Curious where you can catch the bold world of Finnish circus and dance this spring and summer? From grand stages to intimate performances and street art, Finnish artists are making waves across Europe in the coming months.
Tero Saarinen’s powerful new work, into Kaija Saariaho’s music, will premiere at Holland Festival in Amsterdam. Wauhaus brings their latest piece, Renaissance, to Utrecht’s Spring Performing Arts Festival.
Meanwhile, Circus I Love You takes their vibrant show on the road through Sweden, Belgium, and France. In Portugal, Hanna Moisala (Lumo Company) combines contemporary circus with gastronomy, and at the Venice Biennale, performance meets architecture in the Nordic Pavilion. Kinetic Orchestra brings their fast-paced, acrobatic dance to Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Explore the full list of touring productions below, featuring locations, dates, and links for more information and tickets – all countries listed alphabetically.
Austria
July 17 – 19, Linz, Pflasterspektakel
Marianne Vaalimaa: Circus for funK!
July 23 & 24, Festspiele, Bregenz
Tero Saarinen Company: Borrowed Light
July 27 & 29, ImPulsTanz – Vienna [8:TENSION] Young Choreographers’ Series
Marika Peura: Amalgam Melee
July 30 & 31, Festspiele, Bregenz
Tero Saarinen Company: Study for Life (music Kaija Saariaho)
Belgium
May 15–25, Brussels, Belgium
Sirkus Aikamoinen & Circus I Love You: I Love You Two
Denmark
May 15 – 30, Copenhagen, CPH Stage Festival, Assistens Cemetery
WAUHAUS: Garden on the Grave
France
May 25, Festival l’Humour des Notes, Haguenau
Kate & Pasi: Suhde
June 5 – 7, Le Havre
Sirkus Aikamoinen & Circus I Love You: I Love You Two
Germany
May 10 – 11, Frühlingsfest, Paderborn
Kate & Pasi: Suhde
May 16 – 17, Tanzfabrik Berlin
Milla Koistinen: GRIT (for what it’s worth)
Read more about Milla Koistinen and her work
June 21 – 22, SpielART Festival in Ganderkesee & Wardenburg
Kate & Pasi: Suhde
July 20, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele
Tero Saarinen Company: Borrowed Light
Hungary
July 19, Valley of Arts Festival, Lake Balaton – Kapolcs, Taliándörögd and Vigánpetend villages
Kate & Pasi: Suhde
Italy
May 8 – 10, the Nordic Pavilion at the Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
Teo Ala-Ruona & his team: Industry Muscle (a durational performance), co-produced by Zodiak
June 18 & 19, Teatro India (Teatri di Roma), Rome
Giorgia Lolli, Sophie Annen, Sebastian Kurtèn, Suvi Kajas, Elena Vastano: EAT ME
Netherlands
May 30 & 31, Utrecht Spring Festival
WAUHAUS: Renaissance
June 24 & 25, Holland Festival, Amsterdam
Tero Saarinen Company: Study for Life (music Kaija Saariaho)
Norway
Portugal
May 22 – 24, Santa Maria da Feira, Festival Imaginarius
Hanna Moisala: Phloem (Contemporary circus / Gastronomy)
Lumo Company
Spain
June 2, Bienal Flamenco Madrid
Compañía Kaari & Roni Martin: ¡Lorca!
Sweden
May 28 – June 28 Härnösand & Sundsvall & other cities
Janina Rajakangas: A Procession / Norrdans, Stuff in the Park
May 2 – 18 Östgötateatern, Linköping
Race Horse Company: The Replaceables
May 8 – 10, Botkyrka
Sirkus Aikamoinen & Circus I Love You: I Love You Two
Switzerland
June 6 – 7, Buskers Street & Music Arts Festival, Chur, Churer Altstadt
Kate & Pasi: Suhde
July 25 – 27, Street art festival Gauklerfest, Interlaken
Kate & Pasi: Suhde
UK & Scotland
June 13 – 14, London, RBO Next Generation Festival, Linbury Theatre
Youth Company of the Finnish National Ballet present three works: Blushing, Fragments of Time, Clique
August 12 – 23, Edinburgh Fringe, performances @DanceBase
Kinetic Orchestra: Bolero