Rajatila

Rajatila is Susanna Leinonen Company’s new, deeply moving contemporary dance work that explores the visible and invisible boundaries that shape our lives. The piece continues the company’s series created with older adults and stands as its fifth independent work.

Choreographer Tatiana Urteva is interested in examining the physical and emotional strength of bodies shaped by life experience: movement, rhythm, and expression that arise from decades of lived time.

Rajatila invites reflection on how psychological and physical boundaries guide our everyday lives, how they are tested, and how they ultimately shape our identities.

On stage, expressive older performers meet professional dancers. The life experience and embodied wisdom of the older participants intertwine with the dancers’ physicality and precision, creating a powerful and affecting whole.

Rajatila is a work about humanity, change, and resilience. It challenges our ideas of what dance can look like and who gets to create it.

The production is part of the City of Helsinki’s project promoting cultural activities for older people.

Credits
Choreography: Tatiana Urteva
Music: Kasperi Laine
Lighting: Marianne Lagus
Costumes: Sari Nuttunen

Duration: 45 min
Language: Finnish
Genre: Dance
Venue: Theatre Hall
Tickets: €10 / €15 / €23 (incl. service fee)

Please note: On Thursday 26 March, a panel discussion Between Middle Age and Old Age – Who Am I? will be held in connection with the evening performance from 6–7 pm. Panelists are Jorma Uotinen, Jonna Järnefelt, Kati Reijonen, and Sinikka Sokka. The panel discussion is included in the Thursday ticket price.
The Friday 27 March evening performance includes a disco with DJ Stereo Timo from 7–9 pm. The disco is included in the Friday ticket price.

More information here: panel discussion and disco