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Doris Laine


Dancers in Helsinki:

Susanna Aaltonen
Kirsi Aromaa
Felice Chounouzidou
Corinna Dahlström
Özen Erdinc
Marilena Fontoura
Ulrika Hallberg
Kirsi Heino
Kaarina Hjelm
Maija Hänninen
Minne Jorasmaa
Pia Kangasmukko
Venla Konttinen
Anu Koskinen
Hilppa Kujala
Virve Lehtinen
Tuija Lindholm
Sini Länsivuori
Anneke Lönnroth
Anna Meckbach
Ulla-Mari Mäkela
Urpu Pohjavuori
Jaana Puupponen
Ritva Räsänen
Maritta Saxholm
Jane Spackman
Minna Strömberg
Minna Tervamäki
Arja Tervo
Armi Tihtonen
Eeva Tikka
Irma Tirkkonen
Merja Tuohimaa
Tuuli Tuominen
Susanna Vironmäki
Tiina Väänänen
BOYS
Jukka Aromaa
Aku Ahjolinna
Tomi Blöberg
Sevald Cirkov
Karl Hedman
Eero Huttunen
Veli-Pekka Hämäläinen
Jyrki Järvinen
Juha Kirjonen
Tommi Kitti
Sampo Kivelä

 


I first went to Helsinki on Doris Laine’s request to re-stage Roberto Trinchero’s Don Quichotte for two months in 1988. I stayed four and a half years ( five winters !..)

This was a very enriching experience as I was working for the first time for a director who was not a choreographer and whose only goal was not to promote herself but to enhance the company, raise its level and promote dance in general and the Finnish National Ballet in particular.

It allowed me to work on ballets of choreographers of international level :

Don Quichotte Roberto Trinchero D.C. Nils Christe
La Fille Mal Gardée Heinz Spoerli Troy Games Robert North
Lady with the Camelias Domy Reiter Sofer Etudes Harald Lander
MidsummernightsDream Gray Veredon Les Noces Jerome Robbins
Walverwandshaft Tom Schilling Nutcracker Juri Grigorovitch
Rag Time Dance Co. Gray Veredon Salomé Harold Collins
Gala Performance  Anthony Tudor Pulcinella Nils Christe
Divertimento No.15 Georges  Balanchine Fauni Jorma Uotinen
Giselle Ejkaterina Pavlova La Belle Vie Heinz Spoerli

 

Over the years Doris Laine and I have developed  a strong professional relationship and I am proud to still consider her as a friend.

At the end of her term at the head of the Ballet in 1991, Heinz Spoerli invited me to join his team for the Deusche Oper am Rhein in Germany and I accepted.

  Timo Kokkonen
Valeri Kononen
Lauri Lehto
Kare Länsivuori
Juha-Pekka Myllymäki
Jarkko Niininen
Dan-Eje Olsson
Raimo Purtinen
Jarmo Rastas
Thomas Rydberg
Mika Saarelainen
Tero Saarinen
Kimmo Sandell
Mikko Siiskonen
Rune Stehen
Sakari Tiitinen
Petri Toivanen
Klaus Vesala
PekkaYli-Marttila