Marja Rautakorpi & Adelante: Criaturas

The work by Marja Rautakorpi and the youth flamenco dance group Adelante wonders about humans as creatures in the accelerating pulse of the world.

Criaturas is a work created by Marja Rautakorpi and the youth flamenco dance group Adelante and it explores humans as creatures in the accelerating pulse of the world. The work poses the question: why did we start to drive individuals apart in a time when we need each other?

Adelante, a flamenco dance group for the new generation assembled by Marja Rautakorpi, is a long-awaited addition to the flamenco scene. The group consists of nine advanced flamenco dancers aged 15–35 from different backgrounds.

The group and the work have been formed in a one-year pilot project (September 2025–August 2026) led by Rautakorpi, whose aim was to build a theatre piece together with young people on themes that are relevant to them. The project was born out of the need to bring together young flamenco artists, to offer them purposeful activities and to support their individual growth towards artistry.

Marja Rautakorpi is a flamenco dancer trained in Finland and Spain, with a master’s degree in dance (2023). She is an artist, educator and producer in the field of independent performing arts. Rautakorpi seeks experimental perspectives on flamenco, encouraging us to listen to flamenco as a shared experience and an inter-artistic possibility, rather than sticking to a strict definition of the art form.

Choreography: Marja Rautakorpi & Adelante
Dance: Hilla Hanhela, Iida Kopra, Camila Laine, Janna Lappalainen, Laura Lindén, Sini Mannerhovi, Nora Mekkid, Roosa Pietilä and Milla-Maija Saari
Music composition and sound design: Juho Suominen

Language: Finnish
Duration: about 1 hour