Co-operation

P.D.C. contributes in many ways in the developement and promotion of dance culture on the west coast and annually employs many dancers and other professional persons, P.D.C. also functions as a dance education centre for young dancers. Over the years P.D.C. has been in collaboration with Pori Theatre, Pori Opera, Rakastajat Theatre, the National Ballet of Finland, TEAK, Art Acadamy of Turku, Kuninkaanhaka High school and many of our country`s professional dancers and international dance celebrities. The following choreographers have worked with the group: Jorma Uotinen, Tero Saarinen, Tommi Kitti, Marjo Kuusela, Liisa Risu, Markku Nenonen, Liisa Nojonen, Benny Bell, Julio E Rivera, Claud Paul Henry, Lynda Martha-Burkel, Pattie Obey, Frank Chaves, Hugo Fanari, Ray Tadio and Gus Giordano.

Professional group

P.D.C. has established its place among professional groups in our country and has won acclaim for its technique and artistic expression, eloquent leaps, precise pirouettes, simultaneousness and intensity are words that have been attached to the group. The groups repertoire has also recieved much international interest and acclaim. The group has toured and performed in many places abroad including Estonia, France, Holland, Germany, Sweden, USA and South Korea. P.D.C. has performed at the St. Petersburg international dance festival and the Aberdeen modern dance festival. The group won the European dance championship in Perpignan in 1990 and Liisa Nojonen won the international choreography competition and the golden jazz shoe in Chicago 1992 and state art prize for dance 2006.

Dancers

Seven dancers form the heart of the group, additional dancers can be engaged, on a production basis as needed. The group has functioned with the help of grants and in the year 2000 was accepted for permanent support by Pori town.

The support association
Body in Motion
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