Events

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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!

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Two performances - REVolutions Dance: The shape of time and Ihanat Company :2x2 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...

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....

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 +...