I am a professional dancer, choreographer, and teacher originally from Oulu, Finland, currently based in Berlin, German. My work and research are highly influenced and inspired by the art of improvisation and instant composition, as resources and processes for choreographic work and creation, and practices of embodied knowing, intuition and play. Through my background and training in the field of music, the interplay between dance, music and sound is an essential interest and part of my work in the form of exploring musicality through movement, voice and continuous interdisciplinary collaborations with musicians.
As an artist I am interested in qualities and nuances of perception, presence and listening, through which the realms of the imaginative, intuitive and subconscious can be expressed. I am fascinated by the multiple layers of embodied awareness and sensitivity, a deeply inhabited physicality, an awakeful, lived body that reflects and interprets the human story with natural clarity and transparency. The body, that in itself speaks and hosts an immense amount of knowledge and communication. I view dance as the art of aliveness, where through a comprehensive somatic participation an in-depth connection with ourselves, others and our surroundings can emerge. Teaching is an essential part of my work and I am always inspired to share my research through my classes and workshops in the field of contemporary dance, improvisation & instant composition, for both professional dancers and people from different walks of life.
I am a co-founder / artist at Berlin based Company HAA and co-founder and a member of Collective ONE:THIRD, winning the jury price of Festival 100 Grad in Sophiensaele in 2015 with our work "Fate of the Galaxies". Over the years I have been continuously collaborating with a variety of artists of different disciplines on several projects, presenting work in different venues in Berlin (Sophiensaele, Dock11, Uferstudios, Laborgras, Ackerstadtpalast amongst others) and festivals all over Europe. With a long background in both music and dance, I hold a BA Bachelor of Arts in Dance Performance (Department of Modern & Dance Theater, Fontys Dance Academy, NL), a MA Master of Arts in Music Education (University of Oulu, FIN) and a BA Bachelor of Arts in Dance Pedagogy (University of Applied Sciences, Oulu, FIN). After working and studying with a wide range of choreographers in Finland and in the Netherlands, and finishing an internship with cie. Toula Limnaios in 2013, I found my base in Berlin, continuing my work as a freelance dancer / independent maker, collaborating with a variety of artists of different disciplines and teaching classes and workshops in different settings. From September 2019 on I have been curating a new improvisation based performance platform "Urban Performance Series" in Urbanraum Berlin.
Alongside my own work I continuously study and develop myself through attending workshops and master classes with renowned teachers all over the world. In addition to dancing, I have since more than 10 years studied yoga, meditation, somatic movement (Feldenkrais method, Body Mind Centering), different approaches of embodiment, spirituality and mysticism. I am a Yoga Alliance certified, experienced yoga teacher and teach classes with a somatic, soft approach that supports the regulation of the nervous system and promotes overall balance.
As an artist I am interested in qualities and nuances of perception, presence and listening, through which the realms of the imaginative, intuitive and subconscious can be expressed. I am fascinated by the multiple layers of embodied awareness and sensitivity, a deeply inhabited physicality, an awakeful, lived body that reflects and interprets the human story with natural clarity and transparency. The body, that in itself speaks and hosts an immense amount of knowledge and communication. I view dance as the art of aliveness, where through a comprehensive somatic participation an in-depth connection with ourselves, others and our surroundings can emerge. Teaching is an essential part of my work and I am always inspired to share my research through my classes and workshops in the field of contemporary dance, improvisation & instant composition, for both professional dancers and people from different walks of life.
I am a co-founder / artist at Berlin based Company HAA and co-founder and a member of Collective ONE:THIRD, winning the jury price of Festival 100 Grad in Sophiensaele in 2015 with our work "Fate of the Galaxies". Over the years I have been continuously collaborating with a variety of artists of different disciplines on several projects, presenting work in different venues in Berlin (Sophiensaele, Dock11, Uferstudios, Laborgras, Ackerstadtpalast amongst others) and festivals all over Europe. With a long background in both music and dance, I hold a BA Bachelor of Arts in Dance Performance (Department of Modern & Dance Theater, Fontys Dance Academy, NL), a MA Master of Arts in Music Education (University of Oulu, FIN) and a BA Bachelor of Arts in Dance Pedagogy (University of Applied Sciences, Oulu, FIN). After working and studying with a wide range of choreographers in Finland and in the Netherlands, and finishing an internship with cie. Toula Limnaios in 2013, I found my base in Berlin, continuing my work as a freelance dancer / independent maker, collaborating with a variety of artists of different disciplines and teaching classes and workshops in different settings. From September 2019 on I have been curating a new improvisation based performance platform "Urban Performance Series" in Urbanraum Berlin.
Alongside my own work I continuously study and develop myself through attending workshops and master classes with renowned teachers all over the world. In addition to dancing, I have since more than 10 years studied yoga, meditation, somatic movement (Feldenkrais method, Body Mind Centering), different approaches of embodiment, spirituality and mysticism. I am a Yoga Alliance certified, experienced yoga teacher and teach classes with a somatic, soft approach that supports the regulation of the nervous system and promotes overall balance.