Three hundred artistic directors, presenters and cultural actors from around the world will gather in Helsinki from June 29 to July 3, 2022 to watch 21 performances of contemporary dance over four days. In addition, their program includes dozens of artist and work performances, as well as discussions and seminars on current topics in the field.
The program includes a total of 38 Nordic dance groups, bringing together 200 artists, choreographers, producers and managers from Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.
The headquarters is new Dance House arouses great interest in the international professional community.
Three Ice Hot performances are also open to the public:
Alexander Theater 29.6.
Heine Avdal & Yukiko Shinozaki / fieldwork (NO): gone here (yet) coming โบ
Alexander Theater 30.6.
Marble Crowd (IS): รland โบ
Dance Hall Helsinki 1.7.
Mette Ingvartsen (DK): Relocation Concert โบ
In addition, the seminars and discussions are open to all and will be broadcast live.
The main organizer of the event, Dance Info Finland, will host more than 500 international guests at the end of June. Project manager Katarina Lindholm is delighted that the international live event was finally held:
“We had to postpone the event from February to summer because of covid-19 restrictions, but we received a lot of praise from both artists and guests for not just deciding to cancel the start. Meetings with industry professionals are now urgently needed to revive international activity.”
Ice Hot Platforms has attracted hundreds of dance and performing arts professionals to the Nordic countries since the first event in Stockholm in 2010. Since then, the event has toured all the Nordic capitals and is now being held in Helsinki for the second time.
Read all about the program: www.icehotnordicdance.com/
Source: Ice Hot Helsinki
Source: The Nordic Page