Mon - Fri, 10 - 11:30 For advanced dancers Contemporary Ballet is an excellent way to start your day during the festival! The class follows the structure of the ballet lesson, but compared to traditional ballet class, the emphasis is put to e.g. wider usage of the upper body and the deeper plié. During the week a small choreography inspired by the styles of William Forsythe and Wayne McGregor is rehearsed and those who are willing have chance to perform it in the theatre.

Gaga Mon and Tue at 11:30 to 13:30 All Gaga is a movement language developed by Ohad Naharin. The method offers a framework for discovering and strengthening the body, for challenging our movement habits and exploring the endless possibilities in a gentle way while lightening our senses and imagination. The work improves instinctive movement and enhances the ability to use our energy within a wide range of different textures and qualities. Gaga offers an experience of freedom and pleasure!

Contemporary Jazz OPEN every day from 16:00 to 17:30 Contemporary Jazz Advance, every day from 17:30 to 19:00 Contemporary Jazz lessons give you the opportunity to experience a lively and energetic movement. Advance lessons challenge dancers with the speed, physicality and technique, and in open classes, the dancers are invited to find the joy from movement and rhythm. Contemporary Jazz combines Jazz vocabulary with contemporary dance, where the body is used as a whole.

Contact Improvisation Mon and Tue at 11:30 - 13:00 All In today's world, the feeling of belonging can sometimes be lost. Contact improvisation enables research between yourself and the collective. In Contact-Improvisation course, different tasks are given for solo, duet and group explorations, allowing discussions both physically and verbally.

Contemporary Street Mon and Tue at 17:30-19:00 All (Previous Dance Experience is helpful) The Contemporary Street lesson focuses on finding your own style of movement that can be further developed using elements of street dance such as 'isolations', 'waving' and 'slow motion'.

Contemporary Dance EveryDay at 10 - 11:30 All The Contemporary Dance course introduces dancers into the world of contemporary dance. Every day you get to experience with a specific contemporary dance style or aspect, such as release technique, improvisation, dance theater and modern dance. The course is designed especially for those who have not danced contemporary dance before.

Susanna´s Masterclass Wed and Thur at 14:00 - 16:00 Advance In Susanna's Masterclass, dancers get to practice Leinonen´s specific movement language, which is sharp, detailed and physically challenging.

Evening Yoga Every day from 19:00 to 20:30 All Evening Yoga is a good way to finish your day. Aline's class focuses on both the body and the mind. There are breathing exercises, mediation and asanas Aline's Yoga combines elements from both Hatha, Vinyasa and Pilates. After the class, you may feel grounded and relaxed.

Freeflow A Wed, Thur at 11:30 - 13:30 Freeflow O Wed, Thur, Fri at 14:00 - 16:00 <FREE FLOW: physicality toward musicality> is a new contemporary dance style and training method focused on biomechanics for the attainment of the total freedom of the individual body and its integrity. The technical emphasis is on the basis of jump techniques, including breathing, landing, and mastering the kinetic energy for further movement. Those who want get to perform Freeflow at the theatre on Saturday.

Kehonhuolto / Body Conditioning Wed, Thu and Fri at 17:30 - 18:30 All Body Conditioning combines breathing and relaxation effectively with body strengthening and stretching exercises. The class is for everyone, and the focus is to practice from each individual starting point with a gentle sense of humor. After the class, you will feel refreshed and relaxed.

Creative Movement Wed and Thur at 11:30 - 13:00 All Creative Movement is a set of techniques that is easily manageable by everyone. As creativity forms part of the unseen who we are, the movement intends to introduce the ways of utilising this powerful yet invisible force,which can also be found useful in everyday life. Creative movement is a way of linking the passion for dance with the passion for life!

Unelma itsestä ('Dream Self')-workshop Wed klo 16:00-17:30 All Unelma itsestä (Dream-self) course offers questions and answers regarding everyone´s individual dream life by discussing and doing practical tasks. The course focuses on the following themes: nutrition, joy, listening to yourself, and how to make dreams come true in practice.

Yoga-Dance Thur and Fri at 16:00 - 17:30 Advance Yoga is the union of the body, mind & spirit. Yoga-dance with Aline ZORA will explore principles of Yoga through dance, breathing and meditative practices. How can we experience union and oneness through movement? Let’s get in touch with this place within us that makes us move. Let’s connect to others.

Butoh O Fri 11:30 - 13:30 Butoh A Fri at 14:00 - 16:00 Butoh was invented in Japan after the Second World War. Butoh is a form of contemporary dance and performing arts, where humanity and various forms of aesthetics are appreciated. Open class is suitable for everybody. In advance class the practice is taking even deeper and a small demo is created and presented in the class room at the end of the class.

Authentic-Movement Wed, Thur, Fri at 16- 17:15 All Authentic Movement was developed by Mary Whitehouse, and it is a form of dance practice working with imagery and spontaneous movement. At Nytke, the Authentic Movement workshops will be held outdoors, with a limited number of participants (max 5) to allow for a deeper and closer investigation on all ends. Lelle will be leading the group through a meditative practice, relaxing the mind and body for authentic movement..