{"id":7127,"date":"2025-11-26T17:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T15:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/?p=7127"},"modified":"2025-11-26T17:58:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T15:58:35","slug":"flows-20th-anniversary-spring-program-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/en\/flows-20th-anniversary-spring-program-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Flow&#8217;s 20th anniversary spring program is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flow Productions celebrates its 20th anniversary next year!\u00a0To celebrate, Flow&#8217;s entire spring 2026 program will be filled with the most beautiful, moving, amazing, strange, raw, crazy, and skillful contemporary circus and dance performances. More information about the works can be found on their respective pages. Here is the program for Flow&#8217;s anniversary spring 2026!<\/p>\n<p>Oulu2026 Opening Festival 16.-18.1.2026<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7129 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_Oulu2026-avajaisfestivaalit-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_Oulu2026-avajaisfestivaalit-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_Oulu2026-avajaisfestivaalit-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_Oulu2026-avajaisfestivaalit-644x540.jpg 644w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_Oulu2026-avajaisfestivaalit-716x600.jpg 716w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_Oulu2026-avajaisfestivaalit.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flow Productions is kicking off its 20th anniversary celebrations at the opening of Oulu European Capital of Culture year. Flow has curated a series of spectacular performances for the Oulu2026 opening festival. We have a total of 15 performances over the weekend, as well as the premiere of a dance film. For our small group, it already feels like a Flow festival within the festival. Take a look at the program curated by Flow Productions and join us in the festivities!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6860 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vaakacowboy_21-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Hassun n\u00e4k\u00f6isi\u00e4 ihmisi\u00e4 sekoilee rappuk\u00e4yt\u00e4v\u00e4ss\u00e4.\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vaakacowboy_21-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vaakacowboy_21-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vaakacowboy_21-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vaakacowboy_21-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vaakacowboy_21-1080x540.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vaakacowboy_21-740x370.jpg 740w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vaakacowboy_21-1200x600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/vaakacowboy_21.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Sivuun Ensemble &amp; Kallo Collective (FIN): NEIGHBOUR 28.1.-1.2.2026<\/p>\n<p>Combining contemporary dance, aerial acrobatics, and physical comedy, Naapuri takes a peek into the parallel lives of people living in an apartment building. The performance brings to the viewer\u2019s doorstep a recognizable and delightful neighborhood and its lovable and tiresome residents. Through encounters between neighbors, painful perspectives on broader social issues of our time, such as hierarchies, changes in solidarity, and belonging, are revealed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jay Gilligan (SWE\/USA): ANOTHER SUNSET 16.-20.2.2026<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7074 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Another-Sunset-Hans-Vera_45-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jongl\u00f6\u00f6ri Jay Gilligan heitt\u00e4\u00e4 valtavan m\u00e4\u00e4r\u00e4n v\u00e4rikk\u00e4it\u00e4 renkaita ilmaan.\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Another-Sunset-Hans-Vera_45-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Another-Sunset-Hans-Vera_45-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Another-Sunset-Hans-Vera_45-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Another-Sunset-Hans-Vera_45-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Another-Sunset-Hans-Vera_45-432x540.jpg 432w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Another-Sunset-Hans-Vera_45-480x600.jpg 480w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Another-Sunset-Hans-Vera_45-1200x1500.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Another-Sunset-Hans-Vera_45.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another Sunset is a work that combines storytelling, juggling, and music, in which the colors and shapes of the objects are an important part of the whole. The title Another Sunset refers to the moment when you stop to enjoy all the colors of the sunset. Jay Gilligan&#8217;s performance is an invitation to his own sunset, set to music.<\/p>\n<p>During his 40-year career, juggler Jay Gilligan has performed in 38 different countries, appeared in productions by some of the world&#8217;s most famous circus companies (such as Cirque du Soleil), broken world records, and won numerous gold medals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7134 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TheWeirdAndWonderful-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TheWeirdAndWonderful-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TheWeirdAndWonderful-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TheWeirdAndWonderful-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TheWeirdAndWonderful-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TheWeirdAndWonderful-382x540.jpg 382w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TheWeirdAndWonderful-424x600.jpg 424w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TheWeirdAndWonderful-1200x1697.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TheWeirdAndWonderful.jpg 1358w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/>Race Horse Company (FIN) &amp; Big Wolf Company (EST): THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL CIRCUS CABARET WITH A TWIST 11.-12.3.2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span lang=\"en-FI\"><i>The Weird &amp; Wonderful Circus Cabaret With a Twist<\/i><\/span><span lang=\"en-FI\">\u00a0is a spectacular journey into the fascinating and peculiar heart of circus and cabaret. It is a world where nothing is quite what it seems: traditional circus disciplines \u2013 magic, aerial acrobatics, juggling, and balancing \u2013 take on new and unexpected forms. Charismatic characters step onto the stage, leading the audience into surprising encounters. Elements of the grotesque, playful humor, and constant unpredictability keep the intensity high, creating an unforgettable experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Production\u00a0<strong>Oulu Music Festival<\/strong>\u00a0and<strong> Flow Productions. <\/strong><span lang=\"en-FI\">This\u00a0<\/span>performance<span lang=\"en-FI\">\u00a0is part of the\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-FI\">Oulu Music Festival 2026<\/span><span lang=\"en-FI\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7111 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PLAYDEAD_15-by-Melika-Dez-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Nainen roikkuu kaapinovessa.\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PLAYDEAD_15-by-Melika-Dez-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PLAYDEAD_15-by-Melika-Dez-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PLAYDEAD_15-by-Melika-Dez-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PLAYDEAD_15-by-Melika-Dez-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PLAYDEAD_15-by-Melika-Dez-360x540.jpg 360w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PLAYDEAD_15-by-Melika-Dez-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PLAYDEAD_15-by-Melika-Dez-1200x1800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PLAYDEAD_15-by-Melika-Dez.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>People Watching (CAN): PLAY DEAD 16.5.2026<\/p>\n<p>Set in a universe of domestic trappings and interlocking stories, Canadian People Watching\u2019s creation \u00a0Play Dead observes the beautiful, twisted and sometimes laughable facets of the human experience. Through its dynamic hybrid of acrobatics, movement and physical theatre, the piece puts forth a surrealist chronicle of the familiar. But far from settling into bored fatalism, this show marvels at the absurdity of the mundane and celebrates life, the same way people desperately dance to the last song before the party ends.<\/p>\n<p>This currently one of the best contemporary circus shows is brought to Oulu in collaboration between <strong>Flow Productions, Oulu theatre<\/strong> and <strong>Cirko \u2013 Centre for New Circus.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flow Productions celebrates its 20th anniversary next year!\u00a0To celebrate, Flow&#8217;s entire spring 2026 program will be filled with the most beautiful, moving, amazing, strange, raw, crazy, and skillful contemporary circus and dance performances. More information about the works can be found on their respective pages. Here is the program for Flow&#8217;s anniversary spring 2026! 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