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CV: CV
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Finnish (mother tongue), English, Spanish, Russian
EDUCATION
2011-2016 Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Music and Dance department – Bachelor of Arts, Dance teacher
2013-2014 Exchange year Dance and Choreography studies, Institut del Teatre, CSD, Barcelona, Spain
GRANTS
2024 Art for Queer Seniors-project, 150 000e, the City of Helsinki
2023 Art for Queer Seniors-project, 90 000e, the City of Helsinki
2021 Working grant, 15 000e, Koneen säätiö
2021 Working grant, 4000e, Arts Promotion Centre
2020 Working grant, 3000e, Arts Promotion Centre
2020 Artist Grant, 7600e, Arts Promotion Centre
2020 Co-production Grant, 9942e, Regional Centre for Eastern Finland Dance
2019 Production Grant, 6000e, Finnish Cultural Foundation
2019 Production grant, 5000e, Arts Promotion Centre, Finland
2018 Production grant, 4 400e, Regional Dance Center of Eastern Finland
2018 Artistic work grant, 10 200e, Arts Promotion Center, The Arts Council of North Savo
2018 Grant, 2000e, Arts Promotion Center
2017 Production grant, 4 000e, Regional Dance Center of Eastern Finland
2017 Artistic work grant, 8 500e, Arts Promotion Center, The Arts Council of North Savo
2017 Art Cafe – Story of a Body, 2000e, Suomi 100-regional grant, Regional Council of Pohjois-Savo
2017 Production grant(working group), 4800e, Regional Dance Center of Eastern Finland
2016 My Top 10-dance workshops, 1200e, City of Kuopio
2015 Interactive community art event, 5000e, North Savo Regional Fund, Finnish Cultural Foundation
RECENT DANCER WORK EXPERIENCE
2023 Crush[ing], choreographer, community artist, City of Helsinki
2022 AVY - solo project, dancer, sound artist, Kone Foundation
2022 From a Great Height, dancer, director Suvi Kemppainen
2021 Paradise, sound design, production, Eevi Tolvanen, Sampo Jaakkola, Ilmasto-olkkari, City of Kuopio
2021 I LAND, dance/direction, Eevi Tolvanen, Anna-Maria Väisänen, Loren Kronemyer, Sampo Jaakkola, ITAK, Kuopio
2021 MUSTARINDA, residency, I LAND-work, Mustarinda Association
2020-21 AVY solo project, dance/sound design
March 2020 Slave for You, power relations, dystopia, SOTKU, FINLAND
September 2018 Future Divercities Artist lab, ANTI-festival
September 2018 Double Bubble, ITÄ-festival, STOA
August 2018 B I L, a fusion of dance, materialism and music by five artists and a special needs group, Joensuu PARAFESTIVAL, The City Theater of Joensuu, Regional Dance Center of Eastern Finland, Kuopio
June-September 2018 Double Bubble, a dance duet based on contact improvisation, Dancers Eevi Tolvanen, Mirva Mäkinen, music Tuomas Juntunen, Sotku Theater, Partner Regional Dance Center of Eastern Finland, Arts Promotion Center
June 2018 TDC, first full length performance
May 2018 B I L, a fusion of dance, materialism and music by five artists and a special needs group, Sotku Theater, Regional Dance Center of Eastern Finland, City of Kuopio, Kuopio
April 2018 Discourse of Nakedness, ZODIAK, Helsinki, Arts promotion Center
November 2017 The Other, a trio dance performance about otherness, Choreographer Mirva Mäkinen, Caisa Cultural Center, Partners: Arts Promotion Center, Caisa Cultural Center
2017 Discourse of Nakedness, a dance piece that discusses womanhood and women’s role, Residency and performances: Public Artistic Affairs, Dock 11-Berlin, Tanssi itää -Kuopio, Yksin sateessa-festival-Joensuu, Paikallisliike-festival- Kuopio
2017 Body Installataion Loop, a fusion of dance, materialism and music by five artists and a special needs group, Theater Sotku, Regional Dance Center of Eastern Finland, Kuopio
2017 Art Cafe - Story of a Body, pictures of an alternative Finland from the point of view of immigrants and native Finns, Theater Sotku, Regional Dance Center of Eastern Finland, Kuopio
2016 Eevi and Luka, contact improv duet, Die Etage, Berlin
2016 Forest Dwellers/Metsän väki, dancer, old mental hospital of Lapinlahti, Helsinki
2015 Spherical Space, performance based on contact improv, dancer, choreographer Mirva Mäkinen. Performances: Echo Echo Festival of Dance and Movement - Irland, Publiikki – Helsinki, Circo – Helsinki
RECENT DANCE PEDAGOGUE AND DANCE COMMUNITY ARTIST EXPERIENCE
2017-> Tavis Dance Company, founder, facilitator, Regional Dance Centre of Eastern Finland, Kuopio
2022-> Queer Dance Group, founder, director/producer, dance group for queer and trans people, Reality Research Center
2023-2025 Art for Queer Seniors project, Reality Research Center, City of Helsinki, Finland
2022-2023 Project Producer, Reality Research Center, Tanssikaverit, Helsingin malli, Helsinki
2022-2023 Part-time dance teacher at Kallio High School, Helsinki
2022-2023 Art workshops for young people, Art as a support for learning, City of Vantaa
2022 TOOLBOX #20 and #21, workshop artist, UrbanApa, Helsinki
2022 SoiJaTanssit festival 2022, producer, artist, art festival, Kuopio, Finland
2020-2022 HUUMA dance workshops, ESF project, Dance Theatre Raatikko, Children and Youth Foundation, ELY, Vantaa
2022 Meet Me Halfway Festival, communication and marketing, Helsinki
2022 Improvisation dance group, teacher, Helsingin työväenopisto, Helsinki
2021 SoiJaTanssit festival, founder member, producer, artist, arts festival, Kuopio
2021 MEK-workshops, community dance workshops for 1-2nd graders, Dance Theatre Raatikko
2019-2021 HUUMA dance workshops, Future skills for young people through dance, 3-year ESF project, ANTI- Contemporary Art Festival, Children and Youth Foundation, ELY
2019-2020 Godmother artist in youth work, the City of Kuopio
2017-> Tavis Dance Company, Regional Dance Center of Eastern Finland
2019 Contact improvisation workshop, Regional Dance Center of Eastern Finland
2019-> Leading Contact jams, Regional Dance Center of Eastern Finland
2019 Dance artist in youth work, engaging cultural youth work, City of Kuopio
2019 Contact improvisation classes, Peaceable Barn and Earthdance, USA
2019 Contact improvisation classes, Salt Spring Island CI Festival, Canada
2018 Contact improvisation workshop, Die Etage, Berlin
2018 "Commando-kitchen", interactive performance made with local youngsters, Varjofestival, City of Kuopio
2018 A Tribe, youth work, City of Kuopio
2018 Dance workshops for elderly at nursing homes and activity centers, City of Kuopio
2017 Contact improvisation workshop, Die Etage, Berlin
2017 Näe minut-kuule meidät! – See me - Hear us! - project to develop the art activities for people with special needs, Finnish Cultural Foundation-North Savo Regional Fund, Regional Dance Center of Eastern Finland, City of Kuopio, Savon Vammaisasuntosäätiö, Savon koulutuskuntayhtymä, Savonia University of Applied Siencies
2017 Dance workshops for elderly, Kulttuuri vanhustyön tukena (Culture supporting elderly care work), at nursing home and activity center, Partners: City of Kuopio, Kuopio
2016-2017 My Top 10 - Story of a Body, multicultural dance workshops for 12-29 -year olds part of a performance process, Partners: Arts Promotion Center Finland, City of Kuopio, Regional Dance Center of Eastern Finland, Girls House, Vamos Kuopio, Kompassi, Setlementti Puijola, Refugee Center Tarina, Kuopio
2016-2017 Tujaus, Dance workshop for people with special needs, Partner: City of Kuopio, Kuopio
2016-2017 Girls House, dance workshops to develop and courage self expression,Partner: City of Kuopio, Kuopio
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