The next Blindfold Jam in Helsinki will be on Saturday 19.4.2025.
Sight as a sense defines greatly all our action – and also how we experience dance. And still most of dance is something totally different – experiencing movement, feeling the movement and sensing oneself, others and the world we are immersed in.
Price and link to webshop:
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https://holvi.com/shop/everything/product/0ce25382208a314e1d00381504a194f9/
Jam place:
Eskus – Performance center, studio 1.
(Eskus – Performance Center, Puhdistamo (building n:o 6) 2. fl.
Official address: Kaasutehtaankatu 1/33, 00540 Helsinki.)
Facilitator:
Samee Haapa is an actor FIA, dancer and a dj, who has 20 years of experience in organising alternative clubs and raves and teaching and making radical contemporary dance.
Special notes:
Letting go of the control of the sight changes your perception of others, space and boundaries. **Please consider whether this is something you’re ready for.** There are multiple safety precautions in place in the jam to keep everyone safe, but ability to recognize and articulate your own boundaries is essential.
For this jam we’ll only sell tickets beforehand so we can anticipate the amount of people attending. This has to do with safety and so we can prepare the blindfolds beforehand. The blindfolds are carefully washed after each use and handled hygienically before given to you.
Please ask for further information about our precautions or send us feedback by sending a message to centerforeverything at gmail dot com.
We might take some photos and shoot some video at the jam. If you’d rather not be seen in these, please tell it to the facilitator and we’ll sort it out.
Blindfold Jam is committed to the principles of safer space. This means respect for all genders, sexualities, backgrounds, bodies and abilities. Racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic or other oppressive behavior is not allowed.
Feedback from Blindfold Jam:
‘There’s really no sense in making performances after this!’
‘It was a bit like contact improvisation, but also kind of like totally its own thing.’