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Pentti, Liisa
| Date of birth | 22.8.1958 |
| Profession |
Dancer Dance Instructor Choreographer |
| Country | Finland |
| liisa@liisapentti.com | |
| Training |
Amsterdam Theater School, Modern Dance Department 1982-1986; studies with Mary Prestidge, contact improvisation 1981-1982. Courses: Julyen Hamilton, Steve Paxton, Russell Dumas, Nancy Stark-Smith, Kei Takei, Mark Tompkins. |
| Engagements |
Liisa Pentti + CO: Artistic Director (2000 - ) |
| Choreographed |
8 groupies Body, language and spirit Condoleanza Eve & Dave, imaginations in Exile Käärmeennahka Klaustro Ko Ko Nainen, an act for a passing stranger When I Fall La Folia Melancolia Les noces des ombres Memory of Albert Speer Seahorse Valley Messmer Songs of a Memory Sarmation time Trasn-it variations (Pentti) Heart of Fire Euterpe (1988) Pentti Kekäläinen kulkee - går igen (1988) Tropismeja (1990) Kotona metsässä (22.11.1996) Dance of Frances Glassdoor (17.9.1997) Etelään - vers le sud (24.9.1998) Trans-it (Pentti) (17.2.2000) 9 bricks from my pocket (28.3.2001) Men of Honour (18.10.2002) Schreibstück (23.1.2003) Skiss, luonnoksia esitykseksi (31.3.2003) Masha Amplituda - sanoja, huutoja, unia (28.1.2004) Wallpainted Abstractions (28.7.2004) 1-0, matériel du coeur (2.11.2005) Travel (18.5.2006) Die Unheimliche Freundin (22.8.2007) Kolme huonetta (2010) Men of Honour - Retro 2 (27.1.2010) Stage Animals #2: Sissi, Anno 2010 (7.4.2010) The Weight of My Heart (9.11.2011) Sky Walker (2013) Spaceparticles #10 (2013) Spaceparticles #5 (2013) Liisas danst Rosas (23.5.2014) The Sinking of the Titanic (2015) Klaustro - shhh! (2017) The Body - The Body is a (clear) Place in the Space (2017) Fragile Eyes (2019) Cloudbody - an ecology of dreams #2 (2020) Ref2020 (2020) Liisa Pentti +Co & Oblivia 21 years (2021) Four x Duet + 1 (2021) |
| Work as a dancer |
Katalako (1983) Coté cour, coté jardin (1984) Dead dog and a crodile (1985) Toccata (1986) Messmer (1987) Lilit Lins (1988) Sand (1990) Kohtaamisia (1993) Sanctio (1993) Noname (1994) Lintunen (1996) Valoa! - Valoa! (1996) Dance of Frances Glassdoor (1997) Etelään - vers le sud (1998) Kohti valoa, hommage à Ellen Thesleff (1999) Trans-it (Pentti) (2000) 9 bricks from my pocket (2001) Roadside picnic (2001) A Blind Moment (2001) Warsa (2001) Skiss, luonnoksia esitykseksi (2003) Masha Amplituda - sanoja, huutoja, unia (2004) Wallpainted Abstractions (2004) Totentanz (2006) Travel (2006) Kolme huonetta (2010) Spaceparticles #10 (2013) Spaceparticles #5 (2013) Liisas danst Rosas (23.5.2014) WDMSNLCA - Why Does My Sister Not Like Contemporary Art (2015) Cloudbody – an ecology of dreams #1 (2019) Cloudbody - an ecology of dreams #2 (2020) Grâce (2020) Liisa Pentti +Co & Oblivia 21 years (2021) |
| Other artistic work |
Work as a dancer in theatre: Taivaansininen tila, dir. Esko Salervo, Helsinki 1995. Work as a choreographer in theatre: Bodas de Sangre, dir. Kristin Olsoni, Lilla Teatern, Helsinki 1994. Performances and improvisation performances: a performance project of Kei Takei, Tanz im August -festival, Berlin 1990; improvisation performances with the group Dratophone, also several other improvisation performances in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Holland and France. Work as a teacher (contemporary dance): EDDC, Arnhem 1997-1999; Spaustuve-festival, Vilnius 2001. Work as a teacher (movement teacher): Theatre Academy of Finland, The Swedish Department 1990 onwards; Mars Theatre, in a play Seven Brothers by Aleksis Kivi, dir. Joakim Groth 2001. Work as a teacher (contact improvisation): County prison of Amsterdam 1985-1986, Kuopio City Theatre 1989, Tallin City Theatre 1990, The Union of Finnish Dance Artists 1993, several courses around Finland 1994, Baltic Seaside Drama 1996, In contact -festival, Freiburg 2001. Work as a teacher (t'ai chi): Theatre Academy of Finland, Department of Dance 1988-1990; Mars Theatre, Helsinki 1995. |
| Grants and awards |
Grants: Six-month state grant to artists 2000, five-years state grant to artists 2006. Awards: State Prize for Merits in Dance (Zodiak Presents Association) 1990. |
| Literature and articles |
Articles: Raija Ojala. "Sisältä ulkotilaan, vetovoimasta työntöön". TANSSI. 4/2000. Own articles: Liisa Pentti & Minna Leino. "Sanan ja liikkeen ristiriitaa – tai harmoniaa". TANSSI. 1/2000. |
| Other Information |
Positions of trust: Chairman of Zodiak Presents Association 1994-1996, member of the artistic board of Zodiak -The Center for New Dance 1997-2005, member of the artistic committee 2006 onwards, member of the executive board 2000-2002; founder member and one of the four organizers of the Side Step -festival in Helsinki 1996 onwards, chairman of the relief association of dance company +Co 2000 onwards. |