Link to Russian Ballet Stars Gallery
The Russian ballet stars visited Lahti during this weekend. They had a spectacular gala concert on Friday and Saturday (31.8. and 1.9.2012) in the Sibelius Concert Hall 🙂 The artistic director was Alexey Fadeechev. The dancers were from the famous Russian theatres: the Bolshoi (Moscow), the Marinsky and Mikhailovsky (St Petersburg).
Link to Sports if Play Show
The Opening Ceremony of the European Athletics Championships 2012 was arranged at the Senate Square on 26.6.2012. The ceremony ended with a show entitled “Sports if Play“. The director of the show was Kari Heiskanen and the choreographer was Reija Wäre. Leading roles were played by Maria Ylipää and Janne Marja-aho.
Link to Pieni Suomalainen Balettiseurue at Sinebrychoff Park gallery
Pieni Suomalainen Balettiseurue performed at Sinebrychoff Park during Helsinki Day 12.6. My gallery from the performance has now 12 photos, I will add more later.
Link to Wannabe Ballerinas at Bassline Festival gallery
Wannabe Ballerinas performed twice at Bassline Festival during this weekend. Here are photos from their performance at Sinebrychoff Park on Saturday.
Link to Finnish National Ballet on Senate Square gallery
Finnish National Ballet had a public performance on Senate Square in Helsinki last Friday. This performance was the start of their summer tour around Finland. The programme was a mix of classical ballet and contemporary dance.
Update 19.6.: The Finnish National Ballet on Senate Square gallery has been updated: more photos added and the names of productions are listed below each photo.
Wannabe Ballerinas
I visited yesterday in Helsinki Underground Art event in Kaapelitehdas. There was art exhibition with 25 artists, live painting and arts&crafts sale. I photographed the Wannabe Ballerinas and the robot sculptures made by JJJanne (I could not find website for JJJanne).
Robot Sculpture by JJJanne
Henriikka Roo / Link to Finnish Pole Dancing Championship 2012 Gallery
Finnish Pole Dancing Championship 2012 was arranged a week ago at GoExpo in Messukeskus. Here is small gallery with photos of all finalists: Anna Lehtonen, Oona Kivelä, Henriikka Roo, Anne Laakkonen, Anna-Katariina Koponen and Heidi Mäki-Ontto. Winner was Henriikka Roo, Oona Kivelä was second, and Heidi Mäki-Ontto was third.
Link to Wannabe Ballerinas at Punajuuri Block Party 2011 Gallery
Punajuuri Block Party was arranged on last Saturday. As part of this party, Wannabe Ballerinas had a superb street ballet performance in the middle of Viiskulma 🙂
 Link to Gallery I |
 Link to Gallery II |
21. Helsinki Samba Carnaval was arranged on 10.-11.6.2011. Here are my galleries from the parade: In Gallery I are Sambic, Império do Papagaio, Samba Maracanã and Samba Tropical. In Gallery II are União da Roseira and Samba el Gambo.
This parade was also National Championships of Finnish samba schools. União da Roseira won the competition. Império do Papagaio was the second. Congratulations!
Link to Pieni Suomalainen Balettiseurue Gallery
Last Sunday Pieni Suomalainen Balettiseurue arranged performance called “2 x 2 – Tanssia toukokuun taivaalle” in The Senate Square in Helsinki. This performance consisted of six short acts, together they lasted about half an hour.