Clark Eselgroth receives Outi and Jan Vapaavuori Foundation Dance Award
The award, given every other year, is awarded to a young dancer of the Finnish National Ballet.
The award, given every other year, is awarded to a young dancer of the Finnish National Ballet.
Partners of the project XTREME (Mixed Reality Environment for Immersive Experience of Art and Culture) includes among other the MUNCH museum in Oslo as well as the Finnish National Opera and Ballet.
Dialogues des Carmélites, composed by Francis Poulenc, describes real events during the time of the French Revolution, where 11 carmelite nuns were executed by guillotine.
The world’s most famous horror story, Dracula, about the Transylvanian count, will be brought to life through dance in March 2024, as Polish choreographer Krzysztof Pastor’s work premieres at the Finnish National Ballet.
The acclaimed international production premiered in Tokyo in November 2023. It is directed by Pierre Audi, the General Director of Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, with sets designed by one of the world’s most famous sculptors, Anish Kapoor.
The Finnish Cultural Foundation’s Edvard Fazer Prize has been awarded to principal dancer Frans Valkama of the Finnish National Ballet.