The August DanceFestival is a contemporary performing art festival introducing new generation of performing arts artists from the World to the Baltic region and serves as a meeting point and common ground for artists. Since 2004 every second year the festival has been devoted to emerging young artist and their work.
The first August DanceFestival was held in 1999 in Tallinn, but it is a continuation of summer festival idea started in 1996 in Pärnu, Estonia. The festival will take place mainly at the Kanuti Gildi SAAL, but other venues are used as well. Kanuti Gildi SAAL is Estonian’s first production and event house devoted exclusively to the genre of contemporary dance and art and situated in the centre of Tallinn Old Town.
Check out the line-up below:
14.08 /SAT./ 20:00 Kanuti Gildi SAAL
HOOMAN SHARIFI /NOR/: “Lingering of an earlier event”
16.08 /MON./ 17:00 Freedom Square (site-specific / free)
MIHKEL ERNITS /EST/: “Bodysnatchers”
16.08 /MON./ 20:00 Theatre NO99
P.A.R.T.S. / ANNE TERESA DE KEERSMAEKER /BEL/: “RE: Drumming”
17.08 /MON./ 20:00 Theatre NO99
P.A.R.T.S. /BEL/: personal work
19.08 /THU./ 20:00 Kanuti Gildi SAAL
LIIS ILULA /EST/ “älis mnimedemaal”
ELE VISKUS /EST/ “Taidlusrühm Rähn”
HENRY HÜTT /EST/ “The Reader”
21.08 /SAT./ 17:00 Lindakivi Cultural Centre Square (site-specific / free)
MIHKEL ERNITS /EST/: “Bodysnatchers”
23.08 /MON./ 20:00 Kanuti Gildi SAAL
MART KANGRO & ENSEMBLE U: /EST/: “Harmoonia”
24.08 /TUE./ 18:00 Tammsaare Park (site-specific / free)
LA MACANA /ESP/: “VEN”
25.08 /WED./ 18:00 Cinema Sõprus Square (site-specific / free)
LA MACANA /ESP/: “VEN”
25.08 /WED./ 20:00 Von Krahl Theatre
VAVA STEFANESCU /ROM/: “Quartet for a microphone”
26.08 /THU./ 20:00 Von Krahl Theatre
VAVA STEFANESCU /ROM/: “Quartet for a microphone”
27.08 /FRI./ 20:00 Kanuti Gildi SAAL
OLEG SULIMENKO & ANDREI ANDRIANOV /RUS-AUS/: “Made in Russia”
28.08 /SAT./ 20:00 Kanuti Gildi SAAL
OLEG SULIMENKO & ANDREI ANDRIANOV /RUS-AUS/: “Made in Russia”
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