Jenna Jalonen / SUB.LAB.PRO

7 dancers, 1 circle… a joyous celebratory dance harvesting the roots and ritual of ancient traditional dance, escalating into a full-on uncompromising rave. Powerful and emotionally charged, the seven young dancers channel many layers and ages of social dancing to build a fascinating whirlwind of movement, both sacred and communal. RING is a moving contemporary homage to our dancing ancestors. This performance, created in 2021 and awarded with the Rudolf Laban award, has its first showing in the Netherlands this year. This choreography by Jenna Jalonen is made in collaboration with SUB.LAB.PRO.  

With aftertalk on August 22nd

This performance falls under the The Old Now New theme and you can get theme discounts. For more information, check out this page

Jenna, born in Finland, is not only a dancer, but choreographer and producer. She is the co-founder of SUB.LAB Event Productions, the organisation behind SUB.LAB.PRO, The Ensemble Program, International Dance Week Budapest, Collective Dope and SeeThrough Agency. 

With a background in gymnastics and classical ballet, Jenna is inspired by various movement- and artforms, such as acrobatics, house-dance, and folkdances, showing throughout all her work. She looks for the edge of what is physically possible, and rewrites traditions in a heretical and contemporary way. Her choreographies show an expansive range of physical expression, powerful yet vulnerable.  

Credits
Co-creators, performers: Dora Almeleh, Lina Bouainane, Rose Bouvet, Naomi Kats, Laura Mello Rella, Hanne Van Driessche, Flóra Virág Jázmin Wéber 
Live sound composition: Siblicity TOTIM Records  
Light design: Kata Dézsi   
Move mentors: Bacsó Lilla, Kántor Mátyás  
Production: SUB.LAB Event Productions 
Concept, choreography: Jenna Jalonen 

Support/Partners: National Cultural Fund Hungary, Workshop Foundation, Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, SÍN Arts Centre