Give Me 60 Seconds is a dance performance that combines magic, breaking, contemporary dance, acrobatics and other circus skills to create fast-paced, constantly evolving stage situations. The scenes shift as rapidly and captivatingly as short-form videos on social media, offering a continuous stream of visual and thematic stimulation that captures the audience’s attention in an instant.

In today’s attention economy, content competes for audiences’ focus within seconds. In the fast-paced world of social media videos, attention must be captured within the first few seconds. The title of the work refers to a time frame of approximately 60 seconds — the amount of time in which the story of a video must be told in its entirety. Give Me 60 Seconds is a statement: a stage performance can be timely, engaging and entertaining, while challenging its audience at the same time.

The performance brings the pace of short-form video together with the longer time span of a stage work. As the performance unfolds, seemingly disconnected and absurd scenes come together to form a larger whole, offering moments of insight and discovery. The story is told humorously without words, using slapstick and mime. The result is a performance that captures the audience’s attention from the very first moment and holds it until the final bows.

The piece is a collaboration between Kinetic Orchestra, Dance Theatre Minimi, JoJo – Oulu Dance Center, and the Kuopio City Theater, produced with support from the New Classics Fund. The premiere will take place on the Minna-stage at the Kuopio City Theater on 29.4.2027.

Performances in Kuopio, Oulu and Helsinki!

At Kuopio City Theatre
thu 29.4. at 18.30 Premiere
mon 3.5. at 18.30
tue 4.5. at 18.30

In Oulu as part of the JoJo – Oulu Dance Center program:
14.5.

At Helsinki, Cultural Centre Stoa:
17.5.–21.5. (school performances)

At Dance House Helsinki:
24.-25.9.

Choreography: Jarkko Mandelin & working group
Concept: Jarkko Mandelin
Light design: Aku Lahti
Sound design & composing: Janne Hast
Set design: Jarkko Mandelin ja Juha Westman
Choreographer’s assistant: Sanni Giordani
Circus consultant: Luis Sartori do Vale
Performers: Luca Bologna, Sanni Giordani, Saana Leppänen, Oiva Mandelin, Katja Mustonen (Minimi), Jasu Parviainen (Minimi), Aurora Suhonen ja Onni Toivonen
Production: Kinetic Orchestra, Dance Theatre Minimi, JoJo – Oulu Dance Center and Kuopio City Theatre with the support of New Classics Fund