Auditions 2023-24

Audition to new special schooling group for 7- to 9-year-olds

Helsingin tanssiopisto is launching a new special schooling group for students born between 2014 and 2016. Auditions will be held primarily on Sat 12.8. and Sun 13.8.2023 at Kamppi studios.

The special schooling follows the widest curriculum of basic education.

Over the first year, classes are 3 days a week on Tue, Thu and Sat. The teachers for the new class will be Joa Kivinen (ballet) and Elli Laukkanen (contemporary).

Advance registration to auditions: https://zef.fi/s/snb4iya8/

Supplementary audition to the ongoing special schooling groups

The candidates need to have studied classical ballet to such a degree that they are able to progress with the class.

Advance registration to all special schooling auditions is mandatory.

Send registrations (with photos) to: hto@helsingintanssiopisto.fi

10-12-year-olds Kipinät

Semester 23-24 is the 4th for this class.

Audition on Sunday 13.8. at 18.00-19.00

in studio KAS 1 (Kasarmikatu 19).

The last day to register for the audition is Thursday, August 10th 2023.

13-15-year-olds Salamat

Semester 23-24 is the 7th for this class.

Auditions on Tuesday 15.8. at 16.30-18.00

in studio KAMP 1 (Salomonkatu 17 / Fredrikinkatu 46)

The audition is a classical ballet class (pointe shoes needed) taught by Jane Spackman.

Applicants will send the following photos of themselves in ballet training suit (wearing only a leotard, tights and ballet slippers, no T-shirts, shorts, or warmers):
– a profile photo showing the student’s entire body from the side
– a photo taken from the front, showing the student’s entire body in tendu in the 1st position to the side
– a picture in 1st arabesque, taken directly from the side

The last day to register for the audition is Friday, August 11th 2023. Applicants selected to the audition class will be invited to the class with a separate invitation letter sent by email.

15–18-year-olds Ylin luokka

Students have studied for 8 years or longer.

Auditions on Wednesday 16.8. at 16.45-18.15

in Leipätehdas studio LEI1 (Kaikukatu 4 A, 5th floor)

The audition is a classical ballet class (pointe shoes needed) taught by Marianna Rumjantseva.

The last day to register for the audition is Monday August 14th 2023. Applicants selected to the audition class will be invited to the class with a separate invitation letter sent by email.

Audition to new show dance intensive group for 9-11-year-olds in 2023-24 season!

In the 2023–24 semester a new show dance intensive group will begin, led by teacher Adalmiina Toivola. Students born between 2012 and 2014, who have studied dance for at least 2 years, can apply.

The new intensive groups lessons in 23-24 will be (preliminary)

Tuesdays at 18.00–19.15, Kamppi studio
Fridays at 17.00–18.15, Kampin studio

In addition to the above, the students are expected to attend at least one extra lesson of ballet, contemporary or jazz. The lesson may be chosen freely from our schedule.

The group will also participate in our shows and different dance events and competitions, as well as camps.

Audition on Friday 11.8. at 17.30

The audition to the new intensive group will be held on 11.8. at 17.30–19.00 at Leipätehdas studio LEI 6. (Leipätehdas, Kaikukatu 4 A, piharakennus: 6. krs). Ask student office for the door code.

Advance sign up to auditions: https://zef.fi/s/22nxpa77/

Please arrive by 17.15

Audition for the modern jazz workshop group

Since 2011, the Helsinki dance school has had a workshop group, the purpose of which is to offer students the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of contemporary and jazz dance, to perform and maybe even orient themselves in a professional direction. Since 2015, the groups have been taught by the American Val Suarez, who will continue with the workshop group also in the academic year 2023–24. We have been able to admire Val’s wonderful choreographic work, e.g. in various student performances and in the performances of the professional group Helsinki Dance Theatre, which he founded.

We are looking for new members for this modern jazz workshop group for the academic year 2023–24.
Students aged 15–26 (born 1997–2008) who have studied dance for at least 4 years can apply.

A sample class will be held on Sunday, August 13th from 18:00 to approx. 19:15 at Leipätehdas in studio LEI2 (Kaikukatu 4 A, 5th floor. Access from the inner courtyard, ask the student office for the door code).

You do not need to register for the sample class in advance. The sample class is taught by Wilma-Emilia Kuosa.
Participants are required to warm up independently before the start of the class, as the sample only includes a warm-up portion of about 20 minutes. Studio LEI4 opens for warming up at 5:30 p.m.

The group has two 90-minute training sessions each week, technique or repertoire depending on the situation. Classes are on Tuesdays from 4:45 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. in studio LEI5 (first class on August 15th) and on Fridays from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in studio LEI2 (first class on Friday, August 18th). In addition to these classes, group members are required to attend at least one other college class according to their own choice.

We offer the workshop group members training package (two 90 min classes workshop classes and one class freely chosen from the college’s offer) at a supported rate of 137 €/4 weeks.

In autumn and spring, the group prepares performances for the Institute’s long curriculum shows, performs in our Christmas and spring shows, and aims to participate in one of our country’s dance reviews every year.

The leader of the group, Val Suarez, is a teacher at the Institute and the artistic director of the performing group he founded, Helsinki Dance Theatre. Val has taught and choreographed the modern jazz movement language he has developed over the years, e.g. in New York, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Munich and Copenhagen. His movement language is based not only on technical know-how, but also on undulating, flowing movement and is inspired by social and universal human subjects. Val hopes for a passionate, motivated and curious approach to dance from the workshop students.

Val Suarez is on leave, and Wilma-Emilia Kuosa will teach the workshop group in his place by current estimate until the end of October.