Born 20th December 1962 in Salla, Finland
Choreographer
STUDIES
1985-1989 Graduated from the London Contemporary Dance School
in Choreography and Contemporary Dance
1982-1984 Studied in University of Turku, Finland
Medical Department, Dentistry
CHOREOGRAPHIES
2003 PRESS THE BUTTON!
Interactive live dance game
for Helsinki Festival
2002 ORNAMENT
solo dance performance for Alppi-sali, House of Culture, Helsinki
2002 THE REVOLUTION OF THE MIDDLE-AGED
choreography and dance with Ólöf Ingólfsdóttir,
for Ólöf Danskompaní, and Zodiak - Center for New Dance in Finland
2001 STRANGE LOVE
for the Department of Dance, Theatre Academy of Finland
2000 AFRODISIAS
for Zodiak - Center for New Dance in Finland
and Stoa - The Cultural Center of Eastern Helsinki
1998 MANAUS
at the Sibelius Academy
1998 ToF
for Helsinki Festival
1998 BUBBLE SPEAKS
for Bagnolet-Finland
1997 SWAN LAKE 97
for Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth and the Theatre Academy of Finland
1996 AKTI
for the Finnish National Gallery
1996 DESERT DANCE
in collaboration with two Namibian dance companies
1995 VIOLET
for Helsinki Dance Arena Festival
1994 HOME ALONE Dance monologue
for the Finnish National Gallery
CHOREOGRAPHIES (continued)
1993 LIFE IS OK WHEN YOU DON'T WEAR A TOUPEE
co-production with Zodiak Presents
1992 COME QUICKLY FOR I'M SEEING STARS
for Helsinki Festival
1992 HELENE AND SISTERS
1991 EVERYMAN'S BOOK OF GIMMICS
for Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth
1991 ON THE BORDER OF EUROPE
for Riverside Dancers
1990 CONCAVOCONVEX
for Dance Theatre Rollo
1989 QUALITY AT LOW PRICES
for Joint in Motion Dance Company, Denmark
1987 ON THE SHORE
Co-production with Ólöf Ingólfsdóttir, Iceland
DANCED FOR
2002 ISMO-PEKKA HEIKINHEIMO in Ornament
2002 ÓLÖF INGÓLFSDÓTTIR and ISMO-PEKKA HEIKINHEIMO
in The Revolution of the Middle-aged
1999 SOILE LAHDENPERÄ in Intimate Thought Reading
1998 RIITTA PASANEN-WILLBERG in Horse Songs
1997 ULLA KOIVISTO in Avajaistanssi
1994 CAROLYN CARLSON in Blue Gate
1992 JESSICA IWANSON in Skagen and in Ballroom
1992 SYLVIE GUILLERMIN in The Light of Snow
1991 KILINA KREMONA in Symphonie Solitude
1990 NANNA NILSSON in Oyster Dream
1990 DIDIER DESCHAMPS in Procession of the Lakes
1989 LEA ANDERSON in Bicentenary of the French Revolution
1985 ANDREW DEGROAT in Thin Ice and in Fan Dance
1993-1994 guest dancer in DANCE THEATRE RAATIKKO
1991-1992 member of DANCE THEATRE HURJARUUTH
1984-1985 member of AURINKOBALETTI Dance Company
DANCE VIDEO
As Director
2002 ToF, for YLE-TV, Finland
As Choreographer
2002 ToF, for YLE-TV, Finland
1993 TRANSVERSUM in collaboration with director Marikki Hakola
As Dancer
1991 KANTELETAR by Arja Petterson
1990 SILENT CITY by Mikko Kallinen
FILM
1993 main role in YOU ARE KILLING ME
drama documentary by JOHN WEBSTER, YLE-TV, Finland
PERFORMANCE ART
2001 With fluxus artist ERIC ANDERSEN
in Amorph!01 International Performance Festival in Helsinki
2001 Matti-Juhani Koponen’s Performance Event
with artist Risto Heikinheimo and Thomas Gabrielson in Helsinki
1990 APEIRON-performance
by JARI and MIKA AALTO-SETÄLÄ and MINNA TARKKA
THEATRE WORK
1994 a play by Aleksandr Vvedenski SOME DISCUSSIONS
directed by ANNETTE ARLANDER
1991 a play by Velimir Hlebnikov MADAME LE NIN
directed by ANNETTE ARLANDER
1982 STUDENT THEATRE OF TURKU, Finland
1975-1979 YOUTH THEATRE OF ROVANIEMI, Finland
PERFORMED IN MUSICALS
1993-1994 GODZINSKY IN OUR HEARTS in Helsinki Swedish Theatre
1992-1993 THE MAN OF LA MANCHA in Helsinki Swedish Theatre
1986-1987 CATS in Helsinki City Theatre, choreography Jorma Uotinen
TEACHING POST
1996-2001 Choreographer, Lecturer in Contemporary Dance, and Member of Faculty
Department of Dance, Theatre Academy of Finland
(1.4.1996 – 31.7.2001)
CONFIDENTIAL POSTS
2002- Member of the Board of ZODIAK - Center for New Dance in Finland
1998- Member of the Artistic Committee of ZODIAK - Center for New Dance in Finland
1996-1998 Member of the Board of ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts)
Dance Section, delegate for the Nordic countries
1996-1998 International Affairs Coordinator of DEPARTMENT OF DANCE,
Theatre Academy of Finland
1994-1997 Member of the Board of DANCERS´ UNION OF FINLAND
AWARDS
1998 Finnish selection at the Finnish platform
of the Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationalés de Seine-Saint Denis
1994 Winner of CADIZ VIDEO COMPETITION with TransVersum Dance Video
LANGUAGES
Finnish, Swedish, English, German and Spanish
