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The Bravo! festival for children's and young people's performing arts will be held online from 6.-14.3.2021. Online performances are free to watch.

The pandemic has cancelled many children's cultural events over the past year, but fortunately, a sure sign of spring—the international Bravo! festival for children's and young people's performing arts—will take place in March as usual. This year, Bravo's program will be enjoyed virtually, and thanks to this, you can enjoy the festival's offerings more widely from the comfort of your own living room. Only the live performances taking place in the festival's indoor venues will be moved from March to autumn as part of the cultural centers' programs.
The Bravo! festival is being held for the 11th time in collaboration with Finnish Centre for Children's Culture Suomen Assitej and the culture departments of the metropolitan municipalities. The 2021 festival focuses on domestic performing arts with international and digital flavors.

Pienten Helsinki has selected its own favorites from the spring 2021 Bravo! festival program. There's puppet theater, dance, contemporary circus, and participatory activities on offer. The complete festival program can be found on Bravo!'s website.

Pienten Helsinki recommends!

Highlights from the spring 2021 Bravo! festival online program

Ilmatila (Finland):
OPUNTIA
Opuntia is a work created in the Winter Garden's Cactus Room, named after the Opuntia cactus genus. Both the room's architecture and the placement of different plants in the space have influenced the choreography. Age recommendation: all ages.
Performance can be viewed 6.-14.3.2021.

A Line Art (Great Britain):
ANNA & ARJI'S BROOM CUPBOARD
A Line Art's Anna Bruder and Arji Manuelpillai's Anna & Arji's Broom Cupboard offers participatory and playful art and craft activities, stories, poems, and games lasting 5-15 minutes that the whole family can play and enjoy together. Performance language: English / British Sign Language. Age recommendation: 3-7-year-olds with families.
Performance can be viewed 6.-14.3.2021.

Puppet Theater Kuuma Ankanpoikanen & TEHDAS Theater (Finland):
Princess Pikkiriikki - Hero of All Troublemakers
"Princess Pikkiriikki - Hero of All Troublemakers" is a puppet theater performance for kindergarten and elementary school-age children. The performance is based on Hannele Lampela and Ninka Reittu's delightful children's book series, which is being adapted for puppets for the first time. Age recommendation: 5-10-year-olds.
The performance will be live-streamed at the Bravo! festival on Sunday 7.3.2021 at 18:00 and can then be watched as a recording until 14.3.2021.

Teater Koja (Finland)
VI OCH VILDA VÄSEN / KINGDOM OF THE WILD CREATURES
Performance language: Swedish.
Vi och vilda väsen är en förtjusande föreställning full med finurlig fakta och filosofiska funderingar om planeten vi bor på. Pjäsen är en hyllning till allt som lever och dör men också en stund för att undra och fundera över sånt vi inte vet. Age recommendation: 4-8-year-olds.
The performance will be live-streamed on 7.3.2021 at 15:00 at the Bravo! festival and the recording can then be watched until 14.3.2021.
Föreställningen livestreamas under Bravo!-festivalen den 7.3.2021 kl 15.00 och inspelningen kan därefter ses ända till den 14.3.2021.

Company Portmanteau (Finland):
DOT, DOT, DOT
Dot, dot, dot is a multidisciplinary performance for children and young audiences that combines contemporary circus, dance, and live visual art. Age recommendation: 4-year-olds and older.
Online performance times in March 2021:
Wednesday 10.3.2021 at 9:00
Saturday 13.3.2021 at 15:00

Agit-Cirk (Finland):
TENHO OUTDOOR
The contemporary circus performance Tenho unearths memories and images of the circus and brings them to life. Through feats of skill, the audience gets the opportunity to experience the magic of circus from the past. The performance features genuine strongman stunts, Chinese pole acrobatics, and partner acrobatics. It's full of surprises and wonders for the whole family. Age recommendation: all ages.
The performance will be live-streamed at the Bravo! festival on Wednesday 10.3.2021 at 18:00 and can then be watched as a recording until 14.3.2021.

The complete festival program can be found on Bravo!'s website.