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Kekäläinen, Sanna
Date of birth
23.1.1962
Profession
Dancer
Choreographer
Country
Finland
Training
Helsinki Dance Institute, professional training programme 1978 - 1980; London School of Contemporary Dance 1980 - 1983, Amsterdam Theatre School, Modern Dance Department 1983, 1985.
Work as a teacher:
Theatre Academy of Finland - Department of Dance 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007; Continuing Education Centre 1994.
Work as a dancer in theatre:
Skotten in Helsingfors (Joakim Groth), dir. Anette Arlander, Lilla teatern 1983; Zloty Burlesque, dir. Arto af Hällström, Ryhmäteatteri 1985; Aquarium (Juha Siltanen, Thomas Wulff), dir. Anette Arlander, Lilla Teatern 1986.
A member of the Homo S -performance group 1983 - 1986.
Grants and awards
Grants:
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation 1981, 1987; Finnish Cultural Foundation 1982, 1989; one-year state grant to artists 1989, 2004; three-year state grant to artists 1990, The Cultural and Library Committee of Helsinki 1994; state grant to artists 1996 - 1998, five-year state grant to artists 1999, 2005.
Awards:
State Prize for Merits in Dance (as a member of Zodiak Presents Association) 1990, Young Art Finland Prize 1994.
Literature and articles
Own articles:
”Tanssin opiskelua Lontoossa”. TANSSI. 3/1982.
"Esiintyminen - arvoitus." Askelmerkkejä tanssin historiasta, ruumiista ja sukupuolesta. Tanssin tutkimuksen vuosikirja 3/1999. Ed. Päivi K. Pakkanen, Jaana Parviainen, Leena Rouhiainen, Annika Tudeer. Central Arts Council. 1999.
"Puolalainen nykytanssi nousee." TANSSI. 3/2001.
"Nykyinen taidepolitiikka johtaa valmisvaate-tanssiin." TANSSI. 1/2003
Articles:
Virve Sutinen. "Hysteria". TAIDE. 2/1992.
Leea Kantonen. "Hurmio". TAIDE. 6/1994.
Hanna Brotherus. ”Ollako vai eikö olla? Myyttien raskaus”. TANSSI. 4/1995.
Virve Sutinen. ”Ruumiillisen taiteen ’ambitious bitch' ”. TANSSI. 2/1997.
Virve Sutinen. ”The rise and falls of Physical Art Theatre”. TANSSI 3/1997.
Minna Tawast. ”Sanna Kekäläinen uudistuneen vanhan edessä”. TANSSI 3/1998.
”Physical Art Theatre. Faun. Studien über Hysterie”. Finnish Dance in Focus. 1999.
Johanna Laakkonen. ”The Harmony of Chaos: Sanna Kekäläinen”. Finnish Dance in Focus 2001.
Videography and TV recordings
Crickets, dir. Marikki Hakola, 1987 (in the work Piipää and as an independent work); Santa-Maria Furiosa, dir. Teemu Mäki, 1991; Te jotka asutte aikaa, dir. Aulikki Nukala, 1993; Requiem, dir. Marikki Hakola, 1996; Continuum, dir. Marikki Hakola, 1999.
Other Information
Chairman of the Union of Finnish Dance Artists 1989 - 1990, founder of the the Zodiak Presents Association and member of the board 1986 - 1997; chairman of the Free Dancers association 1995 onwards.