The Flashdance musical is now being performed for the first time in Finland at Vantaa’s Kulturitalo Martinus. Vantaa’s Vaskivuori High School has become one of Finland’s leading centres for musicals.
The Flashdance musical, premiering in Finland today, will bring 60 high school students to the stage.
The story of the musical, performed by young people, is familiar from the 1980s hit film. It is full of dreams, courage, friendship and love.
Kimpimäki is in the dance department at high school. Her skills come through beautifully in the performance. In the musical, Kimpimäki plays a young woman who dreams of becoming a dancer.
– Adrenaline carries through the show surprisingly well. And he absorbs energy from the audience and then manages to stretch all the movements to the end, says Kimpimäki.
Vaskivuori is a mecca for musicals
Vaskivuori High School’s music and dance students have been making musicals since the mid-1990s. There are always mature professionals in the background who help young people shine.
According to Gardiner, Vaskivuori has developed over the years as the center of Finnish musicals. According to him, this can be seen, among other things, in the fact that the school was the first in Finland to get the rights to perform Flashdance.
It’s not all about the little money. 16,000 euros had to be paid for the right to perform the musical. It is covered by box office revenue and school money.
– This is a labor victory, that we get to do such a world-class show in Finland for the first time. Better and better musicals have been made here all the time. It can be seen here that the Flashdance musical was also translated into Finnish especially for us, says Gardiner.
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