Kati Raatikainen ja Elina Hauta-aho: 10 000 Spins on tour in March 2027
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Kati Raatikainen and Elina Hauta-aho's work 10 000 Spins will tour the regions of Ostrobothnia, South Ostrobothnia and Central Ostrobothnia in March 2027.
Performance dates (times and ticket information to be confirmed):
5 March – Afterwork Art, Kalevan Navetta, Seinäjoki
6 March – Cultural Centre Fanny, Vaasa
8 March – Snellman Music Centre, Kokkola
22 March – Ähtäri (venue to be confirmed)
23 March – Folk Arts Centre, Kaustinen
24 March – Ilmajoki Adult Education Centre, Ilmajoki
Sweaty armpits, unruly leg hair, step patterns, survival and striving to perform. Poses, pleasure and shame. Bodies merging and colliding. Back rows and front rows. The muffled tapping of dance shoes and endless spins.
10 000 Spins is a warm caress for the middle-aged dancing and performing body – a cheer for a life lived, for the history that remains visible in an ever-changing body.
In the work, dance artists Elina Hauta-aho and Kati Raatikainen explore how the ideals of different eras, societal changes, power dynamics within dance cultures and perceptions of what it means to be human become inscribed in our bodies. What traces do decades of training, performing, successes and failures leave on the body? And how can movement help us understand, challenge and transform our place in the world?
Taking an autobiographical approach, the work weaves together the artists' personal experiences and broader societal phenomena. At the same time, it opens up perspectives on the politics of the body, the history of dance and the attitudes that shape how we see ourselves and one another.
10 000 Spins is a moment of reflection on a twenty-year journey in a wonderful and terrible profession. It is a tribute to dance, which has been a lifeline for its creators since childhood. The work celebrates all that has been lived, experienced and imagined – as well as friendship and the journey shared along the way.
Choreography and dance: Elina Hauta-aho and Kati Raatikainen
Sound design: Tuuli Kyttälä
Lighting design: Katinka Ebbe
Costume design: Jenni Räsänen
Duration: approximately 1 hour
The work will premiere in December 2026 at Maunula House in Helsinki. In spring 2027, it will be presented at the Women's History Museum in Umeå, Sweden, and tour the operating region of the Regional Dance Centre of Ostrobothnia.
Supported by: Kone Foundation, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, City of Helsinki
Artistic residency: Umeå, Sweden, Nordic regional (net)working (in collaboration with the Regional Dance Centre of Ostrobothnia, Dans i Västerbotten and Danscentrum Norr)
In collaboration with: Humina ry and Vantaan tanssiopisto
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