Tero Saarinen Company: Borrowed Light
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6 performances
21.2-1.3.2025
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Duration
70 min, no intermission
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Venue
Erkko Hall
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Tickets
59-18 €
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6 performances
21.2-1.3.2025
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Duration
70 min, no intermission
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Venue
Erkko Hall
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Tickets
59-18 €
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SHOW TIMES
21.2. at 19:00
22.2. at 19:00
26.2. at 19:00
27.2. at 19:00
28.2. at 19:00
1.3. at 15:00
Introduction
Borrowed Light captures the ritualistic essence of dance and the profound strength of community.
Inspired by the radical Shakers movement of the 1700s and 1800s, the work explores total surrender and devotion to a community. The live performance of original Shaker hymns by The Boston Camerata fills the space with ethereal harmonies that echo through the repetitive rituals of the movement. Collective identity can carry towards something greater, but at what point do its rigid values push the individual to the very limits of their devotion?
Borrowed Light, premiered in 2004 as an European co-production, was touring major venues in Europe, North America and Oceania in 2004–2014, reaching more than 50,000 people on tour. The TSC classic makes a return in 2025 and will be touring internationally after performances in Dance House Helsinki.
Organized by Tero Saarinen Company.
Trailer
Ticket information
Early-bird tickets available until 31 December | A 59 € – B 49 € – C 37 €
Ticket prices from 1 st of January | A 64 € – B 52 € – C 39 €
Discount tickets | B 24 € – C 18 € (Under 25, Students, Unemployed, Civil Servants, Conscripts)
Pensioners | A 61 € – B 49 € – C 36 €
Pay What You Can | A small number of "Pay What You Can" tickets are also on sale for the performance. PWYC tickets are available at the Cable Factory's info point, and online Tero Saarinen Company's website. Read more about Pay What You Can tickets and other ticket information > https://terosaarinen.com/en/ti...
Note: To ensure good visibility to everyone, The Erkko Hall auditorium is steep. Please note that there is no lift to the upper section. Only the first row seats are fully accessible.
For enquiries about TSC’s tickets or their programme at Dance House Helsinki, please contact: tickets@terosaarinen.com.
Credits
Choreographer: Tero Saarinen
Original Shaker music edited and arragend by: Joel Choen
Music direction: Anne Azéma
Lighting and set design: Mikki Kunttu
Costume design: Erika Turunen
Sound design: Heikki Iso-Ahola
Rehearsal directors: Henrikki Heikkilä & Annika Hyvärinen
Dancers: Auri Ahola, Elina Häyrynen, Oskari Kymäläinen, Mikko Lampinen, Natasha Lommi, Emmi Pennanen, David Scarantino & Jing-Yi Wang
Understudies: Mikko Makkonen, Minttu Myräkkä & Anette Toiviainen
Production
Tero Saarinen Company (Finland) in collaboration with Octobre en Normandie (France), Dansens Hus (Sweden) and Kuopio Dance Festival (Finland) and Festival Civitanova Danza (Italy), Le Volcan – Scène Nationale du Havre (France), Teatri di Civitanova (Italy), Atelier 231 –Pôle régional des Arts de la rue (France). Supported by Culture 2000 programme of the European Union, Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland, National Council for Dance in Finland and Florence Gould Foundation.
