União da Roseira / Link to Helsinki Samba Carnaval 2017 – Part I gallery
27. Helsinki Samba Carnaval was arranged on 10.6.2017. This was the 9th year when I was photographing the Samba Carnaval for the The Association of Finnish Samba Schools (SSKL). My parade photos are visible in Helsinki Samba Carnaval 2017 – Part I and Helsinki Samba Carnaval 2017 – Part II galleries.
Império do Papagaio / Link to Helsinki Samba Carnaval 2017 – Part II gallery
Império do Papagaio / Link to Helsinki Samba Carnaval 2015 – Parade Part I gallery
25. Helsinki Samba Carnaval was arranged on 6.6.2015. This was the 7th year when I was photographing the Samba Carnaval for the The Association of Finnish Samba Schools (SSKL). My parade photos are now visible in Helsinki Samba Carnaval 2015 – Parade Part I and Helsinki Samba Carnaval 2015 – Parade Part II galleries. The theme of Império do Papagaio was “Punk”, so we has also unusual samba costumes and expressions in the parade 😉
Samba Carioca / Link to Helsinki Samba Carnaval 2015 – Parade Part II gallery
I photographed also the Baile do Carnaval, and photos from there can be seen in this gallery: Helsinki Samba Carnaval 2015 – Baile do Carnaval.
Baile do Carnaval / Link to Helsinki Samba Carnaval 2015 – Baile do Carnaval gallery
Império do Papagaio / Link to Helsinki Samba Carnaval 2014 Parade gallery
24. Helsinki Samba Carnaval was arranged on 7.6.2014. This was the 6th year when I was photographing the Samba Carnaval for the The Association of Finnish Samba Schools (SSKL). My parade photos are now visible in Helsinki Samba Carnaval 2014 – Parade gallery. Unfortunately I had flu, so I did not photograph the Baile do Carnaval. But I did not want to miss parade, as I have photographed it every year since 2003 🙂
Link to Finnish National Ballet on Summer Tour 2013 gallery
Finnish National Ballet performed last week on Kasarmintori square in Helsinki. This performance was part of their summer tour around Finland. This was a second year when Finnish National Ballet made a summer tour. You can see photos from last year performance here.
The programme was a mix of classical ballet and contemporary dance. The productions were: A Brief Case, Buttery Tempo Mental Weather, Collection of Endings, Don Quijote, Photo Soup, La Banda Sonora, Seven Brothers, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, White Glow.
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.
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.