Finnish National Opera Ballet School 1982 - 1986, Nepalese dance in Kalamandapa Institute, Katmandu, 1992; traditional dances, Fujima School, Tokyo 1992 - 1993; Butoh Dance (with Kazuo Ohno) 1992 - 1993.
Finnish National Ballet: Nutcracker: tin soldiers, 1985; Don Quixote: begger, gypsies, friends, 1988; Etudes: boys, 1989; La Fille Mal Gardée: 12 boys, 1988; Lady of the Camellias: gentlemen, 1988; The Midsummer Night's Dream: wedding guests, sprites, 1985.
Grants and awards
Grants:
six-month state grant to artists 1987, three-year state grant to artists 1996, five-year state grant to artists 1999, 2004; several other grants from 1989 onwards, including Tanner foundation, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Awards:
First prize in the 3rd Concour International de Danse de Paris, contemporary section 1988; Silver medal, contemporary choreography, ITI Ballet Competition in Helsinki 1991; Philip Morris Dance Flower Award 1993, Jury-prize for interpretation in Les Nuits de la Danse d'Istres, France 1996; Finland Prize 2001, City of Helsinki's Culture Prize 2002; International Movimentos Dance Prize "Best performer - male" Wolfsburg, Germany; Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France 2004; Pro Finlandia Medal 2005.
Literature and articles
Articles:
Lea Venkula-Vauraste. ”Tero Saarinen – Pariisin modernin tanssikilvan voittaja”. TANSSI. 1/1989.
Auli Räsänen. ”Miten jalan saa maailman oven rakoon?”. TANSSI 1/1999.
Minna Tawast. ”Tero S. ja avoin ovi”. TANSSI. 1/2001.
Auli Räsänen. ”For Tero Saarinen dancing goes hand in hand with choreography”. Finnish Dance in Focus. 1999.
Emma Manning. "Tero Saarinen. The Big Rendez-vous. Emma Manning in conversation with the Finland's innovative choreographer". Dance Europe. June 2001.
Donald Hutera. "Finlandia. Tero Saarinen & Company Toothpick". Dance Now. Autumn 2001.
Piia Ahonen. "What Is Tero Saainen's Dancing Made of?" Finnish Dance in Focus. 2002.
Videography and TV recordings
KAZE - to Venice with the Wind, dir. Anna-Kaarina Kiviniemi, YLE 2001.