Central Finland Regional Dance Center enforces local dance culture and improves job opportunities for dance professional and supports their collaboration in central Finland. The center organizes various happenings, training classes, colleague meetings, workshops and seminars.
“As a regional dance center Zodiak – Center for new dance promotes contemporary dance, increases the working possibilities for dance artists and supports the development of dance professionalism in the capital area. The center also produces contemporary dance works, enhances their touring and works for audience development.”
The Regional Dance Center in Northern Finland consists of four organizations: JoJo – Oulu Dance Center, Fullmoon Dance Festival, Routa Company and Rimpparemmi. Together they enforce and develope the dance scene in Oulu and Lappland and improve job opportunities for local dance professionals.
The Regional Dance Centre of Western Finland promotes the equal availability and accessibility of dance regionally, improves job opportunities and offer production support for dance professionals and enables and encourages co-operation in Western Finland.
The Regional Dance Center of Eastern Finland (ITAK) supports both socially and financially, the visibility and development of dance as an art in Eastern Finland. ITAK provides information about dance, grants partial production support, organises visiting performances and events and promotes the networking between dance artists and other parties in the region.
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Barker Theatre is a convertible performance space that seats up to 160 people. Barker Theatre is a popular venue among dance artist.