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Kumpuniemi, Anniina
| Date of birth | 21.6.1970 |
| Profession |
Dancer Dance Instructor Choreographer |
| Country | Finland |
| Training |
Theatre Academy of Finland, Department of Dance, Degree Programme in Choreography 1992 - 1996; Theatre Academy of Finland, Department of Dance and Theatre Pedagogy, studies in dance pedagogy 1994 - 1997; MA in Choreography, Theatre Academy of Finland 2005. Courses: Amsterdam 2010, Copenhagen 2002, Vienna 1999, Kuopio 1997, 1996, 1988; Pyhäjärvi 1999, Oslo 1995, Paris 1991, Stockholm 1987. |
| Engagements |
Dance Theatre Mobita: dancer (1991 - 1991) Dance Theatre MD (Mobita/Dansco): dancer-choreographer (1997 - ) |
| Choreographed |
Hetkien tanssi (1995) Pudotuspeli (1995) Taivas tulkoon tai menköön mönkään (1995) Tuhkajuhla (1996) Rouva Huttusen keittiössä (1997) Valheita kahdelle (19.4.1997) Night of Glass (17.4.1999) Kippari K. (24.1.2001) The Magic Box (6.9.2003) AlkuLoppu (17.4.2004) (2005) Täysi (2005) Voimatus (17.10.2008) (2009) Set Up (14.3.2009) Burn auts (23.10.2010) Puuttuva pala (13.2.2010) Järjen päivät - Elintasomusikaali (3.12.2011) Tästä pisteestä (19.3.2011) Ronja, the Robber's Daughter (2012) TäysiÖ (2013) Ice Love Clod (2015) Myrsky - Storm (28.2.2015) Traveler (2015) Plasterlove (2017) Russian Poets | Martyr (2018) Lovekicks (2019) Tyttö tanssii (2019) Love-laav (2020) CityZEN (2021) Valintoja-Choices (2021) |
| Work as a dancer |
Kolikkotanssit (1991) Seuraava (1991) Öljytty tiikeri (1992) 1500 kg (1993) Septagon (1993) Urakka (1993) Ilmaa (1994) Hetkien tanssi (1995) hic&nunc&camp (1995) Taivas tulkoon tai menköön mönkään (1995) Big Flock (1996) Scent of a woman (1997) Rakkautta 2 TV:lle ja 3 ihmiselle (1997) Rouva Huttusen keittiössä (1997) The Nightingale (Vilonen): maid (1997) Tanssiva kuvakirja (1997) Valheita kahdelle (1997) 3 sisarta ja ?! - eli leikin loppu (1998) Wedding Gig (1998) Disturbance (1999) Three Little Pigs (1999) Lootus (1999) Sattuman lävistämät (1999) La Camorra (2000) About the most important things in the world (2000) Peter and the Wolf (Vilonen) (2000) Kippari K. (2001) Paprika (2001) It was Somewhat Windy (2001) Carmen ja ihmisten kaupunki (2002) Hälläväliä - eli mustanmakkaran kosto (2003) Koiratarhan karkurit: Bob the police/watchdog (2003) Kuura (2003) Naarmu (excoratio) (2003) Small Things in Silence (2003) The Magic Box (2003) AlkuLoppu: parts 1& 2 (2004) Maitoo (2004) Moulin Rouge (2004) Täysi (2005) Minor Starring Roles (2006) Lemminkäinen (Roininen): Maiden of Saari (2007) Lemminkäinen (Roininen): Pohjan Akka (2007) Hyper/Still (2008) Rafael (2008) Voimatus (2008) Road - A Dance Musical (2009) Set Up (2009) Puuttuva pala (2010) Dancing Moominvalley (8.4.2010) Järjen päivät - Elintasomusikaali (3.12.2011) Making of (22.10.2011) Tästä pisteestä (19.3.2011) Sky Walker (2013) Triumfi (21.11.2013) Hyppy (2014) Traveler (2015) Secunda Prattica (2016) Loopit (2017) (2018) My friend little Fuzzy Buzzer (2018) Ghost visitors (2019) Suuri harppaus (2019) Nostalgia -neljän sammakon vaellus (2020) ALMA! – a kinetic opera (2021) (2021) |
| Other artistic work |
Member of the artistic committee of the Tampere Dance Current festival 1997 onwards, grading of dance diplomas at the Tampere Arts-Oriented Senior Secondary School, 2000 - 2005; member of the artistic board of MA Dancers 2001 - 2003, founding memebr of the Tampere Dance Current Festival 1997. Work as a teacher: Tampere Conservatory, 1997 - 1998 (contemporary dance); Hip Hop House, Tampere 1998 - 1999 (contemporary dance), 2001 - 2002 (jazz dance); Dance in Schools -intensive periods: Myllykallio Comprehensive school, lower-level, Helsinki 1995; Kruunuhaka Comprehensive school, upper level, Helsinki 1996; Postipuu Comprehensive School, lower level 1996; planning of the indentures of the dancers in the Gypsy Princess operetta, TTT Theatre of Tampere 1998 - 1999. Work as a dancer in theatre, opera and on tv: Kummeli Revue, dir. Heikki Vihinen, chor. Elina Jakowleva, Hanna Rosendahl, Mari Rosendahl, Tampere Theatre 1998; The Nightingale (tv-recording), chor. Outi Vilonen, YLE TV2 1998; Puukkojunkkarit, dir. Juha Malmivaara, chor. Lassi Sairela ja Eeva Soini, TTT Theatre of Tampere 2000; Arabella, (Richard Strauss), dir. Lisbeth Landefort, chor. Aku Ahjolinna, The Finnish National Opera 2003; The Last Temptations, dir. Jussi Tapola, chor. Elina Jakowleva, Tampere Opera 2004; Othello, dir. Ralf långbacka, chor. Dance Theatre MD, Tampere Opera 2005. Improvisation performances: Dance Theatre Mobita, several improvisation performances 1994 - 1996; Rapture of sense/I sense rapture (Aistin hurmaa), planning Päivi Järvinen, 1989; Still Life for 5 people and 5 copying machines (Asetelma 5 ihmiselle ja 5 kopiokoneelle), planning Reijo Mörö, 1992; The blue line (Sininen viiva), planning Marjo Hämäläinen, Pirkkoliisa Tikka, 1994; improvisation in the Congress Centre Marina, planned by the choreography students of the Theatre Academy of Finland, Helsinki 1995; improvisation in the Finnish National Gallery Ateneum, planning Anna Veijalainen, Anniina Kumpuniemi, Helsinki 1995; Deep (Syvänne), planning Maija Hoisko, Anniina Kumpuniemi, 2000; Mount Bathofobia, planning Maija Hoisko, Anniina Kumpuniemi, 2001. |
| Grants and awards | Grants: Theatre Academy of Finland 1996, City of Tampere 1999, 2001, 2002; Arts Council of Pirkanmaa 1999, 2002, 2005.Pro Finlandia 2021. |
| Other Information |
Positions of trust: Founding member of the Pirkanmaa Regional Dance Centre Association, chairman of the board 2004 - 2005; vice chairman of the board of Dance Theatre MD, 1998 onwards; member of the board of Dance Theatre Mobita's support association 1995 - 1997, deputy member of the board of the Union of the Finnish Dance Artists 2002. |