SAAL Biennaal 2027

SAAL Biennaal is an international performing arts festival taking place in Tallinn and organised by Kanuti Gildi SAAL. The next edition will be the second time the festival is curated collectively, something we started as an experiment in the 20th anniversary year, in 2023. Each edition of the festival has highlighted sensitive social issues that may otherwise be left unnoticed in the background. Although there has never been a previous agreement on a certain theme or format, this will be the same for our coming edition.

SAAL Biennaal started as a contemporary dance festival under the name of August DanceFestival and has been in constant transition, along with the natural development of the merging art forms from contemporary dance towards performing arts and now beyond, as the latest editions also include (performative) installations and exhibitions.