The aim of the project was to develop cooperation in the artistic fields of theatre and dance in the Republic of Karelia. The project intended to make the methods of dance trends known on both sides as well as strengthen the technical knowledge of the students of dance in the Outokumpu Vocational College, with the assistance of Russian specialists in classical dance. The intention was also to survey the state of new dance forms and to make the trends of new Finnish dance known in the Republic of Karelia. In the field of theatre, the plan was to implement a coproduction of the Joensuu City Theatre and the Petrozavodsk National Theatre, exchange of theatre productions and to strengthen the joint marketing of regional theatres.