Professional circus education
2005 - 2006 ESAC, Ecole Supérieure des Arts du Cirque, Brussels, Belgium. Specialized in vertical rope
2002 - 2004 Lahti College of Arts and Crafts, Finland, degree in circus arts
2001 - 2002 Karjaa Folk Academy, Finland - dance line
2013 Bachelor of Social Science; social and cultural anthropology, Helsinki University
Artistic activity
2014 Raja Solo piece, Premiere in May.
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2013 - 2014 ACORDA! Uma circonferência aérea. Lecture-performance on vertical rope. Directed by Jean-Michel Guy. Festival Mundial de Circo, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Atelier du Plateau, Paris, France; Polo Circo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Circus artist.
2011 HIGHER, circus show. Directed by Marie-Louise Masreliez, premiere in Stockholm, Sweden. Circus artist.
2011 Muromuro, performance in collaboration with Compania Suspensa, Luis Sartori do Vale and Guilherme Morais. Performance festival of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Co-choreographer and performer.
2010 Arkadia, musical play by Jaakko Laasanen, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland. Dancer.
2009 Perto, audiovisual dance performance, created in collaboration with Luis Sartori do Vale and Andre Mintz, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Co-director and performer.
2008 Fass, dance theatre performance. Directed by Reynaldo Ramperssad, Brussels, Belgium. Dancer.
2006 Larme d'Eros, circus show. Directed by Marcus von Wachtel, Brussels, Belgium. Circus artist.
2004 - 2005 Sinbad, circus show. Directed by Petri Hanttu, Lahti City Theatre, Lahti, Finland. Circus artist.
2002 - 2003 Seven Brothers, theatre play. Directed by Kari Heiskanen, Lahti City Theatre, Lahti, Finland. Assisting actor.
Educational employment
2012 - Teacher in circus arts, youth circus school Circus Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Choreographer and teacher in circus arts, Lahti College of Arts and Crafts, Finland
1998 - 2002 Coach in artistic group gymnastics and dance. Team Rekolan Raikas, Vantaa.