Choreoblog

Cindy Ng is the first Southeast Asian student to study in the MA Choreography programme at the University of the Arts Helsinki. In the Artistic Collaboration Projects (ACO), she is interested in creating a transcultural dance performance that investigates a Malaysian traditional game, Congkak (mental calculation), as a vocabulary/choreographic tool.

MA Choreography student July Weber writes about the contemporary art scene in Bangkok and interviews Jitti Chompee, director of 18 Monkeys Dance Theatre and Unfolding Kafka Festival.

The 13th edition of the Nordic Choreographic Platform held in Oslo in March 2026 focused on the relationship with music, musical thinking and composition.

Henna Raatikainen is the first student in the new theoretical research option of the Choreography MA Programme at Uniarts Helsinki. She is especially interested in formulating playful suggestions for classical ballet to interact with more experimental choreographic practices.

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Choreographer Anna Maria Häkkinen writes about the big stage workshop organized at the Erkko Hall of Dance House Helsinki 15.10.2025.

The 12th meeting of the Nordic Choreographic Platform in Stockholm centred around the theme “Creating within Shifting Cultural Policies”.

The NCP development seminar was held at Hanasaari in August 2025.

Lecturer in Choreography Jana Unmüßig writes about the supervision processes of the MA Choreography graduation processes (written and artistic component) this semester.

As previous gatherings in Copenhagen, the 11th NCP meeting focused on peer-to-peer sharings, based on a proposal from the Copenhagen students.

Graduating choreography student Giorgia Lolli shares the highlights of her learning curve as an MA student.

Apply to one of the two study options in the MA programme in Choreography.

The Helsinki meeting was a context-based encounter in conjunction with the Moving in November festival.

Artist-student of choreography Chen Nadler shares her thoughts around choreography and her studies

Taide- ja kulttuurialaan kohdistetut säästöt eivät korjaa valtiontalouden epätasapainoa, mutta horjuttavat vakavasti alan toimintaedellytyksiä, kirjoittaa koreografian professori Kirsi Monni.

In this blog post, I look back at my first year as an MA Choreography student, sharing a collage of insights, notes, findings and moments that will stay with me as we begin the second, and last, year of our studies.

The NCP meeting in Oslo in March 2024 consisted of two intertwined aspects for students: a dramaturgy workshop and Oslo international theatre festival.

Read Professor Kirsi Monni’s comment on the effect of the lack of resources on graduating students careers.

Lue professori Kirsi Monnin ajatuksia vapaan kentän rahallisista resursseista.

The Copenhagen NCP was focused on peer-to-peer sharings.

The NCP meeting in spring 2023 was held in Stockholm in two different locations, in an anthroposophical centre outside Stockholm in Järnä and a performance space Reaktorhallen in Stockholm.

October dance, or in Norwegian “Oktoberdans”, is arranged biannually by B.I.T – Teatergarasjen in Bergen…

Syyskuussa julkaistu Näkökulmia tanssitaiteen historiaan ja nykypäivään -verkkokirja on taiteen opetuksen tarpeisiin valmistunut uusi verkko-oppimateriaali. Se on ensimmäinen suomenkielinen kokoava esitys länsimaisen esittävän taidetanssin historiallisista kehityslinjoista. Tässä kirjan toimittajien (Kirsi Monni, Riikka Laakso & Hanna Järvinen) haastattelussa pureudutaan hieman syvemmälle uuteen julkaisun maailmaan.

The choreography program initiates, participates, and collaborates on the jointly organized events at Uniarts Helsinki.

Read about Nordic Choreographic Platform’s 5th meeting in Helsinki.

Read about the fourth Nordic Choreographic Platform meeting took place in Northern Norway in Kautokeino on 18.-22.10.2021.

Third Nordic Choreographic Platform meeting was organized online from 13th to 17th of June 2021.

Read professor Kirsi Monni’s blog post where she looks back at her research path towards intersectional histories.

Lue teos, professori Kirsi Monnin saatesanat ja kääntäjä Manna Sataman haastattelu.

Choreography student Eeva Juutinen’s hand written blog post about writing in Koreoblogi.