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Tenhula, Ari
| Date of birth | 22.3.1964 |
| Profession |
Dancer Choreographer |
| Country | Finland |
| Training | MA, Theatre Academy of Finland, Department of Dance 1988. In addition dance studies in France, USA, India, Indonesia and Japan. |
| Engagements |
Helsinki Dance Company: artistic director (2000 - 2002) |
| Choreographed |
Ah ja voih Houre 2 Kauas pilvet karkaavat Piipää (29.5.1987) Genius homonculii (8.2.1989) Toinen (13.5.1990) Izukoe (8.7.1991) Red fish (10.9.1991) Ariel (31.7.1993) Houre (10.3.1993) En amor duro (13.5.1994) Loop (17.9.1994) Monument (13.10.1995) Loose ends (Tenhula) (30.3.1996) Lead red (9.12.1997) Piikkejä ja terälehtiä (28.2.1997) Once upon a time in the west (15.10.1999) Smile (27.7.1999) Shine (14.9.2000) Exposure Time (17.9.2002) Dances with myself (30.7.2003) Mind Scape (18.11.2005) |
| Work as a dancer |
Ritual (Tuovinen, Yli-Maunula) (1983) Kalevala (Uotinen) (1985) Businessman's Lunch (1986) 560710 (1987) Dans 1 (1987) Den leende hunden (1987) Piipää (1987) Yksin vai kaksin (1987) October (1988) Genius homonculii (1989) The Detective from China (1989) Valkoisia ja äänettömiä raivoja (1989) Valkoisia ja äänettömiä raivoja 2 eli Tlönin ja Uqbarin hovitansseja (1990) ...that was all I wanted, so I stuck my finger in his eye... (1991) EXHIBO (1991) Izukoe (1991) The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (1991) Voyeur (1992) Ariel (1993) Carmen?! (1993) Digger Dog (1993) Le Sacre Du Printemps (1994) Rolling Blue (1994) Kotona metsässä (1996) Lead red (1997) Cells of an Apple (1998) Villi Pohjola (1998) Matka Valoon - Hommage à Ellen Thesleff (1999) Once upon a time in the west (1999) Dances with myself (2003) |
| Other artistic work |
Work as a choreographer in theatre: Hymy tikkaiden juurella, dir. Timo Linnasalo, Oulu City Theatre 1992; Pojat, dir. Kimmo Kahra, Helsinki City Theatre 1992; Kaatopaikka, dir. Riikka Ala-Harja, Theatre Academy of Finland 1993; Tannhäuser, dir. Juha Hemanus, Savonlinna Opera Festival 1996; Jungle Boy, dir. Kimmo Kahra, Helsinki City Theatre 1997; Mr Puntila and his servant Matti, dir. Kurt Nuotio, Helsinki City Theatre 2001; The Full Monty, dir. Kurt Nuotio, Helsinki City Theatre 2002. Work as a choreographer's assistant: That was all I wanted, so I stuck my finger in his eye, chor. Kenneth Kvarnström, Finnish National Ballet 1994. Artistic planning for Trans Danse Europe 2000, Dance Exchange project for 10 european cities; artistic planning for Shadows in Ateneum, series of solo performances 1998. Member of the artistic board of Moving in November Festival 1996 - 2005, artistic director of the festival 2006 - 2007. Work as a teacher: Department of Dance of the Theatre Academy of Finland, 1993-1995 (part-time teacher). |
| Grants and awards |
Grants: six-month state grant to artists 1994, 1995, five-year state grant for artists 1998-1999 (Interrupted for his position as an Artistic Director of The Helsinki City Theatre Dance Company); The Finnish Cultural Foundation 2005 (for three years). Awards: State prize for Merits in Dance 1990 (as a member of Zodiak Presents Association); Finland Prize 2003. |
| Other Information | |
| Articles |
En konstruktivist med intresse för kontraster och utomeuropeiska kulturer - Ari Tenhula berättar om sin utveckling och sin konst |