Kuopio Day 2

Graham / 21. juni 2010 14:06

Kuopio Day 2

Huomenta

Thats Good Morning in Finish in case you were wondering but I'm not sure how to pronouce it so i'll stick with English for the rest of the blog!

I must admit to a slow start on day 2 but as mentioned in the previous blog those Finish rice things are a little bit of breakfast magic  

I feel Kuopio is like a little dream town as the sun never goes down and seems to feed you energy.Kinda like you could live off 1 hour sleep and achieve more in a single day than you do in a week at home. Sadly thats not true hence the slow start!!

I must find out the name of these things... Warm, oaty and rice! A bit like Marmite you either love'em or hate'em!

So the buffet breakfast at Sokos Hotel... Plenty of food but that scrambled egg is funky!

Okay you got me!! Their not real Seaguls but I was going to tell you how here in Kuopio your constantly greeted by Seaguls and that they look a bit different to the Guls in Sweden and UK. I couldn't find a picture of the real thing but enjoy this one instead


Once I had re-established myself, out and about I went. Here you can see the world famous Sokos hotel where we just happen to be staying!

This is what greets us directly oposite the hotel and on the way to the Theatre to!! Lovely Jubbly



Where for art thou Jorma? Well everywhere actually! He's so famous he's replaced the Finish flag!!!!

Kaupunginteatteri.... The name of the theatre we are performing at and here it is..... not much else to say. 

For those that haven't worked it out i'm not performing at at Kuopio this year so am kind of on my own time table. I turn up to the theatre whilst the dancers are all ready hard at work and follow the signs and grunts from the dancers to find the stage.

Undercover Paparazzi shot from the rear of the stage behind the cloth. Its just ashame they are all behaving themselves!

Rehearsal Director (Anne-Claire) in her natural environment. Ready to pounce on the unsuspecting Skånes dancers

And the Star of the Show...... The wonderful.... The amazing....... Mr Black Cloud.

Adel clearly can't hold back the excitement of being under the cloud.

Sam telling the others... "look guys this spot light is for me, myself and I so back off already!!!" 

p.s. I may have made that up! 

I think Sam is now teaching Lidia a good old Yorkshire handshake. You need a firm grip Luv!

The Handshake clearly went wrong!!!

As you can see we have a relaxed atmosphere here at Skånes Dansteater! You can either work hard or just sleep right there on stage! 

Anna ferociously praying to the cloud for a good performance tonight as its her premiere for Skånes Dansteater. You go girl



Jonas and Sara playing twister during a technical rehearsal!

Anna-Claire singing Respect by Aretha Franklin down the microphone to the dancers. Its a bit of a tradition for her to do this!

After the show (which got standing ovation) we headed for some food. I sat down with our Vietnamese dancers and all they could say for 15 minutes was 3 words.. We Want Beef! The conversation picked up after we ate



Other dancers just getting sat down at Intro restaurant literally gasping for food. You see dancers generally only do 3 things in life 1. Eat 2. Sleep 3. Dance... but 1 and 2 are repeated much more than 3!

And this is the view from my room just before I went to bed... Beautiful except Kuopio started feeding me midnight energy again.

Day 2 Kuopio done! The opening night in Kuopio for Skånes Dansteater was a great success and as I mentioned earlier we got a standing ovation. Fragile|Entity was hot with a capital H and Black Water simply mesmerised the audience! I sat in the audience a proud member of Skånes Dansteater and wish all the dancers the best of luck for day 3 and our final performance here in Kuopio for 2010.

Thanks for reading and stayed tuned for what i'm sure is going to be an amazing day 3 here in Kuopio.

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