The Texture of Connection premieres this June in Helsinki

Apr 26, 2023 | 2023

Man leans against building. The words "The texture of Connection" are written over the image.

A real-time interdisciplinary conversation between movement, poetry and soundscapes.

The Texture of Connection by Yohannes Henriksson premieres this summer in Helsinki, Finland. You can read more about the performance premiering at URB festival in Kiasma in our updated article on The Texture of Connection.

Working Group:

Yohannes Henriksson (BE/NL/FI), Project Creator and Coordinator
Hamis Ahmed (FI), performer, dancer
S*an D. Henry-Smith (US/NL), performer, performance poet
Sebastian Kurtén (FI), performer, soundscapes
Saskia Nartey-Wemegah (NL), performer, dancer

The performance is commissioned and produced by The Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux. More info about date & place as well as the full interview with Yohannes Henriksson is out in May!

Watch the teaser of the interview below:

 

Sebastian (2024): Finnish Director Mikko Mäkelä’s Queer Drama Hits Belgian Cinemas in November

Finnish-British director Mikko Mäkelä’s latest film Sebastian (2024) hits cinemas across Belgium 27.11.2024. Read Joséphine’s Gram’s insightful review.

“ONE DROP gives Blackness space to breathe” – Joséphine Gram on Sonya Lindfors’ latest work in Brussels

Our Programme Assistant Joséphine Gram shares what it meant to her to experience Sonya Lindfors‘ ONE DROP at Beursschouwburg in Brussels.

Sonya Lindfors returns to Brussels with a powerful confrontation of race, rhythm, and resistance

On 18 and 19 October 2024, acclaimed Cameroonian-Finnish choreographer Sonya Lindfors returns to Beursschouwburg, Brussels with her groundbreaking performance, One Drop.

Boys Won’t Be Boys & the softer side of masculinity – Eero Nurmi ruminates on the Oulu shows

Discover what the socially-oriented Dutch theatre production Boys Won’t Be Boys stirred up in our EDUFI intern Eero Nurmi during his time supporting the performances at Oulun teatteri.

Join us in Brussels as our next EDUFI intern

Apply to become our next EDUFI intern. The 5-month internship starts in January 2025 at the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux office in Brussels. Application deadline 10.10.2024 16:15. Good luck!