Text: Falk Richter
Finnish translation: Maria Peura
Premiere 9th October 2025
Dance House Helsinki, Pannuhalli Stage
Helsinki
Duration 1 hour 45 minutes.
No intermission.
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About the work
What do we trust in – and what happens when that trust is shaken?
TRUST examines life in a world where people build their relationships and identities amidst uncertainty, economic crises, and global upheavals.
The work highlights themes of trust in relation to economic systems, technology, loved ones, and ourselves, and asks how we can truly trust anything today.
TRUST on nopeatempoinen tanssiteatteriteos, jossa viiden esiintyjän ja muusikon liike, puhe ja musiikki lomittuvat yhdeksi näyttämölliseksi kudelmaksi.
TRUST is a fast-paced dance theater piece in which the movements, speech, and music of five performers and a musician intertwine into a single scenic tapestry.
TRUST offers the viewer the opportunity to experience the work not only intellectually but also through physical sensations: what do the movements, lines, and images evoke in the body, and what kinds of feelings, memories, and questions do they raise?
“Based on the preview, the performers’ movements and the punchy text have been synchronized in an almost hypnotic way.” Tuomas Rantanen, Voima 3.9.2025
TRUST is based on a play written in 2008 by German playwright and director Falk Richter, which was created in the midst of the financial crisis. Richter’s theater is not content with depicting the private sphere, but brings society to the stage.
”When corrupt bankers were allowed to continue, it undermined confidence in the entire political system. I explored (in Trust) how that atmosphere was also reflected in interpersonal relationships.” Falk Richter, Helsingin Sanomat 4.6.2025
The interpretation by Tsuumi Dance Theater and Theater Metamorphosis brings TRUST to the present day, when trust in institutions, people, and the future feels more fragile than ever.
From the audience
“A visual ORGASM! Every sound and every single song was just perfection. There was so much to observe, I love it!”
“Contemporary, captivating, visually impressive… catchy music, interesting themes.”
“As a millennial and a child of the recession, living through the rush years, it really resonated with me! The body language was compelling… The group’s unison recitations were like modern prayers and capitalism as a religion.”
“Thank you so much! Intense, thought-provoking, dystopian in a good way!”
Artistic team
Performers Salla Korja, Anna Kuusamo, Leena Nordberg, Miro Puranen, Sofia Smeds
Musician Joonas Outakoski
Direction, dramaturgy, choreography Davide Giovanzana, Samuli Nordberg
Assistant director Asko Halonen
Lighting and video design Ilari Kallinen
Costume and set design Mirkka Nyrhinen
Sewer Jenni Nykänen
Assistant sewer Päivi Pursiainen
Metalwork Lavasteverstas graniitti Oy
Sound design, music, and composition Joonas Outakoski
Sound engineering Joonas Outakoski & Tuukka Tervo
Media and video dramaturgy Asko Halonen
Text Falk Richter
Finnish translation Maria Peura
English subtitles Maja Zade
Marketing videos and photos Kim Saarinen
Production
Tsuumi Dance Theatre Salla Korja, Minna Rouni, Heidi Yli-Yrjänäinen, Alli Mattila
Teatteri Metamorfoosi Luc Gerardin, Eveliina Aaltonen
The rights to the performance are controlled by Nordic Drama Corner
Tsuumi Dance Theater is supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture and the City of Helsinki.
Teatteri Metamorfoosi is supported by the Arts Promotion Center Finland and the City of Helsinki.
Thank you
The staff of Dance House Helsinki, Teatterimonttu, Dance Theater Raatikko, Performance Sirkus, and Liisa Pentti & Co.
NÄTY, Tampereen Työväen Teatteri, Klockricketeatern
Test audiences at Raatikko
Goethe-Institut Finnland, Laura Åkerlund
City of Vantaa
Pietu Pietiäinen
Elina Hjelt
Scantarp
All those who supported the rehearsal and production process of the performance
Performances
Premiere 9th October 2025 at 18.30
Dance House Helsinki, Pannuhalli Stage
Helsinki
Performances
Friday 10th October 2025 at 18.30
Saturday 11th October 2025 at 13 & at 18.30
In the spring of 2026 TRUST is presented in Dance House Helsinki Erkko Stage between 15th and 17th April 2026.
Upcoming
Ilta Tanssiteatteri Tsuumin ja ystävien seurassa
Tanssin talon Pannuhallissa 19.–21.11.2025
Presenting: Kake – Tiellä tähtiin, Etydejä erinomaisuudesta, Hutiklubi ja Vielä Uudempi Kipparikvartetti. Tickets!
Eribon – Torikka – Giovanzana
ITSEEN KIRJOITETTU (Retour à Reims)
Premiere 20.2.2026 Eino Salmelaisen näyttämö, Tampereen Työväen Teatteri
Tickets!