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

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 workshop on Sustainability in Dance
  • Lunch
  • during the afternoon: Virve Sutinen & Sanna Rekola: Moving through time
  • Dinner
  • Sauna & swim / the venue of Faravid’s Land – Oulun teatteri in Raksila supermarket area by Pirjo Yli-Maunula

Travel day for Kiertoliike participants
Info lounge open

Wednesday 9.9.

  • 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 – Norwegian 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  Summary for day 1
  • Dinner

The evening program is to be published later

Thursday 10.9.

  • 8:30-10:00 Workshops / meetings etc
  • 10:30 Keynote 2 – Place – the impact of place on identity
    • PhD Leena Kela: Finnish 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 Comment speech by Heli Autio
  • 15:30 Coffee & Workshops/ Small groups to deepen the subjects
  • 16:30 Summary for Day 2 all together
  • Dinner
  • 19:00 Performance at OuDance Festival RIPE BODY at Pikisali, Oulu Theatre

Friday 11.9.

Travel day
OuDance Festival continues until Sunday

Saturday – Sunday 12.-13.9. OuDance Festival continues – everyone is welcome to stay!

 
Registration for the workshops will open during August