In this summer job you get to create a performance with a group of international artists.
You don’t have to have a dance background, but you need to:
- be in good physical condition,
- have curiosity and be dependable,
- have good teamwork skills,
- identify yourself or been raised as a girl.
We welcome applicants from different linguistic and cultural minorities.
HORDE by Ingri Fiksdal (NO) and Solveig Holte (NO) is a choreographic work and a summer-job for 9 teen girls. It premiered in Oslo 2021 and was re-made in Kristiansand in 2022. In 2023 Fiksdal and Holte will re-make a new version with a group of teens in Helsinki together with Moving in November.
Professional dancers Amie Mbye (NO) and Sofia Charifi (FI) work with the teens and assist the work of the choreographers. Sofia will also perform together with the group.
Still image from the documentation of the project in Oslo in summer 2021.
Head picture: Christian Tandberg
Apply by April 11th:
What? Summerjob
To whom? 15-18 yo (eligible for summer job voucher) identify yourself or been raised as a girl
When? 5.–10.6. and 2.–7.8. (daytime)
Where?
- Pihlajamäki youth center, Morenitie 2, 00710 Helsinki
- Malmitalo dance studio, Ala-Malmin tori 1, 00700 Helsinki
- Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Mannerheiminaukio 2, 00100 Helsinki
Working languages: English & Finnish
Salary: Summer job voucher.
In 2023, all 9th graders and pupils in the TUVA – grades living or studying in Helsinki will be eligible to apply for a Summer Job Voucher. AS well as all 1st year students in upper secondary schools living in Helsinki. More information about the voucher.
Application process: From among the applicants, we invite 20 youngsters to an audition (workshop) at Pihlajamäki youth center, either on Saturday 22.4. at 5 p.m. or on Sunday 23.4. 4 p.m. After the audition, 9 persons are offered a summer job and participation in the project.
Commitment: During the two weeks in summer, a performance will be created. It will be presented in the frame of Move in November festival. Persons selected for the summer job must commit to the rehearsals organized in September and October (1 rehearsal / mth outside school hours) as well as the rehearsals preparing the performances November 8-10th (outside school hours) and the performances on Saturday, November 11th and Sun 12th.
For the rehearsals and performances in the fall we pay fees in accordance with the collective agreement of the Trade Union for Theatre and Media Finland
Inquiries:
Managing Director Isabel González
+ 358 407627377
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Supported by:
Helsinki city /Helsinki Model and Alfred Kordelin Foundation.