Kaaos Company EN

XDF: Workshop Dwayne Scheuneman and Samantha Kedziora/ REVolutions Dance (USA)
2025-06-03 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
Festival Opening Workshop: Come as you are
Start the festival by connecting—with each other and with the space we’ll be sharing throughout the week. Led by REVolutionaries D and Sam, this playful, movement-based workshop invites you to arrive fully as yourself. Through group exercises that build trust and spark curiosity, we’ll explore what it means to move together and create a sense of shared community. Whether this is your first festival or your tenth, this session is a joyful and low-pressure way to ease in, meet new people, and begin building the connections that will carry us forward.
👉 To buy tickets, please visit the ticketing page (external link).

XDF: Workshop - Monika Pozek / MAD Kolektiv (ES)
2025-06-03 14:00 - 16:00 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
Workshop: The old idea
Description
This workshop is a creative exploration of space, movement, and memory—a chance to refresh how we move and how we think about movement. Through collaboration in small groups, we’ll discover new ways of moving, challenge habitual patterns, and encourage participants to break free from their own expectations.
Using Oblique Strategies, we’ll shift perspective, loosen structure, and invite unpredictability into the creative process. We’ll explore how to rework, edit, or even dismantle movement phrases—without remorse or judgment.
This is a space for play, risk, and fun.
👉 To buy tickets, please visit the ticketing page (external link).

XDF: Film Night
2025-06-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
Join us for an inspiring evening featuring four outstanding dance films:

LES CHAUSSURES ROUGES – Maylis Arrabit
The Radiator – Maggie Bridger
Moods in Three Movements – Kris Lenzo & Sydney Erlikh
These Two – Christelle Dreyer & Joseph Tebandeke

After the screenings, don’t miss the chance to engage with the artists in a Q&A session!
You can join this film night virtually via zoom. Email silvalaukkanen@gmail.com to receive your zoom link.
👉 To buy tickets, please visit the ticketing page (external link).

XDF: Workshop - Deborah Goodman/ Unfolding Disability Future (USA)
2025-06-04 11:00 - 13:00 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
Workshop: Exlopration in early American Modern Dance
Description
Deb Goodman’s workshop will focus on the work of early American Modern Dance vanguards, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, and José Limon.
In this workshop we will learn modified excerpts from Martha Graham’s “Lamentation” and José Límon’s “Missa Brevis”. Dancers will warm and prepare for this work through a series of slow, meditative phrases grounded in the principles of breath rhythms, movement from the body’s center, shift-of-weight, spiral twists, and oppositional motion, including center and off-center balance
👉 To buy tickets, please visit the ticketing page (external link).

XDF: Site-Specific Performance | In front of Caisa’s Entrance
2025-06-04 16:30 - 17:30 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
Nature in Motion is a collaboration between MAD Kolektiv (Spain) and Kaaos Company (Finland), exploring dancers’ connection to and access to nature through movement. This outdoor performance shares the current outcomes of their ongoing creative exchange.
👉This event is free. Just come and enjoy the performance!

XDF: Ecosomatic Practice: Petra Kuppers (USA), Raffaele Rufo (IT), Maria Huhmarniemi (FIN), Jarred Gradinger (GE)
2025-06-04 18:00 - 19:30 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
Panel Conversation
How can movement + nature reshape access for all bodies?
How can Nature support artistic practice? How can we stay in touch with nature? How can we translate somatically sensations into creative choices? What does “ecosomatic” even mean?
The body as an ecological sensor – By listening through the body, artists translate sunlight, soil, and wind into choreographic choices, making nature an active collaborator in performance. This panel explores how ecosomatics can expand accessibility, offer new creative vocabularies, and re-imagine care for the planet.
Panel Conversation available for online participants via zoom. Email silvalaukkanen@gmail.com to receive your zoom link.
This event is free.

XDF: Workshop - Lauren Sheely (USA) and Jonna Lehto (FIN) / Unfolding Disability Futures and Kaaos Company
2025-06-05 11:00 - 13:00 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
Workshop: Humorously yours, my body
Description
Join Jonna Lehto and Lauren Sheely for this playful workshop exploring the body as a site for comedic possibility. Participants will be led through a series of explorations to investigate the comedic potential of dance improvisation utilizing the body as a starting point. We will then begin to utilize our improvisations to develop movement and gestural phrases, with the potential of collaborating together in different combinations. Our goal is to create a space for participants to consider the bodies as material for comedy, giving permission to improvise with curiosity and lightness.
👉 To buy tickets, please visit the ticketing page (external link).

XDF: Workshop - Paulina Rewucka (DK) / FIMD
2025-06-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
Workshop: K-POW-orkshop
Description
K-POW-orkshop will be an opening of the process of creating a solo performance by Sissel with Paulina as choreographic assistant. Together, they will facilitate a workshop offering young participants and families insight into the methods and motifs shaping the solo.
We will begin with a gentle warm-up to attune to our bodies and each other. From there, we’ll explore movement material inspired by K-pop, focusing on short choreographic sequences based on hand gestures. Using this material as a starting point, we will experiment with choreographic tools such as interviewing one another, adding textures, and shifting spatial configurations.
👉 To buy tickets, please visit the ticketing page (external link).

XDF: Panel Discussion: Riina Hannuksela and Sydney Erlikh
2025-06-05 16:00 - 17:30 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
Panel Discussion: Making the invisible visible
This bilingual (fin/eng) panel brings together directors, educators, and artists with intellectual or learning disabilities (ID) to talk about the challenges and opportunities in professional dance training. The discussion aims to shed light on the challenges dancers with ID face when pursuing professional training and a career.
This panel highlights the ongoing challenges in making professional dance training accessible to dancers with intellectual and learning disabilities. By sharing experiences and envisioning the future, the discussion promotes a change to ensure dancers with intellectual disabilities have a clear path to professional careers.
You can join this panel discussion virtually via zoom. Email silvalaukkanen@gmail.com to receive your zoom link.
This event is free.

XDF: Performance - REVolutions Dance (USA) and Ihanat Company (FI)
2025-06-05 18:00 - 19:30 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
Two performances – REVolutions Dance: The shape of time and Ihanat Company :2×2
The Shape of Time (8min)
Dancers: Sam Kedziora & Dwayne Scheuneman Choreographer: Frank Chaves Music: Mark Danziger & Aaron Wunsch
“The Shape of Time” was originally created from the long friendship of a disabled military veteran and a mother of two, both returning to the dance world after stepping away for some years to tend to life’s other demands. It follows a journey of trust, friendship, and the collaboration of two people who use dance to encourage us all to accept and love one another.
In this performance, the role of the mother dancer is performed by another artist, honoring the original collaboration while acknowledging the reality that many mothers face—the difficulty of traveling long distances and being away from their children.
Ihanat Company: 2 x 2 (45-60min)
Working group: Sofia Johansson, liris Laisi, Elisa Lejeune, Vappu Virkkula, Riina Hannuksela, Aarne Rikonen, Riitta Röpelinen, Virva Talonen, Ina Niemelä Goofing around.
A skull. It felt cute. 1 looked like a princess. A bit awkward. When we danced, I braided your hair. This turned into a black wolf character. Zombie, an evil dance. I could write a new story. When the fish watch. I liked everything. I am tired. Embarrassing. A cosy sleeping nest. The dance performance “2 x 2” by the Ihanat Company is built around two duets, each inspired by encountering the other dancer through movement. In the choreographic process, the experience of dancing together has been explored through a variation of mirror exercises, touch, and working with various fabric materials. The long-term process has given rise to two unique, improvisation-based duets that, in “2 × 2, are layered side by side, intertwined, and overlapping. The choreography takes shape anew, in part, with each performance event.
There will be a Q&A after the performance.

👉To buy tickets, please visit the ticketing page (external link).

XDF: Workshop - Sydney Erlikh, Deb Goodman & Kris Lenzo (USA) Unfolding Disability Futures
2025-06-06 11:00 - 13:00 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
Workshop: Wheelchair dance workshop
Our workshop will be taught by teacher and choreographer Deb Goodman, dancer/teacher/choreographer Kris Lenzo and dancer/teacher/choreographer/scholar Sydney Erlikh. Our workshop will include personal introductions paired with a movement chosen by each participant. Dancers will have the opportunity to inform the group about any specific needs, injuries and requests concerning their bodies. We will stress the importance of moving in a safe manner, listening to and honoring our bodies and generally taking care of ourselves and each other.
Deb will lead us in a breathing warm-up paired with gentle stretching.
Kris will lead us in a shoulder/neck/upper body warm-up.
After introductions and Deb’s and Kris’ warm-up exercises Kris will discuss setting up and adjusting a wheelchair for dance. Kris will demonstrate various ways of moving and balancing in a wheelchair. Kris will do some partnering with Deb and/or Sydney to show some possibilities of movement.
We will use mirroring, diamond/swan, shadowing, weight sharing(push and pull) to explore dance vocabulary.
We will break into groups, create work and show it to each other.
We will finish in a circle with a chance to reflect and share.
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XDF: Panel Discussion: Silva Laukkanen (FIN), Ingeborg Dugstad Sanders (NO), Janne Kristensen (DK), Veera Suvalo Grimberg (SW)
2025-06-06 16:00 - 17:30 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
Panel Discussion: Building a Nordic Network for Inclusive Dance
This panel introduces a new initiative to develop a collaborative network among inclusive dance organizations in Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Denmark. While each country has made significant strides in advancing inclusive dance education and artistry, much of this work has occurred in isolation. Through this partnership, we aim to share knowledge, resources, and best practices to address shared challenges and build a more connected, sustainable, and accessible dance field across the Nordic region.
Panelists will discuss how this collaboration fosters long-term support structures, strengthens artistic exchange, and amplifies the cultural impact of inclusive dance. The session will explore practical strategies for advancing inclusive dance education, creating unified frameworks, and modeling international collaboration in a field often marked by fragmentation. This project seeks not only to deepen regional ties but also to offer a replicable model of inclusive, cross-border cooperation for the global dance and disability community.
This event is free.

XDF: Performance - Kaaos Company (FI) & MAD Kollektiv (ES)
2025-06-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
Two performances: Sister, I can feel it in my bones (Finland) and The Wall – MAD Kolektiv (Spain)
Sister, I can feel it in my bones (Finland) (45min)
“Talking about the floor, I just realised, you know, like, people are always saying if you fall you’re going to break your bones, which is obvious.”
Sister, I can feel it in bones is an autobiographical, comedic and occasionally serious work by two performers. The performance travels into a rich world of laughter, wisdom and the desire to be at peace as part of the spectrum of life, as one’s self.
“We are small like diamonds.”
Sister, I can feel it in my bones is performed by dancer, actress Christelle Dreyer from South Africa and dance artist Noora Västinen from Finland.
The performance is directed by dance and theatre artist Jonna Lehto.
Language: Finnish, English
Image: Christelle Dreyer
The Wall (Spain) (25 min.)
Short contemporary dance choreography (initially created for Diverse Pride Madrid)
6 dancers
Artistic direction and Choreography: Monika Požek
Lighting Design: Gema Blanco
Costume Design: MAD Kolektiv
“Lunatic, homogeneous, oppressed and oppressor, a grey line, in precise order where nothing breaks free from the mold. We build our walls, and society builds its external walls. In the cracks, on the margin, division, separated and distinguished, embraced by dissidents and taking shape, understanding the reality differently and yearning for something else. We are building the wall and running from it.”
Performed by six dancers THE WALL will expose what is behind the curtain and explore the silence within us.
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XDF: Workshop for Children - Veera Suvalo Grimberg, Danskompaniet Spin (Sweden)
2025-06-07 10:30 - 11:30 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
Danskompaniet Spinn’s popular family workshop and Creative school project. Waves that ripple over the water, crabs that crawl in the sand, and barnacles in the depths of the sea. Together we explore movements with inspiration from water, animals and plants. We create a safe feeling where everyone can dare to dare in their own way.

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XDF: Performance for children - Neiti Ida(FI)
2025-06-07 12:00 - 12:45, 2025-06-07 16:00 - 16:45 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
Neiti ida – Jonna Aaltonen Duration: 30 min. + discussion(noin. 10 – 15 min.)
Who?

Solo performance: Dancer Jonna Aaltonen
Coreography: Hanna Brotherus Dance: Jonna
Aaltonen Music composition/sound design: Anti Ikonen
Costume design and implementation: Marjo Haapasalo

Description
“Neiti Ida” is an interactive and participatory solo dance piece. Shy and reserved Miss Ida becomes joyful and positive through human encounters. The focus of the performance is on love and music, as well as silence, power, and intensity. Encounter and communication through dance. The work includes interactive, participatory sections, allowing viewers to move with the performer during the performance if they wish. There is also a discussion session/mini-workshop after each performance. In these moments, the performer and the audience can marvel together and reflect on the questions and thoughts raised by the performance about always topical issues, such as friendship, excitement, and acceptance of difference. (The work has also been successfully performed for seniors)

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XDF: Workshop for Teens 8-16 years - REVolutions Dance (USA)
2025-06-07 14:00 - 15:00 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
This workshop is a creative exploration of space, movement, and memory—a chance to refresh how we move and how we think about movement. Through collaboration in small groups, we’ll discover new ways of moving, challenge habitual patterns, and encourage participants to break free from their own expectations. Using Oblique Strategies, we’ll shift perspective, loosen structure, and invite unpredictability into the creative process. We’ll explore how to rework, edit, or even dismantle movement phrases—without remorse or judgment. This is a space for play, risk, and fun.
👉 To buy tickets, please visit the ticketing page (external link).

XDF: performance - FIMD (DK) & Kris Lenzo (USA) & Kaaos Company (FI)
2025-06-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
The performance of the X Dance Festival at the Caisa Cultural Center today at 6 PM is sold out!

3 performances: FIMD (DK): Walking care-freely through troubles, Kris Lenzo (USA): Method, Kaos Company: Sister
FIMD (DK): Walking care-freely through troubles (20min)
Solo, Dancer: Sissel Phul Stauersbøl. Choreographer Paulina Rewucka, in collaboration with Sissel and Artistic Director Janne Weidinger. Music designer: Dave Black
This work is about chosen solitude and feelings which occur in the realm between a child and becoming a grown up. It is an attempt to approach the rollercoaster of a lifetime.
“Number 1 girl. The pump is out of order. These hands are made for walking. Is there anything you would wanna say to your surroundings or to the world if you would have space and they would listen? No matter what you’re going through, it’s gonna get better at some point. Well… we’ve all gone through something tough before but you will find your way again. What do you say when I say fan-club? K-pop. Korea… …here I come! Stay yourself. Don’t care too much what other people say. Don’t change for other people.”
Kris Lenzo (USA): Method (4min)
From Choreographer Julia Cox- As I began working with Kris for the first time, I noticed how different we were in how we think and move when it comes to dance. So I learned how to adapt to his method of moving and learning, hence the name, “Method.” It was a great learning experience and working with someone so athletic who is also a wheelchair user. I helped create this piece with both our methods of creative process.
Kaos Company: Sister, I can feel it in my bones (Finland) (45min)
“Talking about the floor, I just realised, you know, like, people are always saying if you fall you’re going to break your bones, which is obvious.”
Sister, I can feel it in bones is an autobiographical, comedic and occasionally serious work by two performers. The performance travels into a rich world of laughter, wisdom and the desire to be at peace as part of the spectrum of life, as one’s self.
“We are small like diamonds.”
Sister, I can feel it in my bones is performed by dancer, actress Christelle Dreyer from South Africa and dance artist Noora Västinen from Finland.
The performance is directed by dance and theatre artist Jonna Lehto.
Language: Finnish, English
Image: Christelle Dreyer
👉 To buy tickets, please visit the ticketing page (external link).

XDF: Workshop - Jennifer Gardenia (FIN)
2025-06-08 11:00 - 13:00 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
Workshop: Accessible yoga and meditation
This 2-hour workshop, facilitated by Jennifer Garrido—occupational therapist, somatic coach, and ERYT-500 yoga instructor—offers an inclusive space to explore accessible yoga and meditation. Jennifer specializes in adaptive yoga for diverse bodies and minds, integrating a trauma-sensitive and neurodiversity-affirming approach.
Through gentle movement, guided meditation, and group reflection, participants will explore how contemplative, body-oriented practices can and must be made accessible to all. Drawing from her method, Sensorial Yoga, Jennifer invites you to reconnect with your body in a way that honors each person’s unique embodied experience.
No prior experience necessary. All bodies and minds are welcome. Participants can bring yoga mats (optional), one blanket and wear comfortable clothes.
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XDF: Workshop Sydney Erlikh + Maypril Krukowski + Erin Compton (UDF) Riina Hannuksela + Dancers TBA from Ihanat Project
2025-06-08 14:00 - 15:30 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
This is a workshop designed for people with intellectual disabilities and their communities, as well as people interested in dancing or teaching dance to this community. Everyone is welcome including your personal assistant.
acers with intelle
During the workshop, we will introduce accessible dance practices for people with intellectual disabilities. We will use improvisational tools and Augmentative Alternative Communication as a creative method to support the class
👉 To buy tickets, please visit the ticketing page (external link).

XDF: Performance - Ihanat company & Unfolding Disability Futures
2025-06-08 16:30 - 17:30 | Cultural Center Caisa, Finland
In this work-in-progress showing we will share the creative process developed by dancers with intellectual disabilities from Ihanat and UDF created during the X Dance Festival. There will be a bilingual talk back directly following the showing where the audience can comment or ask questions about the current process.
Sydney Erlikh + Maypril Krukowski-Minor + Erin Compton (UDF)
Riina Hannuksela + Dancers TBA from Ihanat Project
Funded by the American Scandinavian Foundation and the Lois Roth Foundation

👉 To buy tickets, please visit the ticketing page (external link).

Movement Improvisation Class 24.8.
2025-08-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Cable Factory, Zodiak dance studio C4, Tallberginkatu 1 B, Helsinki, Finland
Description
The movement improvisation class will start with a teacher-led opening circle and a short introduction of the teacher and participants to create a safe space together. This is followed by a guided warm-up with music. All activities are voluntary. Participants are encouraged to listen to their own body and follow their needs.
The class continues in pairs and small groups with teacher-led exercises with clear instructions and structure to support dancing together and discovering new expressions. This may include experimentation and encouragement of safe ways to experiment and play with the unknown.
The class will usually build towards dancing together and improvisation by the whole group. We encourage listening to the body and following needs, e.g. sometimes by watching others (witnessing) and taking breaks when necessary.
Finally, the teacher facilitates a closing circle where there is an opportunity to reflect and listen to others.
The classes will be led by professionals with a background in dance, theatre, disability, pedagogy and accessibility, all with different artistic-pedagogical backgrounds and a history of working with Kaaos Company. The classes are open to all.
The classes encourage a wide range of individual expression and styles – there is no one way! Each class lasts 2 hours, including toilet and snack breaks and a starting and ending circle.
The classes encourage a wide range of individual expression and styles – there is no one way! Each class lasts 2 hours, including toilet and snack breaks and a starting and ending circle.
Dance classes aim to be more accessible and inclusive for all people with and without disabilities. We do not discriminate against people based on their ability, gender identity and expression, cultural or ethnic background, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, religion, language or appearance. All levels of dance experience and styles are welcome.
Unfortunately, we do not currently offer sign language interpretation during classes. We are working to improve this, please contact us if you have any ideas or suggestion
Time
Sundays from 14-16
It is important that you try to arrive on time so that we can start the lesson together at 14:00. However, we understand that being on time is not always possible. If you are late, you are still welcome to join us!
Place
Cable Factory, Tallberginkatu 1 C, Helsinki, Zodiak rehearsal room C4.
The space is accessible.
C4 is located on the 4th floor at door C of Kaapelitehdas. A spacious cargo lift that comes close to C4 can be found here at door C. The door to the lift is heavy.
There is a regular lift that can fit one power wheelchair plus one or two standing people. This lift is accessed by going up the ramp to the left of the building and inside to the 1st floor through two sets of heavy doors. The lift is opposite Cafe Hima ja Sali through another heavy door. At the 4th floor, there is a heavy door to go through when you exit the lift, and you will see the entrance to C4.
TAXI: If you arrive or leave Kaapelitehdas by taxi, please ask the driver to come to door C at the inner courtyard of Kaapelitehdas. The inner courtyard is accessible via Tallberginkatu. The address for taxis is Tallberginkatu 1.
TOILET: There are two toilets next to the C4 studio. The accessible toilet is located on the 1st floor, near the Hima and Sali restaurant and the entrance.
Assistants
Assistants can join the class for free. We encourage you to dance independently and avoid assisting during this time, except when required.
If you prefer to stay in the room without joining, please observe the class, and leave out any electronic devices. If you need to do other tasks, please do them outside in the foyer of the studio.
If you encounter a problem: You can always give feedback to the teacher. If you want to discuss or give feedback later, you can also contact us by e-mail: opetus@kaaoscompany.fi.
Price:
Series card: 27€/6 lessons, Spring season card 60€/18 lessons. Pay the cards in advance into our bank account and print out a receipt or take a mobile phone picture of it with you to the first class! Season/series cards are valid after payment from the first lesson until the end of the season.
Single lesson: 5€, payable in cash to the teacher before the lesson or to our bank account. For new participants, the first class is free and an assistant can always join for free. When you bring a new friend, the lesson is free for both.
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Ask for more information about the classes: opetus@kaaoscompany.fi

Movement Improvisation Class 31.8.
2025-08-31 14:00 - 16:00 | Cable Factory, Zodiak dance studio C4, Tallberginkatu 1 B, Helsinki, Finland

Children's inclusive dance class 6.9
2025-09-06 17:00 - 18:00 | Dance classroom, Annantalo, Annankatu 30, Helsinki, Finland
Description
Our dance classes for all kinds of children offer children and their adults the joy of togetherness, movement and an opportunity to meet new people of similar and different backgrounds. During the classes we play with movement together and each in our own way.
The classes are taught by professionals with expertise in dance, theatre, disability, pedagogy and accessibility, all with different artistic-pedagogical backgrounds.
Number of participants: max. 18 (children and adults together)
Place
Dance classroom, Annantalo (Annankatu 30, Helsinki). The accessible entrance can be found in the backyard of the building on the side of Kansakoulukuja.
Price:
The classes are free and open to children of all ages and their adults, regardless of disability or non-disability.
Preregistration:

opetus@kaaoscompany.fi

Movement Improvisation Class 7.9
2025-09-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Cable Factory, Zodiak dance studio C4, Tallberginkatu 1 B, Helsinki, Finland

Movement Improvisation Class 14.9
2025-09-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Cable Factory, Zodiak dance studio C4, Tallberginkatu 1 B, Helsinki, Finland

Children's inclusive dance class 20.9
2025-09-20 17:00 - 18:00 | Dance classroom, Annantalo, Annankatu 30, Helsinki, Finland

Movement Improvisation Class 21.9
2025-09-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Cable Factory, Zodiak dance studio C4, Tallberginkatu 1 B, Helsinki, Finland

Movement Improvisation Class 28.9
2025-09-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Cable Factory, Zodiak dance studio C4, Tallberginkatu 1 B, Helsinki, Finland

Children's inclusive dance class 4.10
2025-10-04 17:00 - 18:00 | Dance classroom, Annantalo, Annankatu 30, Helsinki, Finland
