Finnish Dance in Focus 2006
Editor-in-chief: Minna Tawast
Editor: Piia Ahonen
Writers: Piia Ahonen, Ilkka Halava, Minna Luukko, Liisa Pentti, Jukka Relander, Minna Tawast
English Translation: Don McCracken
Graphic Design and Layout: Kirsi-Marja Puuras
Cover: Trickle, Green Oak, by The Finnish National Ballet, choreography Susanna Leinonen
Cover Photography: Heikki Tuuli
Contents
Editorial
by Minna Tawast
ZOOM:
Kela's victorious leap into the 21st century. The point is to find the question. Stepping Queerly - a study of dancing men. Kaari Martin's Finnish Duende. Choreographic Voices from Finland - a new DVD.
Erika Turunen searches for thin and dense material
by Minna Tawast
Dancing to freedom
The Finnish cultural climate in the early twentieth century
by historian Jukka Relander
The Postmodern Finn on the verge
by project manager Ilkka Halava
The wonder of strangeness
by Liisa Pentti
Kirsi Monni sees dance as an art of perception and awareness
by Piia Ahonen
Touring in Finland - not exactly an easy gig
by Johanna Laakkonen
Catalogue
Finnish Dance Companies, Choreographers and Organisations