Humina Open Space Fri 10.10.
Welcome to Humina Open Space evening on Friday 10.10.2025, to come together around the art of dance! Dance artists Sofia Simola, Leila Kourkia and Rhizome Dance Collective (Sonja Karoliina Aaltonen & Wilma Seppälä) will share their work during the evening. Humina Open Space is a space for sharing artistic work, experimentation, discussion, and socializing around art.
You are warmly welcome to join us, and bring your friends too!
OPEN SPACE EVENING PROGRAM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2025
6:00 p.m. Doors open
6:30 p.m. Leila Kourkia: Creativity-project (workshop)
7:15 p.m. Rhizome Dance Collective: we are (with) many
8:00 p.m. MAA: PAIKKA demo (Sofia Simola)
Hanging out together
* The performances will last approximately 20-30 minutes, followed by a discussion facilitated by a Humina artist member for approximately 10-15 minutes.
* You can come for the whole evening or drop in between performances (the door to the space will be locked during the performances/discussions and opened during breaks).
* There will be a small café where you can buy snacks and drinks.
TICKETS:
* Open Space evening admission ticket €2-15 (purchased at the door, no advance reservations). Pay what you can according to your circumstances in cash, with MobilePay, or by bank transfer.
* The evening's ticket proceeds will be donated to Sumud, the Finnish Palestine Network.
SUPPORT: Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Helsinki City
DANCE ARTISTS AND CONTENT:
Leila Kourkia: Creativity project
Leila Kourkia is working on a dance project Luovat, which merges the different ideas about bodily presence and expression within the working group. In Humina Open Space Kourkia conducts an audience workshop where weight transfer and play with time are studied through simple exercises, followed by a multidisciplinary artistic reflection.
Rhizome Dance Collective: we are (with) many
Performers: Sonja Karoliina Aaltonen ja Wilma Seppälä
we are (with) many is a choreographic exploration into collective movement and ecological interdependence. Rooted in shared imageries of mountains, forests, roots, lakes, and rivers, this dance performance engages in embodied practices to navigate support and interdependence between humans and more-than-humans. Through negotiation, chant and touch, the performance opens space to question how we move and touch in times of crisis and transformation.
MAA: PAIKKA demo (Sofia Simola)
A demo for a performance that will be part of Earth Forces´ MAA: PAIKKA exhibition at Titanik gallery (October 14–19). The exhibition explores how we locate ourselves on the planet, forests as local communities, and spaces that support the transition toward sustainability as enablers of local knowledge — and envisions the defense of the Earth through experiential knowledge and bodily understanding. The performance is part of the exhibition's whole, drawing inspiration from uniforms, ceremonies, awards, and speeches.
The working group are the current members of Earth Forces: Aino Johansson, Sofia Simola, Maria Rannanheimo, Riina Hannula, and Oona Leinovirtanen.