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Dance House brings top international group to Helsinki – this is what a dance piece on climate crisis and extinction looks like

Dance House brings top international group to Helsinki – this is what a dance piece on climate crisis and extinction looks like

An international dance group is visiting Helsinki, and their work asks whether we have lost touch with ourselves.

The House of Dance’s own international programming is bearing fruit: a visiting theatre dedicated to dance brought the Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT1), considered one of the world’s leading contemporary dance companies, to Helsinki.

In Helsinki, the group will present a three-part stage production *Figures in Extinction*, the latest part of which had its world premiere in Manchester in February.

Thanks to the Dance House, Helsinki has become an increasingly important part of the international dance scene, and the NDT’s visit is a good example of this.

The dancer begins the performance in an intense light that creates a mystical and intense atmosphere.
Figures in Extinction is a reminder of species that have disappeared from the planet.

The group led by Molnar is known for its high technical level, expression and artistic ambition. According to Molnar, maintaining quality requires the entire machine to commit to the group.

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Yle’s Silja Viitala received the prestigious photojournalism award: “I might ask the Prime Minister about the dog”

Yle’s Silja Viitala received the prestigious photojournalism award: “I might ask the Prime Minister about the dog”

Silja Viitala was awarded the Patricia Seppälä Foundation Prize, especially for her work on politics. The subject matter is serious, but Viitala’s pictures often contain humour.

– There is warmth and humour in the gaze of Viitala and her camera, but the images also convey joy, disappointment and boredom. Viitala’s images are never distant,” says the explanatory statement.

Viitala has been photographing for Yle for five years, three of them on politics. He can often be spotted in the gallery of the Parliament. There, situations and locations are tightly framed and small things are big.

Viitala observes faces and facial expressions: even a frown can tell you a lot.

– The general thing for photographers is that people’s hands are interested. If someone touches a colleague on the shoulder in the plenary hall and says something, there is a small moment of humanity, says the award -winning photojournalist.

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Give a movie gift to your loved one – now you have hope for Finnish movies for next year!

Give a movie gift to your loved one – now you have hope for Finnish movies for next year!

Picture of the 100 Movies of the theme, film posters, a gift set and text to the Toivo films.

Yle Theme and Yle Arena will feature one hundred domestic films next year. You can participate in the selection of the wish films in April now in April!

Now you get hope!

The film channel Yle Teema collects the wishes of viewers in April and gathers a 100 -movie entity, which will be seen in both Yle Teema and Yle Arena during 2026.

Which domestic movie would you like to see yourself, or what would you like to donate to someone else?

To your grandparents, your life partner, your girl or boyfriend, your classmates, your neighbor?

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Ozempic, a mosquito medicine, killed body positivity, says influencer Sini Laitinen

Ozempic, a mosquito medicine, killed body positivity, says influencer Sini Laitinen

The person sits on the couch on the television studio.  He is wearing a green blazer and a colorful flower -shaped blouse.
Sini Laitinen is known as an influencer as a papa face.

Beauty ideas become narrower due to the diet drug, says Sini Laitinen and Saara Särmä, a cultural cocktail.

Laitinen said that Ozempic killed a body positivity trend that was overwhelmed by a few years ago, celebrating bodies of different sizes.

– With my own somephides, I notice the proper eating disorder content that resembles pine years, says Laitinen.

The guests talked about Ozempic’s influence on beauty ideals.

According to researcher Saara Särmä, for example, in London Fashion Week, plus size models are decreasing. There were still 85 plus size models in fashion weeks in 2023, compared with only 26 this year.

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