Description
A dance performance for primary school children about things important to nature and humanity that are small and significant, but so big at the same time!
This dance performance delves into the marvellous lives of the inhabitants of a flower meadow, while also providing fascinating information about pollinating insects that are significant to nature and humanity: bees, bumblebees, hoverflies, butterflies and beetles. We encourage and inspire the audience to make their own observations and take small steps to support nature in their local area.
Small & Significant combines artistic work with scientific research and draws on a multifaceted approach to viewing and experiencing dance. Dance provides a lively and playful way to approach the subject. The experiential and participatory information material accompanying the performance aims to convey information in a way that is easy to understand and memorable.
90% of the world’s wild flowering plants and 75% of cultivated plants are at least partly dependent on pollinators. The numbers of pollinating insects have been declining at an alarming rate all over the world in recent times. The destruction of habitats, the use of pesticides, intensive farming and biodiversity loss in urban nature continue to pose a threat to pollinators.
Concept and choreography: Satu Tuittila
Dancers: Jonna Aaltonen and Ilona Salonen/Jenny Kallio, performer Satu Tuittila
Lighting design: Vespa Laine
Visual design and costume design: Kirsi Vaara
Music and sound design: Mikko Väärälä
Information material and workshops: Satu Tuittila, Elli Herranen, the dancers and the Katoava luonto
research group.
Performance duration: roughly 45–50 min
Language: the performance is non-verbal; the event is hosted in accordance with the audience’s language needs
The project is supported by the Kone Foundation, the Regional Dance Centre of Western Finland, the Finnish Cultural Foundation, Turku Adventure Park, TOP Foundation, Vuokko Foundation for Nature Conservation, the Kokko1721 residence and Svenska Kulturfonden.
This dance performance delves into the marvellous lives of the inhabitants of a flower meadow, while also providing fascinating information about pollinating insects that are significant to nature and humanity: bees, bumblebees, hoverflies, butterflies and beetles. We encourage and inspire the audience to make their own observations and take small steps to support nature in their local area.
Small & Significant combines artistic work with scientific research and draws on a multifaceted approach to viewing and experiencing dance. Dance provides a lively and playful way to approach the subject. The experiential and participatory information material accompanying the performance aims to convey information in a way that is easy to understand and memorable.
90% of the world’s wild flowering plants and 75% of cultivated plants are at least partly dependent on pollinators. The numbers of pollinating insects have been declining at an alarming rate all over the world in recent times. The destruction of habitats, the use of pesticides, intensive farming and biodiversity loss in urban nature continue to pose a threat to pollinators.
Concept and choreography: Satu Tuittila
Dancers: Jonna Aaltonen and Ilona Salonen/Jenny Kallio, performer Satu Tuittila
Lighting design: Vespa Laine
Visual design and costume design: Kirsi Vaara
Music and sound design: Mikko Väärälä
Information material and workshops: Satu Tuittila, Elli Herranen, the dancers and the Katoava luonto
research group.
Performance duration: roughly 45–50 min
Language: the performance is non-verbal; the event is hosted in accordance with the audience’s language needs
The project is supported by the Kone Foundation, the Regional Dance Centre of Western Finland, the Finnish Cultural Foundation, Turku Adventure Park, TOP Foundation, Vuokko Foundation for Nature Conservation, the Kokko1721 residence and Svenska Kulturfonden.
Source: City of Helsinki, Linked Events (CC BY 4.0)
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When
22. October 2026, 18:00
Price
Cheap (<€20)
6€
Audience
All audiences
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