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Emmi Venna is a choreographer and dancer based between Berlin and Helsinki.

As a choreographer, Venna makes space for the enigma of dance and creates stage works that center movement as the primary source of creation. Venna's processes are fueled by a deep curiosity towards the dancing body, a love for dance and art histories and a search for the magical potential of a performance situation.

During 2025-2027 Venna's work is supported by Arts Promotion Centre Finland. 

 

 

 

 

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Education

Master of Arts

Theatre Academy of Finland

Department of Dance

 

Studies of butoh

Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio

Yokohama, Japan

 

Erasmus exchange

Escola Superior de Danca

Lisbon

Sibelius Upper Secondary High School

Selected works

As choreographer

This world that we imagine in this room, might be used to gain access to other            rooms, other worlds, previously unimaginable

        Kiasma Theatre / Baltic Circle / Drifts / Taidekoti Kirpilä 2022-2023

Kitchen Sink

Sinne

2022

      CORE       commissioned work for TaDaC       Teak / Zodiak        2021 Fabulous Muscles        Mad House Helsinki / Ehkä production / Titanik        2020 17 days of taking everything as a sign         Exhibition Laboratory         2018         AFTERLIFE         Baltic Circle Festival         2017

Untitled piece in collaboration with Anna Mustonen, Anna-Mari Karvonen and Milja Aho

Ehkä production / Baltic Circle Festival

2016

Wake

Baltic Circle Festival

2015

Neverland

Kiasma Theatre

2015

The Greatest Lovesongs

one of the 10 solos to lovesongs curated by Maija Mustonen

Zodiak

2013

L.A

an overwrite of Cormack McCarthy's novel The Crossing 

direction of Oxi Koskelainen

Ylioppilasteatteri

2013

As performer

               BS/BF

convener: Mira Kautto

Zodiak/ Itak /Ehkä

2022

The Hellmouth edition 

   conveners: Marie Ursin & Alexandra Tveit

   Porsgrunn International Theater Festival, Norway 

   2018

Bull's Eye

direction of Philippe Vincent

Théatre Bernandines/O Espaco do Tempo/Tanzhaus nrw

2013

WCWBF

choreography of Anna-Maria Häkkinen

TeaK

2012

Between

choreography of Young Doo Jung

Kyoto Art Center

2010

Lataamo

choreography of Arja Raatikainen

Zodiak/Nomadi

2010

Installations/ Video works

Autoerotica

Installation

Exhibition Laboratory Project Room

2015

This season I've been mostly

Video

theatre.now/, Kiasma Museum

2012

basic movements of misery

with artist Aino Korvensyrjä

Oksasenkatu 11 Gallery

2011

Teaching

I keep on dancing and dancing and dancing, until there is only the dance

workshop

Urbanapa Toolbox

2021

Somatic Fictions

workshop

Theatre Academy of Finland (MA students in Dance)

Zodiak

2017-

Bodymindfuck

workshop

Theatre Academy of Finland (MA students in Dance)

Zodiak

Urbanapa Festival

2013–

Contemporary dance

professional level

Tanssivintti

2013–

This season I’ve been mostly

workshop

Zodiak

2013


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emmivenna@gmail.com
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This world that we imagine in this room, might be used to gain access to other rooms, other worlds, previously unimaginable
This world that we imagine in this room, might be used to gain access to other rooms, other worlds, previously unimaginable
CORE
CORE
Fabulous Muscles
Halun arkeologiasta ja nälkäisistä haamuista
17 days of taking everything as a sign
Post-MJ Era Institute of Conciousness: AFTERLIFE
Post-MJ Era Institute of Conciousness: AFTERLIFE
Post-MJ Era Institute of Consciousness: Wake
Post-MJ Era Institute of Consciousness: Wake
Post-MJ Era Institute of Consciousness: Wake