KorFest: BA graduation works – Karin Aarelaid

Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava presents Karin Aarelaids bachelor’s thesis with Korfest, the series of Tallinn University’s BFM choreography curriculum student works

Karin Aarelaid
“Dance Dogma”

The Dance Denomination invites you once again to the Dance Service! This time, we’ll be preaching Dance on November 7 at Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava. Bring along your acquaintances, friends, and family members. Everyone is welcome! 

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“Dance Dogma” calls on us to distinguish between dance and Dance. The Dance Denomination wants to endure, grow, burst its own bubble, and then boogie amid the rubble. “Dance is life, and life is dance” is the credo that the Dance Denomination asks everyone in the audience to seriously consider embracing.

Karin Aarelaid is a young Estonian choreographer and dancer who graduated in 2026 from the Baltic Film, Media, and Arts Institute of Tallinn University. She has performed as a dancer in “s a l i e n c e n e t w o r k” (Julia Vavra) and the dance film “Heirloom” (Elina Ojasaar), and has furthered her training in workshops and intensive courses led by various Estonian and international choreographers

Choreography: Karin Aarelaid
Dancers: Helina Karvak, Marko Reitalu, Berta Parv, Lisette Taube, Mariann Onkel, Merilin Kruberg, Monika Annijerv
Sound designer: Maria Maas
Dramaturgical support: Elle Viies, Oksana Tralla-Anger
Supervisor: Oksana Tralla-Anger, Elle Viies

The performance will be followed by a discussion featuring Karin Aarelaid, Merilin Kruberg, and Georg Eller—artists who presented their final graduation productions at STL between November 5th and 7th.

On October 2nd, Karin Aarelaid was awarded the Mait Agu Prize.

Premiere: 8th of May at Tallinna University hall

Info: heilili@tlu.ee