Baltic Take Over sounds like the beginning of an anecdote – Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian enter a theater. Is this an attempt to find Baltic identity or to export Baltic performing arts? A geopolitical lecture? Well, Baltic Take Over is a festival, a radical experiment, a crash course on Baltic arts, and the destination of a road trip from Lithuania to Helsinki. Curators from each country have invited artists from all three countries to take over the city of Helsinki from June 7 to 11th.
The festival co-curated by the New Theatre Institute of Latvia, Kanuti Gildi SAAL and Lithuanian Dance Information Centre provides contexts in which to present Baltic work, under the lens of Baltic curators. The festival will be joined in this challenge by four Helsinki-based venues: Kiasma / URB Festival, Annantalo, Viirus Theatre, Mad House Helsinki with the help from Eskus, Takamo, Tanssin Talo, TINFO and Circus Dance Finland.
We invite you to join us in Helsinki from the 7th till 11th of June to celebrate curious, bold, and engaging Baltic work.
Full programme of events will be announced on 12th of April 2023 at Baltictakeover.com. Till then, get to know the artists in the website’s artist section.
