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  • Mikael Aaltonen

    Mikael Aaltonen (MA) has been Programme Manager at Dance House Helsinki since 2019. Previously, he […]

  • Thomas F. DeFrantz

    Choreographer and professor Thomas F. DeFrantz is anexpert in African American dance and performance. He […]

  • Hanna Järvinen

    Hanna Järvinen a university lecturer and department head at the Performing Arts Research Centre of […]

  • Simo Kellokumpu

    Simo Kellokumpu is achoreographer and researcher based in Helsinki. From 2013 to 2019, he conducted […]

  • Aino Kukkonen

    Aino Kukkonen (PhD) is a dance critic, nonfiction writer and visiting researcher at the University […]

  • Johanna Laakkonen

    Johanna Laakkonen (PhD) is Director of the Theatre Museum Helsinki. She has also worked as […]

  • Riikka Laakso

    Riikka Laakso works in the field of dance as a writer, lecturer and dramaturg. She […]

  • Jukka O. Miettinen

    Jukka O. Miettinen (PhD in dance) has taught art and theatre history at several universities […]

  • Kirsi Monni

    Kirsi Monni (Doctor of Art in Dance, 2004) is Professor of Choreography at the Theatre […]

  • Mirva Mäkinen

    Mirva Mäkinen received her artistic doctorate in dance in 2018 entitled Artistic research on the […]

  • Hanna Pajala-Assefa

    Hanna Pajala-Assefa (TeaK MA, choreographer 1995) is a dance artist and multimedia choreographer who focuses […]

  • Riitta Pasanen-Willberg

    Riitta Pasanen-Willberg (PhD in dance) is a long-standing dance artist and one of the developers […]

  • Liisa Pentti

    Liisa Pentti (MA, BSc) is a choreographer, dancer and pedagogue and the artistic director of […]

  • Manna Satama

    Manna Satama (PhD) is a scholar of antiquity whose PhD thesis was on the social […]

  • Ari Tenhula

    Ari Tenhula graduated from the Theatre Academy Helsinki in 1989 with a master’s degree in […]

  • Anna Thuring

    Anna Thuring (PhD) is a teacher and theatre researcher whose main areas of research are […]

  • Vesa Vahtikari

    Vesa Vahtikari (PhD) has been studying ancient Greek theatre for two decades and has written […]

  • Hanna Väätäinen

    Hanna Väätäinen (PhD) teaches courses on the history of jazz dance, the history of ballet, […]