Helsinki Morrisers
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Helsinki Morrisers
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The Helsinki Morrisers are a thoroughly mixed(up)Morris Dance side started around 1993 in downtown Annankatu. The first performance took place on a sunny summer evening at the British Embassy, from where original logo, a sycamore seed, comes. The costume has changed considerably since them, and reflecting the membership now includes some Marimekko design Since 1996 we have been active members of the Arctic Morris Association along with Eken Morris from Stockholm. Ales (not beers but an ancient word for a gathering of morris dancers!!) with them have been held almost every year since then in either Helsinki or Stockholm. See here for pics of the 2013 Ale, from Chris Cox of Sarum Morris, Salisbury UK. For practices we still are very happy to be able to use the Finnish-British Society in central Helsinki (Frederikinkatu 20A - p.+3589 6877020 and at Finnbrits) - every first Friday of the month at 5pm and and every third Sunday at noon. Just come along and meet us if you fancy a go! Over the years local venues have included Tavastia Klubi, Helsinki Railway Station, Kallio Flower Festival, as well as Kaustinen and Rääkylä Music Festivals, the annual May Day dance on Helsinki streets, and more such as on the ice photo, or Morris on Ice video and from Saint Petersburg this! STOP PRESS - UPCOMING ACTIONSee below for May Day in Helsinki 2023 Next step - we will be July 12/13 at Kaustinen Festival, and in August there are plans to dance in Rakvere, Estonia. We will hopefully be dancing with the same energy as in the pic below and as we did a while ago at Kuopio Dance Festival
Current styles of dancing include a mix of Border(Shropshire Bedlams), Molly(Ousewash and Gog Magog), Cotswold (via Eken Morris) and Helsinki traditions. Here's a short video of us performing our own Sibelius dance in Wimborne a few summers ago..
Below - Vappu Day dancing 2023 next to Cafe Ursula, by Kaivopuisto Park dancing Tinners Rabbit
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