The first new Finnish Circus and Dance in Focus magazine came out from print in January 2024. Its predecessor, Finnish Dance in Focus, was published once a year in English since 2000. You can read the magazine here in pdf format (also earlier numbers). Click the cover image to read.
Finnish Circus & Dance in Focus 2026
Contents:
Jyrki Karttunen,Tiia Kasurinen,Alen Nsambu, Karita Tikka,Teo Ala-Ruona,Hanna Moisala,Kalle Lehto, Mira Rawald, Elina Pirinen, Susanna Leinonen,Jenni Kallo, Jarkko Partanen,Kate&Pasi and the punk band Muovipussi.
Our topics include Helsinki International Ballet Competition, Oulu – European Capital of Culture, the circus exhibition Amaze! at the Theatre Museum in Helsinki, and Sorin Sirkus.
Finnish Circus & Dance in Focus 2025
Contents:
WAUHAUS, Kalle Nio, Onni Toivonen, Kaisa Nieminen, Teo Lanerva, Vilhelmiina Sinervo, Viivi Roiha, Tuomas Vuorinen, Milla Koistinen, Hanna Pajala-Assefa, Tanja Råman, Johanna Nuutinen, Arctic Ensemble and their new works.
Includes an article about personal topics in contemporary circus, an essay on Tero Saarinen Company’s multiart production Macbeth and talk about combining dance art and technology.
Finnish Circus & Dance in Focus 2024
Contents:
Mad in Finland, Miradonna Sirkka, Salla Hakanpää, Sonya Lindfors, Janina Rajakangas, Jyrki Karttunen, Luis Sartori do Vale, Race Horse Company, Pie Kär, Milla Jarko, Kerttu Opus, Suvi Tuominen, Nina Bulgakova and their new works.
Includes an extensive article on gender on the circus stage, an essay on choreographer Elina Pirinen’ work, and interviews of artists who make dance and circus specifically for young people.
Finnish Dance in Focus 2023
In the 2023 issue:
Javier Torres, Pauliina Feodoroff, Tero Saarinen Company, Carl Knif, Kati Kallio, Broas & Nyberg, Karoliina Ginman, Samuli Emery, Rauli Dahlberg, Jarkko Mandelin, Jenni-Elina von Bagh, Sari Palmgren, Maija Hirvanen, and Veli Lehtovaara and their new works.
Plus articles about large venues’ repertoires, collaboration between dance and circus, and posthumanist thinking.
Finnish Dance in Focus 2022
Contents:
Johanna Nuutinen, Sonja Jokiniemi, Tiia Kasurinen, Mikko Niemistö, Iina Taijonlahti, Lindon Shimizu, WAUHAUS, Auri Ahola, Laura Jantunen and Janina Rajakangas and their new works.
Also includes an extensive article on the history of contemporary dance in Finland, on digitalization, the new Dance House, and about making dance art outdoors and in the forest.
Previous issues upcoming…