TSC Studio

Tero Saarinen Company's home at Helsinki's Cable Factory is designed with dance and dancers' needs in mind. At its heart is TSC Studio, the company’s own rehearsal space, which serves as a home base for artistic creation, rehearsals and classes. TSC Studio is also available for rent to independent artists, dance schools and other professionals and hosts artistic residencies each year.

About the space

Spanning nearly 200 square meters, TSC Studio is equipped with underfloor heated Harlequin Liberty sprung dance floor and vinyl. Natural light streams in through large windows equipped with glare-preventing and blinding curtains. One mirrored wall can be veiled with acoustic drapes, shaping the space for different creative needs. Movable ballet barres and gym mats are available for dancers. The Studio has a fixed Genelec sound system.

Dimensions: 14.5m × 11.8m
Ceiling height: 3.4m (to rafters)

Adjacent to the studio are two changing rooms (female and unisex), both with lockers, showers, and toilets. Wheelchair-friendly access to the studio can be arranged, though please note that there are no accessible toilets in TSC Studio.

For performances and residency work, the space is equipped with:

  • A fixed lighting system
  • A projector and white screen
  • Wireless microphones 
  • 50 folding chairs
  • An immersive Genelec speaker system for enveloping soundscapes
How to get there

TSC’s premises are located at the Cable Factory in Helsinki (Kaapeliaukio 3, Staircase E, 3rd floor). Enter the staircase from Dance House Helsinki’s and Cable Factory’s main entrance Glass Courtyard. 

Wheelchair-accessible entry is via the freight elevator located at the Glass Courtyard. Kindly contact us beforehand if you wish to access the space through the freight elevator.

Immersive sound system

The studio’s immersive sound system, designed by TSC’s Artist in Residence and Sound Designer Tuomas Norvio, creates a deeply physical, all-encompassing experience.  TSC Studio is equipped with 22 speakers and two calibration systems. The sound system has been made possible by Iisalmi-based Genelec, a pioneer in professional audio and immersive audio technology. Bringing together advanced technology and art, the studio with its sound system acts as a space for experiments and creativity – endorsing future creators to achieve their dreams.

“An extremely sharp sound image is traced out in TSC Studio, where even the smallest details in accents and dynamics of the sound can be heard. Even when applying the strongest sound pressures, the sound is pure, and the system functions optimally both in design work and in performance. There is no system quite like it in Finland – and even globally it is unparalleled with the most similar being in the depths of great opera houses.

What most interests me in the potential offered by TSC Studio is working with non-directional sound: when sound has no distinctive direction of source, that the listener can perceive, it can feel as if the experience happens inside the listener, getting under their skin in quite special way.” – Tuomas Norvio

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