CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Mari Katriina Koponen

EDUCATION

29.8.2016-1.6.2018 Master of Dance, Master of Dance Teacher program, Taideyliopiston Teatterikorkeakoulu

2002-2006 Dance teacher, Savonia Polytechnic, Kuopio's music and dance Academy

2000-2001 One year dancer studies, Västra Nylands Folkhögskolan, Karjaa

1999 Undergraduate, Kuopion klassillinen lukio

EXPERIENCE AS A DANCE TEACHER

8.1.2024- (19.5.2024) Nurmijärvi Dance school , dance teacher

27.9.2021-4.6.2022 City of Vantaa, Vaskivuori uper secondary school, dance art lecturer (temporary replacement)

7.8.2018-31.7.2019 City of Helsinki, Kruununhaka's secondary school, dance art lecturer (deputyship)

15.8.2006-11.8.2019 Helsinki Dance school, dance teacher (contemporary dance and creative dance)

15.8.2006-31.5.2013 Dance school 1st step, dance teacher (contemporary and creative dance and bodycare)

2008-2009 Västra nylands folkhögskolan, choreogrpher and dance teacher

2005-2006 Sori Circus, dance teacher

ARTISTIC WORK

2024 Bundle of energy Aq'ab'al, Open Space 16.3.2024, Humina-space, Helsinki (choreographer and performer)

2023 Air Ritual, Open Space-happening 20.5.2023, Humina-space, Helsinki (choreographer, participatorial work)

2023 Stone Ritual, Humina-space opening party 18.3.2023, Helsinki (choreographer, participatorial work)

2022 Hear the Earth within You, choreography for the students of Vaskivuori Uper secondary school (choreographer)

2020 -> Chol Q’ij in me- project (ongoing artistic project)

2019 INVITATION, space oriented, experiential multi-art work, Halo-collective and Uusi jazzi klubi, Vapaan taiteen tila, Helsinki

2018 Tunnel, the artistic part of the thesis, Theather Academy, Helsinki

2017 100 spaces! 3001 Jäteseikkailu (working group: Camilla Ribeiro, Riina Salmi, Yuko Takeda, Mari Koponen), Theather Academy, Helsinki

2017 (C°)over ground (dancer), chopeographer Georgie Goater, Theather Academy, Helsinki

2009-2017 Choreographies for the special training groups, Helsinki dance school , Helsinki

2009 Choreocrapher, choreography for the students of Västra nylands folkhögskolan, Karjaa

2007-2008 Choreographer ”All that we can get” European Theatre Collective, Korjaamo and Koko-teatteri, Helsinki

2006-2019 choreographies for the dance schools students, Helsinki and Riihimäki

2005 Dancer, Helmen laulu, Eino Salmelainen Stage, Tampere

2004 Performer, Disco, Dance theather Minimi, Sotku, Kuopio

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Finnish: mother tongue, English: excellent, Swedish: average, Spanish: basics ++

IT-SKILLS

Good basic it-skills

ASSOCIATION ACTICITIES

Humina ry founding member and member of the board from 27.4.2022

Tanssille ry member of the board from 10.5.2021, member of the association from 2006

HOBBIES

Body and mind maintenance, dancing, drawing, painting, writing, poetry, reading, walking, forest, making soundscapes on the computer, playing.