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The 32nd annual OuDance Festival will be held in Oulu on 10.-14.9.2025.
Like so many dance festivals, OuDance Festival was started by local dance artists. Previously called ”Tanssia tyrkyllä” festival, it was founded thirty years ago by dance professionals from Oulu. Their goal was to take dance out of the performance spaces to people. The original goal of the festival, to enable dance art to meet where people spend time in their everyday lives, has been preserved. In recent years, JoJo’s audience work has enabled non-professionals to play an active role in the festival programme.
The annual OuDance Festival is held during week 37 – on 10th-14th September in 2025. Festival programme will be released later.
Welcome to the OuDance Festival, which pulses with life and art, from 11-15 September! The five-day event offers unforgettable experiences with international and national dance performances, inspiring public debates, workshops open to all and colorful street performances.
OuDance is the perfect opportunity to experience the power of dance to move both body and mind. The programme dives deep into the world of performance, questioning the place of the performer in the limelight. Come and see how different cultural interpretations open up a new perspective on the theme of the possessed woman and what happens when five women struggle on the borderline between horror and absurdity, combining anatomical research and feminist narrative.
Join us as we follow a community as they persevere in suffocating conditions in no-man’s land, blind to the consequences of their actions. You’ll also get to read the unwritten history of the homosexual minority and reflect on how silenced experiences shape us. How do you build an identity in an environment where there are no role models?
Come experience the magic of dance and discover new perspectives on life at OuDance Festival! See, experience and feel the power of dance with us!
On behalf of the JoJo – Oulu Dance Centre’s artistic select committee, board and staff,
Helena Lindqvist
Executive Director
11.9. WEDNESDAY
19.00 Valvesali
A joint evening:
A SOLO IN THE SPOTLIGHTS – Vittorio Pagani (IT)
TO BE POSSESSED – Chara Kotsali (GR)
12.9. THURSDAY
19.00 Valvesali
VÉNUS ANATOMIQUE – Sarah Baltzinger (FR/LU)
13.9. FRIDAY
19.00 Valvesali
HINTERLAND – Kauri Honkakoski Company
14.9. SATURDAY
19.00 Valvesali
I ADDRESS YOU – Carl Knif Company
15.9. SUNDAY
16.00 Valvesali
OUDANCE – NEW GENERATION
OUDANCE GOES AFTERWORK
Friday 13.9.
OuDance goes Afterwork
OUDANCE EDUCATES
Saturday 14.9.
Playful partnering – Nella Turkki & Janis Heldmann
Contemporary dance for beginners – Saija Varila
OUDANCE TOURS
Touring according to an agreed schedule
MATKA – The Journey – Jonna Aaltonen
OUDANCE GOES MOVIES
Sunday 15.9.
Tommi Kitti and the art of quitting: A documentary
Managing Director
helena.lindqvist@jojo.fi | +358 50 464 4880
Producer
mira.kolanen@jojo.fi | +358 50 585 3906
Audience Work Coordinator
leea.alatalo@jojo.fi | +358 400 151 152
TICKETS
Culture centre Valve Ticket office
Hallituskatu 7, +358 8 5584 7575
and Ticketmaster.fi
VENUES
Kulttuuritalo Valve | Cultural Centre Valve, Hallituskatu 7
JoJo members receive various benefits, such as substantial price benefits for performance tickets and courses organized by JoJo.