The evening of two works of dance: STOP – GO and Yes? yes! but…

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Length: approx. 50min with intermission.
During the performance there will be loud noices, blinking lights and synthetic fog.
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Stage Konepaja, Helsinki

At THE EVENING OF TWO WORKS by Laajasalon opisto, you will see STOP – GO by choreograph Iiro Näkki and Yes? yes! but… by choreograph Meri Lonkila performed by the students of dance at Laajasalon opisto.

The Dance programme at Laajasalon opisto was launched for the first time in 2023 in collaboration with the dance company Kinetic Orchestra. The goal of the one-year program is to support students’ individual development as dancers, strengthen their relationship with dance, and prepare interested students for further studies in dance.

STOP – GO

STOP – GO is a pastiche-like contemporary dance piece that brings together sections originally created for different works into one performance. Scenes are interrupted into freeze frames, from which the next section always continues in a new direction. Created for the Laajasalo opisto dance students in spring 2026, the work allows space to play with the many possibilities of dance.

Choreography: Iiro Näkki
Performers: Students of the Dance Program at Laajasalon opisto
Production: Laajasalon opisto
Poster: Daniela Wiksten

Yes? yes! but…

Yes? yes! but… is a work about choices without final decisions. Each movement opens one possibility while closing another. When only a glimpse of dance’s vastness fits on stage, what do we choose and what do we leave behind? The piece explores the tension between the individual and the group, the desire to merge into shared movement and the need to maintain one’s own direction. Dance appears as a continuous flow of choices, where every decision is a new beginning.

Yes? yes! but… is a tribute to the unfinished and abundant nature of dance to the moment when “yes” sets things in motion and “but” opens the door to another possibility.

Choreography: Meri Lonkila & the performers
Performers: Students of the Dance Program at Laajasalon opisto
Production: Laajasalon opisto

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Tickets 15 / 10 €. Children under 4 years, free entry.
The performance space is accessible by wheel chair. An assistant accompanying a wheelchair user is admitted free of charge. Please reserve seats by email: [email protected]

Stage Konepaja • Aleksis Kiven katu 17, 00510 Helsinki, Finland

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