Culture Path (Elämyspolku) with AB Dance Company – An Inspiring Experience for Schoolchildren

 

AB Dance Company (Aurinkobaletti) is offering lower secondary schoolchildren and children in day care an exciting and fascinating experience in the world of fairytales and dance, and Risto Räppääjä ja Nuudelipää is an excellent piece for them. The dance fairytale is suitable for day care children and primary school children. The performances are organised in AB Dance Company’s theatre.

 

AB Dance Company’s dance piece Risto Räppääjä ja Nuudelipää (Ricky Rapper and Noodlehead) will be a part of the City of Turku’s Culture Path programme (Elämyspolku) 4.−13.3.2025. We are offering 3rd and 5th graders in Turku the opportunity to see the performance and participate in a related discussion session with the dancers €12 per pupil. The price for other schoolchildren and childre in day care in Turku’s neighbouring areas is €13 per pupil. Showtime will start at 10.00 and the performance will be around 55 minutes long. Teachers and other adults may come to our performances with their pupils free-of-charge.

 

Risto Räppääjä and Nuudelipää

A sweet love letter written by Risto Räppääjä’s aunt Rauha winds up in the wrong hands. After that, a series of misunderstandings and blunders begin, and the new neighbouring girl Nelli and her cat Alpo will also get entangled in the mess! Everything that happens before it all gets cleared up will be seen in the show.

This AB Dance Company production is for the whole family! It shows how the friendship between Risto Räppääjä and Nelli Nuudelipää all started. The central theme of the story is friendship and how significant it is to feel accepted and important.

This performance, choreographed by Marjaterttu Willman, directed by Tiina and Sinikka Nopola, and based on the play Risto Räppääjä ja Nuudelipää is full of dance, mime and music!

 

Crew

DANCE DRAMATISATION Tiina Nopola − Sinikka Nopola, based on the play Risto Räppääjä ja Nuudelipää | DANCE ADAPTATION, CHOREOGRAPHY AND DIRECTION Marjaterttu Willman | DANCERS Jonna Aaltonen, Côme Calmelet-Pyykkö, Arttu Halmetoja and Elina Raiskinmäki | SOUND DESIGN AND MUSIC  Janne Masalin | COMPOSING OF THE THEME SONG Iiro Rantala | VISUAL DESIGN AND PROJECTION Jouka Valkama | LIGHT DESING AND SCENOGRAPHY Magnús Sigurðarson | COSTUME DESIGN Kaarina Kopola | PHOTOGRAPHY AND GRAPHIC DESIGN  Jussi Virkkumaa | PRODUCTION AB Dance Company and Ballet Finland | PERFORMANCE RIGHTS MONITORING Nordic Drama Corner Oy

This production has been adapted to the stage by Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola, which was based on their book Risto Räppääjä ja Nuudelipää. The theme song composed by Iiro Rantala. Based on the stage play, the dance adaptation was executed by Marjaterttu Willman. The performance rights of the production is monitored by Nordic Drama Corner Oy.

Premier: 27 Feb 2025 | AB Dance Company, Turku
Lenght: Around 55 min
Suitable for the whole family. (The performance includes one scene with a moment of total darkness.)

 

Performances for schoolchildren and children in day care

Tue 28.10.2025 at 10
Wed 29.10.2025 at 10
Thu 30.10.2025 at 10 

Wed 5.11.2025 at 10
Thu 6.11.2025 at 10 

 

Culture Path for 3rd and 5th Graders in Turku

The City of Turku Culture Path programme supports the goals connected to gaining transversal skills, and it is an advocate of phenomenon-based learning, multidisciplinary learning modules and also the content and objectives of school subjects. Through Culture Path, pupils get to work in learning environments where they will gain experiences with culture, the environment, sustainable development, physical exercise and entrepreneurship through, for example, going on trips and guided tours.

Read more about Culture Path in Finnish here.

 

Performances discussion session for pupils and children in day care in Turku’s neighbouring municipalities

Preschool- and schoolchildren in other municipalities in the Turku Region are being offered the opportunity to see the performance and participate in a related discussion session with the dancers  €13 per child. Teachers and other adults may join their pupils free-of-charge.