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Kitti, Tommi

Date of birth	28.11.1955
Profession	Dancer Dance Instructor Choreographer
Country	Finland
Engagements	Dance Theatre Raatikko: dancer (1973 - 1980) Helsinki Dance Company: dancer (1974 - 1975) Cullberg Ballet: dancer (1980 - 1981) Dance Theatre Raatikko: dancer (1981 - 1982) Finnish National Ballet: dancer (1982 - 1993) Tommi Kitti & Co: artistic director (2000 - )
Choreographed	Duo Hullu kuningas Two men and a piano Pearl (8.6.1975) Banana (29.8.1976) A Trip (1978) Idiots (12.11.1978) Isadora (Kuusela/Kitti) (7.11.1979) Snow White (Kuusela, Kitti) (1.3.1980) Oljet käryävät, historia palaa (12.10.1980) Hunting (1981) Pas de Quatre à la Strada (1.10.1981) Loviisa (19.3.1987) Credo (1988) Blues Jam (1989) Vesaliuksen ikonit (1989) Kilimanjaro (17.10.1991) Kuoleman tanssi (1991) Pikku Musta (1992) Tale of a solider (Kitti) (27.6.1992) Tulee syksy (24.10.1993) Mowgli (1994) The Gardener (1995) Leonardo (21.8.1996) Skin (Kitti) (1997) Duo (Kitti) (9.5.1998) Still Life for Four Dancers (6.1.2000) Grey Chord (2000) Spiral (6.10.2000) Foyer (14.3.2001) Thirteen (28.9.2001) Plain (26.7.2001) Turquoise (2001) 5 alkua (10.10.2002) Three Parts, of Which Two for Flute (18.1.2002) Small Things in Silence (18.1.2002) Wrong Key... (11.2.2003) A Piece for a Small Stage (11.3.2004) Leap (Kitti) (18.5.2005) Du-dun-duu (22.8.2006) Pasos nuevos (19.5.2006) Riff (1.11.2008) Jälki (Tervamäki) (11.11.2016)
Work as a dancer	Duo Two men and a piano Stretch (1972) Plus ja miinus: Elementary particle, The Soldier (1973) A workman's wife (1973) Väki ilman valtaa (1974) Allegro Molto (1975) Asemalaiturilla (1975) Balladi Hermannin ruususta (1975) Pearl (1975) Pollution: Spring (1975) Sauna (1975) Sinuhe - Harjoitelmia aiheesta Sinuhe Egyptiläinen: Horemheb (1975) Ville Veijari Virtanen (1975) Banana (1976) Kukkaistyttö (1976) Salka Valka (1977) Sanankantaja (1977) A Trip (1978) Idiots (1978) Isadora (Kuusela/Kitti) (1979) Mitä nyt eli erään johtajan lapsuus (1979) Snow White (Kuusela, Kitti) (1980) Cay Da -tree (1981) Kauriinmetsästäjä (1981) Pas de Quatre à la Strada (1981) La Fille Mal Gardée (Spoerli) (1982) Ward No. 6: Ivan (1982) Turun palo (1982) The Green Table: Swindler (1982) Don Quixote (Trinchero): Camacho, a wealthy suitor (1983) Kain and Abel (1983) Bolero (1984) Kuin Orfeus: Greek boy (1984) Symphony in D-Major (1984) Ystävättäret (1984) The Midsummer Night's Dream (1985) The Nutcracker (Grigorovitsh): Harlequin (1985) The Nutcracker (Grigorovitsh): Chinese doll (1985) Carmina Burana (Vamos): Young man (1987) Troy Game (1987) Images de la nuit (1987) D.C. (1989) Les Noces (Robbins): Matchmaker (1989) Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (Kuusela) (1989) Spirit Blues (1989) The Ragtime Dance Company: Master of Ceremonies (1989) Nijinsky - jumalan tanssija (Vanhakartano) (1990) Salome: Herod (1990) Steps (Kela et al.) (1992) The Seven Brothers (1992) Tale of a solider (Kitti) (1992) I am my body (1994) Duo (Kitti) (1998) Kolme pientä peikkoa (1998) Still Life for Four Dancers (2000) Grey Chord (2000) Spiral (2000) Three Parts, of Which Two for Flute (2002) Wrong Key... (2003) A Piece for a Small Stage (2004) Leap (Kitti) (2005) Du-dun-duu (2006)
Corps de ballet roles	Finnish National Ballet: La Fille Mal Gardée: 6 boys, 1982; The Green Table: diplomats, 1982, 1983; Bolero: boys, 1984; La mer: 10 boys, 1984; Le Loup: villagers, 1984; The Seven Brothers: village boys, bug in a forest, 1985; Reflections: people of Kullervo, 1986.
Other artistic work	Work as a choreographer (opera, theatre etc.): Juha (opera, comp. Jukka Linkola), in co-operation with Marjo Kuusela, Finnish National Opera 1989; Elina (opera, comp. Jukka Linkola), Finnish National Opera 1992; Lätsä (musical), TTT Theatre of Tampere; Macbeth (opera, comp. Giuseppe Verdi), dir. Rafl Lågnbacka, Savonlinna Opera Festival 1993; M Butterfly (play, D.H. Hwang), dir. Ron Sossi, Helsinki City Theatre 1993; Eros and Psykhe (film), dir. Timo Linnasalo, 1998. Other work as a dancer: 24 hours performance, dir. Stuart Lynch, Kanonhallen, Copenhagen 2000; several improvisation performance with NADA-ensemble. Artistic director of the Full Moon Dance Festival 1992 - 1994. Work as a teacher: Ballet school of the theatres in Tampere 1974 - 1975, Helsinki City Theatre 1972 - 1973, 1974 - 1975; Dance Theatre Raatikko 1976 - 1977, Theatre Academy of Finland, Department of Dance, associate professor 1990 - 1991; several courses, e.g. in Festival d'Avignon, Helsinki City Theatre Dance Company, Full Moon Dance Festival, The Union of Finnish Dance Artists.
Grants and awards	Grants: six-month state grant to artists 1975, 1983; five-year state grant to artists 1999. Awards: 1. prize in the choreography competition organized by the Union of Finnish Dance Artists, 1978, 1979; Edvard Fazer Award 1990, State Prize for Merits in Dance 2000, Pro Finlandia Medal 2003.
Literature and articles	Articles: Auli Räsänen. ”Tommi Kitti ja tanssin olemus”. TANSSI. 1/1987. Minna Tawast. ”Marjo Kuusela and Tommi Kitti. A Couple of Professors”. TANSSI. 3/1997.
Other Information	Artist professorship 1993 - 1998.
Articles	Kehoon kirjoitettu elämä

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