanks to Anonymous donor (2022)
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