Dansbana! Amos Rex: TÄSTÄ!-#2
FREE ENTRY
~ 20 MIN
dansbana, lasipalatsi SQUARE
Schedule:
Monday 20 July 5 pm
The task-based performance emerged through weekly dance classes designed for people on the autism spectrum. Dancers Kaarina Koistinen, Vilma Koskinen, and Taika Rautiainen come together in a work created in collaboration with choreographer Liisa Pentti. TÄSTÄ! #2 is built around atmospheres and dance-filled encounters that arise from the dialogue between different forms of touch, space, music, and unexpected situations.
The work premiered at Myyrmäki Library during the VanDance Festival in September 2025.
PHOTOS: SARI ANTIKAINEN, EERO KOISTINEN, PETTERI ENROTH
Taika Rautiainen
Taika Rautiainen is a dance artist and pedagogue working widely with diverse communities in the Helsinki metropolitan area. Central to Taika’s practice are accessibility in dance, the joy and pleasure of movement, and interactive working methods. In autumn 2026, Taika will begin Master’s studies in dance pedagogy at the Theatre Academy. Taika has collaborated with Liisa Pentti since 2021.
Kaarina Koistinen
Kaarina Koistinen is a contemporary artist and performer whose work focuses on embodied experience and improvisation. She works within dance, performance art, and somatic practices. At Liisa Pentti +Co, Koistinen works as a co-dancer in dance classes for people on the autism spectrum and as a dance facilitator in audience engagement projects.
Liisa Pentti
Liisa Pentti is one of the pioneers of Finnish contemporary dance, as well as a choreographer, dancer, and pedagogue. She leads the Liisa Pentti +Co group, whose work moves within the international fields of dance, performance art, and contemporary theatre. Since 2015, Pentti has also worked with dance enthusiasts on the autism spectrum and has created three performances together with them.
Outi Pulkkinen
Outi Pulkkinen is a master of vocal and bowed lyre traditions, a voice artist, multidisciplinary performer, pedagogue, and Doctor of Music. In her artistic doctoral research, she explored historical concepts of time and aesthetics as well as free improvisation, combining movement and speech with singing and vocal expression. In addition to solo concerts and ensemble work, she collaborates in contemporary dance and international music and multidisciplinary art projects.