SLC’s critically acclaimed works Nasty and TOXIC will be seen at the Alexander Theatre in Helsinki on Thu 30 September and Fri 1 October at 7PM. On Thursday, the cult piece Nasty (2018) will be seen on Alexander theatre’s stage. The strikingly topical work centers […]
Susanna Leinonen’s popular repertoire workshop will be held May 21-23 at Dance House Studio. Susanna Leinonen’s movement language combines classical ballet to contemporary dance techniques. The workshop is aimed at advanced contemporary dance students and enthusiasts, as well as professional and professional professionals. The first […]
TOXIC performances Nov 24-27 in Espoo Cultural Centre Louhi Hall have been cancelled. The cancellations are due to the new COVID-19 restrictions taking place from Mon 24.11.2020 onwards. Refunds are handled via lippu.fi customer service. We will update the detailed instructions to our website as […]
Due to the extremely difficult and rapidly changing situation with Covid-19, the second part of Nasty’s Swedish tour was cancelled. However, we were lucky to be able to execute the first part of the tour successfully with Dancenet Sweden. This autumn, Nasty was performed in […]
TOXIC lives for attention. It’s obsessed with clout and influence. Its body is a commodity which exists unapologetically in order to create value. TOXIC pleases and thrives. It shapes its essence according to the desolate demands of the society. It exploits its power without quilt […]
Susanna Leinonen Company’s Cult piece NASTY will return to Helsinki Alexander Theater on Wed 3 February 2021 at 7 PM. Tickets are available now! Nasty will also return to Tampere Dance Theatre MD in the Spring of tiloissa 2021. The new dates will be announced as soon as possible. Nasty is a […]
Susanna Leinonen Company’s rave-reviewed Nasty has already been seen in the US and Mexico this year, and soon it’s time for the piece’s Korean and Belgian premieres. Nasty will be presented at the Seoul Performing Arts Festival (SPAF) on October 12-13 as well as at […]
Susanna Leinonen Company has been invited to the Festival Internacional de Danza Contemporánea Lila López to open the festival with Nasty on July 26th. SLC performed at the festival for the first time in the summer of 2018 with the piece Dreams of Replay. Nasty, Susanna […]
PRESS RELEASE 25.4.2019 Touch of Gravity invited to Petrozavodsk, Russia Susanna Leinonen Company has been invited to perform at Nord Dance Festival in Petrozavodsk, Russia, in June 2019. The company will present Touch of Gravity, a piece which originally premiered in 2014 as a […]
Susanna Leinonen Company’s latest piece Nasty has been selected to be a part of the Performing HEL programme! This second-ever showcase of Finnish performing arts will be held in Helsinki over a long weekend, from August 29th until September 1st. With 5 full-length performances, 10 […]
Susanna Leinonen Company has been invited to perform at the renowned Dance Salad Festival in Houston, USA. The company will be premiering a shortened and curated version of Susanna Leinonen’s latest choreography Nasty. This new 30-minute piece is called Shame/less and it will be performed at Wortham […]
Susanna Leinonen Company’s latest piece, Nasty, premiered on September 7thin Stoa, Helsinki. The premiere week was an success both among the audience, who attended in record numbers, as well as the critics, who lauded the piece as “gorgeous”, “entirely refreshing” and “utterly brilliant and undoubtedly one […]
Susanna Leinonen Company will be performing the company’s latest work Dreams of Replay at the internationale tanzmesse nrw, world’s biggest professional event dedicated to contemporary dance. The performance will be held in Capitol Theatre Düsseldorf on Wednesday 29th of August at 10pm. Dreams of Replay explores the […]
Nasty, the newest work by choreographer Susanna Leinonen will premiere in Helsinki on September 9th 2018. Nasty is a strikingly topical work that centers on the expectations, limitations and attacks targeted at especially female bodies. The piece presents an unvarnished vision of our world, where […]
That feeling when your next goal is just too exciting not to share? Susanna Leinonen Company has got that feeling now and it’s because we’re applying for VOS (State Subsidies System) SLC is known for its artistic ambition, openness and the constant drive to […]
To celebrate International Women’s Day on the 8yh March 2018 Susanna Leinonen Company wants to share about their current equality planning process. The plan is published in the spring 2018. According to the 2015 Equality Act the employer has an obligation to assess how equality […]
We wish happy holidays to all of our partners, employees, supporters and financiers, colleagues and audiences. The past year has been a memorable one and we are looking forward to the next one. Thank you for the year 2017.
SEE | OBEY, a 2015 dance film by Susanna Leinonen and Jouka Valkama, has been busily touring the world. In October, the film was seen in Berlin and San Francisco, and last week at Light Moves Festival in Limerick, Ireland. Even though video projections have […]
Susanna Leinonen Company premiers a new work Dreams of Replay in September 2017. Susanna Leinonen’s visionary choreography is brought on stage by five female dancers. In Dreams of Replay, Leinonen returns to the uncompromised, detailed and extremely challenging movement language of her previous works. The […]
Susanna Leinonen Company from Helsinki, Finland has been invited to the distinguished Dance Salad Festival in Houston, Texas. The Company´s re-creation of Romeo & Juliet as well as a version of Touch of Gravity will be shown at the Wortham Center´s Cullen Theater. During its 25 […]
Encounter of contemporary circus and contemporary dance, tragedy and acrobatics on stage! Works by two internationally well known artists, Susanna Leinonen and Sanna Silvennoinen, will take the viewer into the world of physical virtuosity. Susanna Leinonen Company: Romeo & Julia Susanna Leinonen Company presents a […]
Only two performances! Friday September 30th at 7:30 pm Buy tickets Saturday October 1st at 7:30 pm Buy tickets Susanna Leinonen Company will visit Almi Hall of the Finnish National Opera in autumn season 2016. The evening will celebrate the 15 years of Susanna Leinonen Company […]
Susanna Leinonen Company has been selected to perform in Tanzmesse NRW in Düsseldorf, Germany on September 2nd 2016. Choreographer Susanna Leinonen is known for her visually outstanding work where the complexity of life in all its nuances is expressed with detailed and physical movement. In […]
The evening will celebrate the 15 years of Susanna Leinonen Company with extracts from earlier works by Leinonen such as Trickle Green Oak, Romeo & Juliet, Blinded Mind and Transient Horizon. The evening will be concluded by the wonderful SEE | OBEY. ”SEE | OBEY by […]
Susanna Leinonen Company will visit Almi Hall of the Finnish National Opera in autumn season 2016. The evening will celebrate the 15 years of Susanna Leinonen Company with extracts from earlier works by Leinonen such as Trickle Green Oak, Romeo & Juliet, Disturbed Silence, Kaira […]
Susanna Leinonen’s repertoire workshop aimed for professionals and vocational students will be moved to May. The movement language of Susanna Leinonen is based on combining classical ballet and contemporary techniques. Highly physical and detailed movement, the strong articulation of the soles of the feet and […]
Susanna Leinonen Company celebrates on 2016 its 15 years of operation. The year starts with an extensive tour in Sweden. SEE | OBEY, premiered on November 2015, will be seen in seven cities on March 2016. The tour is organized by Dansnät Sverige and will […]
To save the environment we publish the whole brochure of SEE | OBEY only online. You can read it here. The English translation of the text used in the piece is here.
The new contemporary dance piece for three dancers, SEE | OBEY by Susanna Leinonen Company that is premiered on Saturday November 14th 2015, is a powerful synthesis of film, dance, music and text. The themes rise from the use of power, the fleeting nature of […]
Susanna Leinonen Company will present Kaira on November in Nantes, France as part of the Trancendance Biennale of Loire-Atlantique region. The performances in three theaters: Quatrain, Haute-Goulaine, November 5th at 8.30 pm More L’espace de Retz, Machecoul, November 7th at 8.30 pm More Carré d’argent, Pont-château, November 10th […]