"Skeleton Crew": Timeless Films Ltd. "Meeting Bernard": Halava Films Ltd. "The Greatest Enemy": The World Food Program "Toy Story: The World Food Program "The Orchestra": Halava Films Ltd. Read more...
JANUARY 1 2010 SKELETON CREW WILL BE RELEASED IN FINLAND BY FINNKINO JANUARY 22, 2010.
"I really thought David Yoken was fantastic as Bruce, the “experienced” actor of the group who still insisted on giving an over-the-top, Vincent Price-style performance!" - Fatally Yours Read more...
SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 "SKELETON CREW" WORLD CINEMATIC PREMIERE AT THE HELSINKI INTERNATIONAL LOVE AND ANARCHY FILM FESTIVAL.
DAVID STARS AS HOLLYWOOD ACTOR BRUCE WHO IS IN FINLAND TO MAKE A HORROR MOVIE IN WHICH HE PLAYS DR. ANDERSSON...IN THIS FEATURE FILM FROM TIMELESS FILMS LTD.
SEPTEMBER 12 - 20, 2009 DAVID IS CAST AS ONE OF TWO LEAD CHARACTERS IN THE FILM "THE ORCHESTRA" BEING SHOT ON LOCATION IN FINLAND Read more...
SEPTEMBER 2 - 5 DAVID TRAVELS TO STOCKHOLM SWEDEN WHERE HE IS THE CO-ORDINATOR FOR THE EXPLORATIONS IN MUSIC AND DANCE NETWORK.
David will be working with his colleagues from Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania at the Sweden Royal College of Music, Stockholm and the Swedish University College of Dance, Stockholm.
DAVID TRAVELS BACK TO REYKJAVIK, ICELAND WHERE HE WILL BE A GUEST LECTURER AT THE ICELAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS.
David will be teaching a workshop in collaboration with Icelandic Dancer/Choreographer Sveinbjorg Þórhallsdóttir. Read more...
JULY 21 2009 JULY 21 2009..."SKELETON CREW", THE MOVIE OFFICIALLY RELEASED ON DVD AND IN SELECTED THEATERS IN THE USA!
SEE DAVID IN THIS FEATURE HORROR MOVIE. DAVID PLAYS LOS ANGELES ACTOR "BRUCE" WHO IS CAST IN A FINNISH MOVIE PRODUCTION. "BRUCE" IS ACTING AS "DR. ANDERSON", A FINNISH DOCTOR WHO HAS KILLED HIS PATIENTS IN THE MAKING OF SNUFF FILMS...A FILM WITHIN A FILM!
MARCH 18 2009 David spent a number of days at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA with support from the Finnish Ministry of Education. He met with Northwestern University officials Provost Daniel Linzer, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education Ronald Braeutigam, and Devora Grynspan, Assistant to the President for International Programs. Their discussions focused upon the development of on going, sustainable student exchange programs between Northwestern University and the Arts Academy, Turku, Finland. David also visited the John Cage Archives at Northwestern University's Music Library, where John Cage has deposited David's 1986 video performance of the Cage percussion solo 27' 10.554" For A Percussionist.
David also spent time with his Arts Academy, Department of Dance's Northwestern University "Undergraduate Scholars" Saana Ojala and Mirva Väänänen. Saana and Mirva have also been performing as professional dancers in Billy Siegenfeld's Jump Rhythm Jazz Project, which David had the delight to see in performance. Read more...
FEBRUARY 18 2009
DAVID WAS IN TALLINN, ESTONIA REHEARSING, RECORDING, AND PERFORMING WITH THE WONDERFUL ESTONIAN BAND INDIGOLAPSED / INDIGO CHILDREN. HE ALSO WORKED WITH RECORDING ENGINEER/PRODUCER MERIKE MÖKSI-SUSI FROM THE ESTONIAN BAND FUNKI FACTORI
JANUARY 23 - FEBRUARY 2, 2009 DAVID TRAVELS BACK TO REYKJAVIK, ICELAND WHERE HE WILL BE A GUEST LECTURER AT THE ICELAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS.
DAVID WILL BE LECTURING ON JOHN CAGE AND ALSO HAVING REHEARSALS WITH MUSICIAN/COMPOSER LYDIA GRÉTARSDÓTTIR. Read more...
JANUARY 8 - 11, 2009
DAVID TRAVELS TO TALLINN, ESTONIA FOR MEETINGS ABOUT TURKU/TALLINN CULTURE 2011 AND THE CENTRAL BALTIC PROJECT.
DAVID WILL ALSO BE A GUEST MUSICIAN WITH THE ESTONIAN BAND INDIGOLAPSED / INDIGO CHILDREN. Read more...
DECEMBER 23, 2008 - JANUARY 2, 2008
DAVID TRAVELS TO MONZA, ITALY AND HAS EXCHANGES/MEETINGS WITH THE MONZA CITY DIRECTOR OF CULTURE REGARDING A POSSIBLE FUTURE CITY OF MONZA'S "FINNISH YOUNG EMERGING ARTISTS' FESTIVAL". Read more...
NOVEMBER 26 - 30, 2008
DAVID LEADS A LARGE DELEGATION OF DANCERS AND MUSICIANS IN THE EXPLORATIONS IN MUSIC AND DANCE / EMD NETWORK WORKSHOP AT THE ICELAND ARTS ACADEMY, REYKJAVIK ICELAND Read more...
JULY 7, 2008
DAVID HAS BEEN CAST AS THE LEAD IN THE MOVIE "MEETING BERNARD" A ROMANTIC COMEDY. HE PLAYS THE NEW YORKER "BERNARD" WHO TRAVELS TO FINLAND TO MEET HIS FINNISH GIRLFRIEND...BUT THROUGH A SERIES OF TWISTS AND TURNS THE WOMAN HE CALLS HAS NO IDEA WHO HE IS. "MEETING BERNARD" IS WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JOONAS RUTANEN. SHOOTING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY ON LOCATION IN FINLAND Read more...
MAY 6, 2008
NEWS FLASH!!!!!
SEE/HEAR DAVID IN THE FEATURE HORROR FILM "SKELETON CREW". DAVID PLAYS LOS ANGELES ACTOR "BRUCE" WHO IS ACTING AS DR. ANDERSON, A FINNISH DOCTOR WHO HAS KILLED HIS PATIENTS IN THE MAKING OF SNUFF FILMS!
THAT'S DAVID WITH THE ELECTRIC DRILL, GETTING SAWED IN HALF AND HIS VOICE OVER AT THE END THE TEASERS. HE ALSO CAN BE SEEN IN THE TRAILER.
APRIL 6 - 12, 2008 DAVID IS BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHOREOGRAPHY, TALLINN UNIVERSITY, TALLINN, ESTONIA FOR A WEEK OF GUEST TEACHING. Read more...
FEBRUARY 6 - 10, 2008 DAVID IS GUEST LECTURING IN VILNIUS, LITHUANIA. Read more...
JANUARY 24 - 27, 2008 DAVID IS GUEST TEACHING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF CHOREOGRAPHY, TALLINN UNIVERSITY, TALLINN, ESTONIA Read more...
JANUARY 10 - 13, 2008 DAVID LEADS EXPLORATION IN MUSIC AND DANCE /EMD NETWORK MEETINGS AT THE DANISH NATIONAL SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY DANCE, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK Read more...
NOVEMBER 14 - 18, 2007 DAVID TRAVELS TO REYKJAVIK, ICELAND FOR MEETINGS REGARDING THE DANCE AND MEDIA ARTS / DAMA NETWORK Read more...
OCTOBER 6 - 13, 2007 DAVID PRODUCES A WEEK LONG MUSIC AND DANCE IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP, TURKU, FINLAND. Read more...
SEPTEMBER 28, 2007 DAVID HAS JUST COMPLETED FILMING AS A LEAD ACTOR IN A MAJOR FEATURE MOVIE BEING SHOT IN FINLAND Read more...
MARCH 20, 2007 DAVID IS COLLABORATING WITH FINNISH DANCER/CHOREOGRAPHER MARIA KANANEN AND SWISS COMPOSER/MUSICIAN IVAN MASHA K. ON THE WORK ENTITLED "SHEERNESS".
DECEMBER 24, 2006 DAVID RECEIVES SWEDISH-FINNISH CULTURAL FUND'S ARTISTIC GRANT Read more...
NOVEMBER 27, 2006 DAVID CO-ORDINATES THE EXPLORATIONS IN MUSIC AND DANCE TWO DAY WORKSHOP AT THE KUOPIO ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DANCE, KUOPIO, FINLAND Read more...
NOVEMBER 20, 2006 DAVID IS GUEST LECTURER AT THE DEPARTMENT OF CHOREOGRAPHY, TALLIN UNIVERSITY AND THE TALLINN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS, SCHOOL OF MUSIC Read more...
OCTOBER 28, 2006 DAVID PRODUCES RESIDENCY OF DANCE ARTIST-CHOREOGRAPHER-PROFESSOR BILLY SIEGENFELD AND HIS JUMP RHYTHM JAZZ PROJECT REHEARSAL DIRECTOR BRANDI COLEMAN AT THE ARTS ACADEMY, TURKU, FINLAND Read more...
SEPTEMBER 13, 2006 DAVID IS INVITED TO COLLABORATE WITH SWEDISH DANCE COMPANY Read more...
AUGUST 5, 2006 A BUSY SUMMER WORKING ON NEW PROJECTS FOR DAVID. Read more...
FEBRUARY 5, 2006 DAVID IS THE PRODUCER/PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR OF THE DANCE AND MEDIA ARTS / DAMA PROJECT. Read more...
NOVEMBER 20, 2005 DAVID'S MUSIC IS PART OF FIRST PLACE COMPETITION Read more...
OCTOBER 25, 2005 DAVID HAD JUST RETURNED FROM COPENHAGEN, DENMARK Read more...
SEPTEMBER 2005 DAVID HAS JUST RETURNED FROM REYKJAVIK, ICELLAND Read more...
JULY 27, 2005 DAVID BEGINS WORK WITH THE DANCE THEATRE OF IRELAND Read more...
JULY 20, 2005 DAVID JUST BACK FROM NEW YORK I had a productive time in New York and had the opportunity to visit SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO'S World Headquarters at 1221 Avenue of the Americas. This is a remarkable company and I would recommend anyone with a bit of extra cash to invest in SIRIUS stock (SIRI on NASDAQ)! Read more...
JUNE 22, 2005 DAVID RECORDS VOICE OVER NARRATIONS FOR A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD COMPANY. Read more...
DAVID FEATURED IN THE HELSINKI NEWS Monday June 20th, David was featured in a lengthy interview in the Helsinki Sanomat (Helsinki News, the main nationally distributed daily Finnish newspaper). Read more...
DAVID FEATURED IN THE WASHINGTON POST David and his colleagues are featured in the Washington Post. Read more...
JUNE 2005 David will be composer-musician in residence at the Kuopio Music and Dance Festival. Read more...
APRIL - MAY 2005 David will be traveling to Reykjavik, Iceland April 22nd - May 1st. Read more...
MARCH 2005 David will be traveling to Nice, France March February 26th - March 5th. Read more...