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Punkki, Raisa
| Profession |
Dancer Dance Instructor Choreographer |
| Country | Finland |
| rpunkki@yahoo.com | |
| Training | MA in Dance, Theatre Academy of Finland, Department of Dance 1987 - 1992. |
| Engagements |
Helsinki Dance Company: dancer (1996 - 1998) |
| Choreographed |
Stump XO Muta sulle kuuluu (1993) (CLINCH) (15.2.2002) |
| Work as a dancer |
Loputon satu (1990) White smile (1991) Queen of the cups (1992) My Country (1992) Vibrations (1992) Polkka Mollissa (1993) I am my body (1994) Which Witch (1994) Keppi (1995) Missä Jallu luuraa (1996) No-No (1996) 108 dB (1997) Soon (1997) No 3 (1997) L'Invisibile Canto Del Camminare (1998) Villi Vesi (1998) 325,4 kg (1999) Stump (1999) Splitvision (2000) Quartet (Tuittila) (2001) Feel My Breath (2002) Sahara (2002) Gaspard (2003) |
| Other artistic work |
Work as a dancer in theatre: Elina (opera), chor. Tommi Kitti, Finnish National Opera 1992; The Phantom of the Opera, dir. Ritva Holmberg, chor. Marjo Kuusela, Helsinki City Theatre 1993; War and peace, dir. Kaisa Korhonen, chor. Ville Sormunen, Kaisa Torkkel, Helsinki City Theatre 1994; Mambo Kings, dir. Markku Nenonen, chor. Markku Nenonen, Helsinki City Theatre 1995; West Side Story, dir. Raija-Sinikka Rantala, chor. Marjo Kuusela, Helsinki City Theatre 1996. Work as a choreographer in theatre: Tähti sumussa, Lohja Theatre, 1995; Kairatut sydämet, Lohja Theatre. Work as a repetiteur: Guardian of the night, chor. Alpo Aaltokoski, 1992; Minivision, chor. Kenneth Kvarnström, Theatre Academy 2002. Work as a teacher: Theatre Academy of Finland, Department of Dance; Theatre Academy of Finland, Department of Dance and Theatre Pedagogy; Turku Polytechnic, Department of Dance; Turku Conservatory of Music and Dance; The Union of Finnish Dance Artists; Helsinki City Theatre Dance Company 1998 onwards. |
| Grants and awards | Grants: Storbom -foundation scholarship 1990, 1991; Theatre Academy of Finland, scholarship 1991; The Finnish Cultural Foundation 1998; National Council for Dance 1999; six-month state grant to artists 2001. |
| Other Information | Positions of trust: Board of the Theatre Academy, student representative of the Department of Dance 1990, 1991; Pohjola-Norden cultural board, representative of The Union of Finnish Dance Artists 1991, 1992. |