Finland-based Professionals to Visit Oktoberdans

Oktoberdans 2024 opening:

Mirkka Maikola from Teater Viirus, together with Emelie Zilliacus and Martin Paul from Hango Teaterträff, will visit the international dance festival Oktoberdans in Bergen, Norway.

The visitors will be offered the opportunity to see performances and connect with artists, art professionals, and organisations.

Mirkka Maikola is Executive Producer and Curator (Viirus GUEST curating & production, international projects) at Teater Viirus. Viirus is an artistic Swedish-speaking ensemble theatre company in Helsinki, Finland.

Emelie Zilliacus and Martin Paul are the new artistic directors for Hango Teaterträff. Hangö Teaterträff is a Finnish-Swedish performing arts organisation that enables and influences theatre arts at local and international level.

About Oktoberdans

Oktoberdans is an international dance festival programmed by BIT Teatergarasjen at different venues in Bergen every second year in October. This year’s edition of Oktoberdans takes place from 16 to 26 October and is a range of performances and expanded formats that speculate, provoke, and redefine. BIT Teatergarasjen co-produces and presents Norwegian and international performing arts, and places particular emphasis on projects that stimulate international collaboration and work across artistic genres.

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The visits are supported by the Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute.

Photo: Thor Brødreskift. The opening of Oktoberdans 2024.