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JoJo - Oulu Dance Center
| Artistic director | Ohjelmistotyöryhmä / Artistic Select Committee, Henna Holma |
| Contact person | Managing Director Helena Lindqvist |
| Address | Isokatu 16 c 20, 90100 Oulu |
| Telephone | +358 (0)50 464 4880 |
| Fax | - |
| WWW pages | http://www.jojo.fi |
| helena.lindqvist(a)jojo.fi | |
| Year founded | 1998 |
| Funding | Subsidized under the Theatres and Orchestras Act |
| Style | Contemporary Dance |
| Managerial staff (number of) | 3 |
| Production based ensemble | Yes |
| Description | JoJo - Oulu Dance Center is a professional dance production center operating in the northern Finland's vibrant dance art field, offering international, multidisciplinary dance art programme, with a focus on contemporary dance. The program also includes the OuDance Festival in the autumn. For dance art professionals, JoJo is a platform for co-productions and visiting performances and offers international residency exchange programs. In addition, JoJo offers open workshops for everyone. JoJo is one of the four member organizations of the Northern Dance Regional Center and is funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Arts Promotion Center and the City of Oulu. |
| Other Information | JoJo continues the dance production started by the Oulu Dance Studio. The Oulu Dance Studio was founded in 1982 and it operated until 1998 when JoJo - Oulu Dance Center was founded. |
| Performances |
Eläimellinen romanssi (15.10.1995) Lady of Spells (21.2.1996) Lumoava horisontti (11.2.1999) Pinnalle (23.3.1999) Kultainen Koskelo (15.1.2000) Promises (15.3.2000) Castle of Clouds (15.3.2000) Very Important Persons (15.3.2000) Luna de España (26.5.2000) Naaruus (14.2.2001) Unenselittäjän päivämatka (25.2.2001) Carpe Diem (25.5.2001) Musta (Kärnä) (27.5.2001) Palapeli 2 (Räty) (9.9.2001) Carpe Diem 2 (12.9.2001) Kertoja (12.9.2001) Yön Tango (7.11.2001) Sidos (20.3.2002) Almat (Ortiz) (9.8.2002) Piiloinen sisältä ulos (5.9.2002) Pani Kopernik (25.10.2002) Isadora! (Littow) (17.11.2002) Päätös (12.2.2003) Handshake (23.1.2004) Syli (25.2.2004) Self Portrait (Yli-Maunula) (14.4.2005) Kulkue (16.9.2005) North Land - Nomade Cabaret (2.2.2006) Kadonnut kaupunki (10.8.2007) Circulus femineus (28.9.2007) Soolo itselle ja toiselle - Kaksi asennetta tilaan (28.9.2007) Huu, haukka haukkaan (31.10.2008) Joanna of the Ark (Kalajoki) (18.2.2009) Worry Doll (14.9.2011) Ovi (Kalajoki et al.) (4.5.2012) Frenzy (20.9.2012) Stolen Goods (10.11.2012) Troll Tango (18.3.2013) Ruutana (20.5.2013) Pessi ja Illusia (Yli-Maunula) (4.11.2015) Last Supper (7.6.2018) Oodi Endorfiineille (14.3.2019) DAUGHTER (20.9.2019) NAISEN SYDÄN (18.10.2019) |