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UA Talks x Ice Hot

UA Talks X Ice Hot will dive headfirst into complex yet urgent conversation that can no longer be dismissed.

UA Talks X Ice Hot?

Helsinki-based antiracist and feminist arts community UrbanApa joins Ice Hot in creating a series of conversations around some of the most urgent topics in contemporary dance.

Ice Hot Nordic Dance Platform is an event presenting both emerging and established names of Nordic contemporary dance and choreography to presenters, programmers and other professionals from all over the world.

UA Talks X Ice Hot will dive headfirst into complex yet urgent conversation that can no longer be dismissed. During three consecutive sessions UA Talks X Ice Hot brings together artists, curators and producers to talk about dance in the age of the eco crisis, about inclusivity, diversity, power, and responsibility.

What could the future horizons of dance look like? Let’s dream of those futures together.

This series of conversations is curated and facilitated by UrbanApa in the frame of Ice Hot.

The discussions will be recorded and released as podcasts later on.

PODCASTS

Listen to the recordings of the talks in UrbanApa’s spotify account.

 

UA Talks https://open.spotify.com/show/3iSUuzWky5j9u5vBUGNw2G?si=9c74128ad35f4149 

 

 

ACCESSIBILITY

ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE AND MOVING AROUND THE MUSEUM

There is a ramp at the main entrance of the Museum (inclination ca. 9 %). Pushing the door opening button will open the double door on the right. The guard will be happy to assist when needed (tel. +358 (0)40 1922 300). Admission is free to personal assistants and carers of visitors with disabilities.

The Museum is located on the 1st floor with lift and stair access from the ground level. The exhibition galleries are accessible for the most part. The exhibition guide will assist you through accessible passages and arrange the stage ramp at the Arkadia Theatre if and when needed.

GUIDE AND ASSISTANCE DOGS

Guide and assistance dogs are welcome in the Museum.

SERVICES FOR VISITORS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT

Visual description for workshops and a guide to assist you during your visit are available, please book in advance.

HEARING LOOP

There is no hearing loop fitted at the Museum.

ACCESSIBLE PARKING FOR VISITORS WITH DISABILITIES

Two more accessible parking spaces are located in the court yard of the Cable Factory, near the staircase D. Parking here is limited to four hours. The width of the spaces is 295 cm and 305 cm.

ACCESSIBLE TOILETS

Accessible toilets are located in the lobby and in the exhibition galleries on the 1st floor. In both restrooms there is free space on both sides of the toilet seat.

CORONA SAFETY

In Ice Hot Nordic Dance Platform we take the COVID-19 situation very seriously and are monitoring the situation carefully. We will follow the national and local COVID-19 restrictions and recommendations for the health and safety of our staff, artists and everyone arriving at our event.

Please only show up if you are healthy 🙂

ETHICAL GUIDELINES

Please note that UrbanApa is an anti-racist and intersectionally feminist art platform whose purpose is to create space for multivoiced feminist and communal art making. We kindly ask you to familiarise yourself with our ethical guidelines:  https://urbanapa.fi/ethical-guidelines/.

Schedule

Thursday 30.06.

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Friday 01.07.

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Saturday 02.07.

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Programme

Panel Discussion

UA Talks X Ice Hot: Focus on audiences! Who is here and who is not here

Moderator: Julian Owusu. Speakers: Stine Nilsen, Maija Karhunen and Julienne Doko.

The lack of diversity both on stage and off stage has been in constant discussion during the past few years. Despite good intentions and the fact that the population of the Nordic countries keeps diversifying, reaching new audiences and communities seems to be extremely hard. Why is this? And how could the situation be improved? Through our focus on audiences we will go deeper into conversations about structural change.

Moderator:

Julian Owusu, Freelance Dance Artist and Dance Pedagogue

Speakers:

Stine Nilsen, Artistic Director and CEO of CODA Oslo International Dance Festival

Maija Karhunen, Dancer and performer

Julienne Doko, Performer and choreographer

Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7MKM3CPU8yQqqbxzniGtSH?si=ebda7343e8e94527 

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UA Talks X Ice Hot: Dance in the age of ecocrisis?

Moderator:Ki Nurmenniemi. Speakers:Elle Sofe Sara and Magnus Nordberg.

The climate crisis is one of the most urgent challenges of our times. New reports keep showing us that we are running out of time. Systemic and structural change needs to take place on multiple levels simultaneously.

What can we do with dance in the midst of a global crisis? How do we move towards more sustainable working structures? What are the future horizons of dance (touring, working, international collaborations)? What will we have to give up, what will we gain?

Moderator:

Ki Nurmenniemi, Contemporary art curator, art writer, and doctoral researcher in interdisciplinary sustainability sciences

Speakers:

Elle Sofe Sara, Choreographer, director and filmmaker

Magnus Nordberg, Founder and creative producer of Nordberg Movement

Podcast:  https://open.spotify.com/episode/0aFx8JnL4U9CnGn3CxpINE?si=900937c5905545a1

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UA Talks X Ice Hot: Power, responsibility and politics of curating!

Moderator: Sonya Lindfors. Speakers: Danjel Andersson, Johannes Öhman, Naja Lee Jensen.

The nature of power is elusive, especially in the fields of arts and culture. In the aftermaths of #MeToo and BLM we have noticed how difficult and yet necessary it is to talk about power, hierarchies and responsibilities. The way to a safer and more inclusive dance field is to increase transparency in who is holding power, how are people appointed, how decisions are made and who are the gatekeepers.

Moderator:

Sonya Lindfors, Choreographer, Artistic director of UrbanApa

Speakers:

Danjel Andersson, Director and Artistic Lead, Dansehallerne (DK)

Johannes Öhman, Artistic director, Dansens Hus Stockholm (SE)

Naja Lee Jensen, Artistic director, HAUT  Copenhagen

Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/591IpaBT1IC7KQ1SlOUKYY?si=3cf43077f27e4bb5

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