Resume
TV & camera work,
stage work as a dancer and an actor,
commercials and editorials.
Selected work
PRODUCTION NAME / YEAR / ROLE / DIRECTOR (DIR.) or CHOREOGRAPHER (CHOR.) / PRODUCTION COMPANY
DANCE
Kira Riikonen - Tuukka Jukola: Cycle City, a performance combining dance and cycling, 2021, dancer, chor. Kira Riikonen, Zodiak – Center for New Dance
Reserved x Kate Moss opening show in London UK, Sep 2017, dancer, prod. Twenty6 Magazine
NYC Pride performance, Jul 2017, dancer, together with The House of Ninja (New York, USA)
Kiss My Dance x Dance House Finland club performances, Feb and Oct 2016, dancer, concept and dir. Brian Lobel (USA/UK), Cruising for Art -festival
Anne Pajunen // Anneli Kanninen is present, May 2015, dancer, concept and chor. by artists, Urban Apa festival
Stockholm Pride x drag artist Robert Fux opening show, 2015, dancer, chor. together with the House of Ninja
Trajal Harrel & friends opening show, Jul 2013, dancer, chor. Trajal Harrel, ImPulsTanz contemporary dance festival (Vienna, Austria)
Me dance performance, 2013, dancer, concept and chor. by self, Sommerwerf festival (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Bloody Mary drag show, 2013, dancer, chor. together with actor Christoffer Strandberg and dancer Roza Ahmad
Dancer/model for the following artists, brands and events. 2011-2019: Marimekko, Guess, Mert Otsamo, Minna Parikka, Nike, Stockmann, Halonen, Krista Siegfrids, Benjamin Peltonen, Sanni, Minttu Vesala, LiveAid, QX Gala Helsinki, Pride Helsinki
TV & CAMERA
Pesänlikaajat - erään kohukirjan anatomia, a short film, premiere in fall 2021, reporter Anneli Sundberg, dir. Arthur Franck, Polygraf Oy
Masked Singer tv series, seasons 1-3, 2019-2021, body double and dancer, production assistant Fremantle Media Finland
Shake, a short film, 2019, waiter, dir. Aino Suni & Sonya Lindfors, Tuffi Films
Nyrkki tv series, 2019, singer, dir. AJ Annila, Zodiak Finland
Finland's Next Top Model tv series, 2012, runway and movement coach, Fremantle Media Finland
UMK/Contest for New Music tv series, 2014-2015 and 2021, dancer, chor. Reija Wäre, YLE
Salatut Elämät and Roba tv series, Tove movie, extra, 2018
STAGE
Rakastaja (The Lover) play, 21.2.2020, milkman John, dir. Essi Rossi, Teatteri Jurkka
The House of Ninja presents: Pink Like the Color of.. a performance combining ballroom and visual art, 2019, dancer and dramaturg, chor. together with work group, Pink Space x Flow Festival (Aug 2019) and Urban Apa festival (Sep 2019)
The Face of the Night - L’enfant et les sortilèges opera, 16.-20.10.2015, dancer, chor. Reija Wäre, Sibelius Academy
Woman, a feminist performance, 28.9.2016, dancer, Urban Apa festival
COMMERCIALS & EDITORIALS
Aalto Ventures Program brand commercial, 2022, interviewer, online, events, internal; distribution: Finland, prod. Aalto, casting: Helsinki Casting
Oikotie Työpaikat commercial campaign, 2021, office worker, online and stills, distribution: Finland, prod. Laaksalo Productions, casting: Helsinki Casting
Opera browser campaign, 2021, heavy metal nun, online and stills, global distribution, prod. TBWA, casting: Balagan Oy
Kaikille yhteinen, jokaiselle oma, a brand film for the Finnish national broadcasting company YLE, 2020, prisoner, distribution: Finland, prod. Pictures Helsinki
Suomalainen menestysresepti commercial for SOK stores, 2020, dancer, online and stills, distribution: Finland, prod. TBWA
Great Was Never Normal social media campaign, Anttitapani Official -launch, 2020, dancer, distribution Finland and Estonia, prod. Cocoa
Brand video for Fazer, 2020, a person from 1920's, prod. Drama Moving Pictures
SimeliusSimelius x Vimma editorial, 2019, dancer/model, photography and prod. SimeliusSimelius
REVS issue 2 editorial, 2012, dancer/model, photography Nana Simelius, publisher SECT ET SEPT Oy
MUSIC VIDEOS
Valittu Kansa for artist Antti Tuisku, 2019, boss human, dir. Toni Karén
Kiellettyjä Asioita for artist Emma Salokoski, 2015, dancer, dir. Veli Creative
Smell for artist duo Femme En Fourrure, 2015, dancer, dir. Miikka Lommi
Pojat for artist Sanni, 2015, dancer, dir. Miro Laiho
Amen for artist Krista Siegfrids, 2013, dancer, dir. Elias Koskimies
TEACHING
Uniarts Helsinki, fall 2021, guest teacher for runway and new way vogue for "Look What You Made Me Do" performance, dir. Gréta Kristín Ómarsdóttir, part of acting in Swedish MA programme
Uniarts Helsinki, fall 2018, guest teacher for runway and new way vogue for musical theater students
Susanna Leinonen Company, 2017, teaching runway and new way vogue
EuroGames LGBTQIA sporting event opening show, 2016, choreographer, prod. and script Elias Koskimies
Suurteos / Magnum Opus, part 4: Piece in A Minor, 2015, runway and new way vogue workshops for dancers, dir. and concept Anna Cadia & Anni Klein
Chorus Line 2013, Nov. 2012 - Mar. 2013, runway and new way vogue workshops for Helsinki Dance Company dancers, chor. Sonya Lindfors
Pop Slut, Oct. - Nov. 2013, runway and new way vogue workshops for performers, dir. and concept Sara Melleri
Runway and new way vogue workshops for the following dance schools, 2012-2021, in Finland: Tamara Rasmussen Opisto, VKTY ry, Dance.fi, Razzmatazz, Hip Hop House, Jyväskylän Tanssiopisto, Espoon Tanssiopisto; internationally Danshögskolan (Stockholm, Sweden), NABA (Milano, Italy), Streetground (Malmö, Sweden), Subsdans (Oslo, Norway), Dans Brynju Péturs (Reykjavik, Iceland). Also weekly classes in Finland in 2013-2016.