STRETCH FURTHER - EXPLORING IDENTITY

Stretch Further

A major international event Stretch Further will be held at Oulu as a part of OuDance Festival at 7.-13.9.2026

Stretch Further

Preliminary schedule for the event week

Monday 7.9.

  • Travel day for Keđja partners & artists

Tuesday 8.9.Pre-Meeting Day for Keđja participants

  • 9:30 meeting for Keđja partners & artists in the morning at Cultural Centre Valve
  • 10-13 Anita Bjørkli (NO) & Anita Clark (UK): workshop on Sustainability in Dance
  • Lunch
  • 14-17 Virve Sutinen & Sanna Rekola (FI): Moving through time at Itu Artlab (Hallituskatu 9, just opposite Oulu City Hall, in between Siipiweikot and Oulun Kirjakauppa)
  • Dinner
  • Sauna & swim at Olosauna (Vaakunakyläntie 9) or A Sneak peek to immersive Faravid’s Land by Oulu Theatre and Flow Productions in Raksila supermarket area (Tehtaankatu 1)

 

Travel day for Kiertoliike participants
Info desk opens at Radisson Blu hotel

 
 

Wednesday 9.9. – Seminar Day 1

  • 9:00-10:30 Workshops / meetings during morning
  • 11:00 Lunch at Radisson Blu
  • 12:00 Keynote 1-  What does (professional) identity consist of?
    • PhD Tale Næss (NO) – author, playwright, dramaturg and artistic researcher, based in Tromsø and Oslo.
  • 13:30 Artist response  – Eva Svaneblom (SE)
  • 14:30 Workshops/ Small groups related to interests to deepen the subject
  • 15:30  Coffee
  • 15:45-16:45  Summary for day 1
  • 17:15-18:00 OuDance goes Valkea – the opening for OuDance Festival in shopping centre Valkea (Kauppurienkatu 19)
  • Dinner of your choice
  • OuDance Festival Programme:
  • Festival Club – stay tuned for more info

 

Silent venue available during the day.

 

Thursday 10.9. – Seminar Day 2

  • 8:30-10:00 Workshops / meetings etc
  • 10:30 Keynote 2 – Place – the impact of place on identity
    • PhD Leena Kela (FI) – performance artist, curator, festival director
  • 12:00 Artist response – Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (IS)
  • 12:30 Lunch at Radisson Blu
  • 14:00 Panel discussion on What does a career look like at different stages of life?
    • Participants from different Countries
  • 15:00 Academic response – Heli Ansio (FI)
  • 15:30 Coffee & Workshops/ Small groups to deepen the subjects
  • 16:30-17 Summary for Day 2 all together
  • Dinner of your choice
  • OuDance Festival Programme:

 

Silent venue available during the day.

 
 

Friday 11.9.

Travel day

OuDance Festival continues until Sunday 13th – everyone is welcome to stay!

Registration for the workshops will open during August.