The international street and club dance festival VKTY Summer Week happens for the 12th time June 1-7th, 2026. Let’s get together for a full week to train, sweat, have fun, and to enjoy street & club dance culture!
Program
Workshops 1.-6.6.
From Monday to Saturday, you can practice with several professional street and club dance classes led by top Finnish and international teachers. Welcome to train, get inspired and enjoy the good vibes!
We do not recommend classes for beginners. If you have not done a certain dance style, do not participate in a class of that style, if you have been dancing otherwise and want something new for yourself.
The workshops take place in VKTY’s studio (Liesitori 1, 2nd floor of Iso-Myyri).
SCHEDULE
The schedule is subject to change. We will notify those people who have registered for the classes that are affected by the changes by email.
Monday 1.6.
- 18.30-19.45 Hiphop, Gabriel “Gabo” Pinto
- 20.00-21.15 Hiphop choreography, Gabriel “Gabo” Pinto
Tuesday 2.6.
- 17.00-18.15 Dancehall, Prince Blackeagle
- 18.30-19.45 Authentic Jazz, Karri Rasinmäki
- 20.00-21.15 House drills and skills, Lilli Huttula & Ville Louhelainen
Wednesday 3.6.
- 17.00-18.30 Whacking, Axelle “Ebony” Munezero
- 18.30-20.00 Whacking choreography, Axelle “Ebony” Munezero
- 20.00-21.15 House, Lilli Huttula & Ville Louhelainen
Thursday 4.6.
- 17:00-18:30 Litefeet 1*, Kieran Warner
- 18:30-20:00 Litefeet 2*, Kieran Warner
- 20:00-21:15 Punking, Ira Wuolle
*the classes are different from each other
Friday 5.6.
- 17:00-18:15 Commercial, Malachi Simmons
- 18:30-19:45 Choreography, Malachi Simmons
- 18:30-19:45 Grooves, Ama Kyei
- 20:00-21:15 House, Ama Kyei
Saturday 6.6.
- 14:00-15:30 Hiphop, Aaliyah
- 15:45-17:15 Hiphop choreography, Aaliyah
- 18:15-19:30 Clubbing 101, Sophia Wekesa
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Authentic Jazz: Authentic jazz is a fusion of traditional jazz dances performed to jazz music. Expect nimble footwork and a good time!
Choreography: the choreography in this class is strongly based on Malachi’s own dance background. The music can be anything and the choreography combines techniques from different dance styles in a variety of ways.
Clubbing 101: Clubbing 101 is an immersive dance experience! A class on the core elements of club dancing: connection, exchange, interaction and the dramaturgy of a club night. Whether you are an experienced dancer or a complete beginner, this class offers space for creativity, connection and liberation through dance.
Commercial: The class will teach choreography that draws heavily on Malachi’s own dance background. The choreography is specifically based on hip-hop technique, and it is characterized by precise musicality and performance.
Dancehall: The class will practice Jamaican dancehall steps and may include choreography.
Grooves with Ama: Ama’s class will include grooving to house music using an exercise called “school of fish”, which Ama learned from her dance teachers in Ghana. The exercise will involve moving through different grooves and steps together like a school of fish.
Hiphop: The hiphop classes will focus on hiphop technique, may include short combos or sequences, and freestyle exercises.
Hiphop choreography: The class will focus on learning and dancing a longer choreography.
House drills & skills: The class will include house dance technique, advanced combos and variations, and practicing using them in your own freestyle.
House in connection: The class focuses on various social formats of house dance, such as stalking and cyphering. We’ll search for ways to communicate through movement and to really dance with each other, through call & answer, and embodied listening.
Litefeet: in the litefeet classes, you’ll practice basic litefeet techniques and their variations. Class 1 starts with the basics and class 2 continues to build on these basics. You can participate in class 2 even if you can’t make it to class 1.
Punking: In this workshop, we’ll dive into punking through posing, whacking, and punking itself. We’ll explore a few references from the history of punking that can serve as a gateway to discovering new ways of self-expression. We’ll do exercises that focus on expression, storytelling, and cinematic elements.
Whacking: in the class, you’ll practice whacking technique and do various improvisation exercises. Welcome to get empowered!
Whacking choreography: in this class you’ll learn a whacking choreography and dance it through.
Saturday’s evening program
Saturday evening is reserved for mutual downtime. Bring your own snacks and drinks, good vibes, and your friends with you! This program is free of charge, so you can come and go freely. We will have some good tunes playing in the bigger studio (possibly provided by a few deejays), so the ones that want to have a session, can do so.
We will also bring a projector and a few movie options. You can bring board games, twister, or anything else you wish that we can do/play/enjoy together. Our wish is to get to spend some time together with the street dance community in a pressure-free way.
Main event
The week’s highlight is the main event on Sunday June 7th! We’ll get to enjoy dance through battles and jam time. This year we’ll have four battle categories: hiphop 1 vs. 1, house 1 vs. 1, whacking 1 vs. 1, and all styles crew battle.
The main event takes place in Skenesali (Jönsaksentie 6).
Schedule
- 12.00 doors open
- 12.00-12.30 pre jam hiphop
- 12.30-13.30 hiphop preselection
- 13.30-13.45 open floor house
- 13.45-14.15 house preselection
- 14.15-14.30 open floor funk
- 14.30-15.00 whacking preselection
- 15.00-15.15 open floor
- 15.15-16.00 all styles crew preselection showcases
- 16.00-16.15 open floor
- 16.15-17.00 hiphop top 8 & top 4
- 17.00-17.45 house top 8 & top 4
- 17.45-18.30 whacking top 8 & top 4
- 18.30-18.45 all styles crew final
- 18.45-19.00 open floor
- 19.00-19.15 judges’ showcases
- 19.15-19.45 all finals
- 19.45-20.00 open floor
Judges
- Hiphop 1 vs. 1: Aaliyah
- House 1 vs. 1: Ama
- Whacking 1 vs. 1: Axelle
- All styles crew battle: Aaliyah, Ama & Axelle
Rules
The concept is the same for all the 1 vs. 1 battles. In the preselection, we invite 5 dancers at a time to the floor, and then they go 1 by 1 for one minute. The judge of the category will choose 8 dancers to go through. In the top 8 battles, each dancer has 1 minute, and in the top 4 and the final each dancer has 2 x 1 minute.
In the all styles crew battle, there is room for 8 groups. Each group must prepare a preselection showcase that can last a maximum of 3 minutes. The judges will choose two crews to go straight into the final that will last for 15 minutes.
Prices
Workshops
PRICE GROUP 1
Price group 1: all 75-minute workshops
- 1-2 workshops: 16 € per workshop
- 3-5 workshops: 15 € per workshop
- 6+ workshops: 14 € per workshop
PRICE GROUP 2
Price group 2: 90-minute-long workshops by our international top tier teachers (Axelle, Kieran ja Aaliyah). This price group contains normal prices and discounted prices for students, the unemployed, retirees, and conscripts.
Normal prices
- 1 workshop = 35 €
- 2 workshops = 65 €
- 3 workshops = 90 €
- 4 workshops = 110 €
- 5 workshops = 130 €
- 6 workshops = 150 €
Discounted prices
- 1 workshop = 30 €
- 2 workshops = 55 €
- 3 workshops = 75 €
- 4 workshops = 90 €
- 5 workshops = 105 €
- 6 workshops = 120 €
If you belong to a discount group, please be prepared to show that you belong to the group when you arrive at the courses. Proof of this can be a valid student, pensioner or conscript card, a receipt for Kela benefit payment or a certificate of jobseeker status from the Job Market Service.
A limited number of pay what you can places are reserved for workshops in price group 2.
Main event
EARLY BIRD TICKETS
We are selling a limited number of early bird tickets for the main event! Early bird tickets are available for booking from April 17th and can be booked until April 30th or while stocks last.
- Participant ticket 12 €
- Audience ticket 12 €
NORMAL PRICED TICKETS
The sales of normal priced tickets to the main event start on May 1st.
- Participant ticket 17 € (one ticket to all categories)
- Audience ticket 17 €
- Audience ticket, discount groups 15 €
- Audience ticket, under 7-year-olds 0 €
If you belong to a discount group, please be prepared to show that you belong to the group when you arrive at the courses. Proof of this can be a valid student, pensioner or conscript card, a receipt for Kela benefit payment or a certificate of jobseeker status from the Job Market Service.
PAY WHAT YOU CAN AND PAY IT FORWARD
A limited number of pay-what-you-can tickets are available for the event. These tickets can be requested at the door on the day of the event.
If you are financially well off and want to support people in a less fortunate situation, you can purchase a pay it forward ticket partially or fully.
Registration / tickets
Workshops
Cancellation policy
- All registrations are binding.
- If you do not cancel your registration, we will always charge 100 % of the full price.
- If you cancel on the same day, we will charge 50 % of the full price.
- If you cancel 1-2 days before the workshop, we will charge 25 % of the full price.
- If you cancel at least 3 days before the class, we will not charge anything.
- With a doctor’s or a nurse’s note, we will not charge anything even if the cancellation is done on the same day as the workshop.
All cancellations must be done by email to the address lilli . huttula (at) vantaankatutanssi . fi (remove the spaces)
Main event
Please make sure that you arrive at the venue at least 30 minutes before your battle category starts and confirm your registration on the spot.