Jonnakaisa Risto

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Actor, screenwriter, puppet artist Jonnakaisa is interested in grotesque and musical puppet theatre. Jonnakaisa has graduated from the University of the Arts as an actor 2018. She has worked as…

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Pia Kalenius

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Director, performer, puppet builder, costume designer and mask maker Pia Kalenius  is an expereinced all-round puppet theater artist from Turku. She graduated from Turku Arts Academy Puppet Theatre department 2003.…

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Aati Hanikka

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Director, puppeteer, performer, scriptwriter Aati Hanikka enjoys being a director of puppet manipulation. For him, puppetry is above all about movement: matter in motion. Matter offers a language of movement…

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Elviira Davidow

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Shadow theater artist, performer, storyteller, director, dance and puppet theater teacher, puppet builder Elviira Davidow has both studied and worked extensively in the fields of art as a puppet theater…

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Merja Pöyhönen

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Director, performer, teacher Merja Pöyhönen (b. 1980) is a puppeteer and director living in Turku. She is one of the trailblazers in modern Finnish puppet theatre. Pöyhönen has a degree in…

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Outi Sippola

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Director, performer, screenwriter, dramaturg Outi Sippola is a theatre maker and Artistic Director Nordic Puppet Ambassadors As a puppet theatre director and performer who strives for gentle wake up calls…

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Timo Väntsi

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Director, performer, puppet builder, screenwriter, teacher Timo Väntsi (b. 1966) is a very experienced Finnish puppeteer, actor, director who has worked in small and big theatre companies in Finland. He…

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Alma Rajala

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Director, performer, writer Alma Rajala is an original and multifaceted director and performer in puppet theatre.Constantly seeking new horizons, she combines puppet theatre with other forms of art. She has created…

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Elina Lajunen

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Puppeteer, a director, a writer and a hatmaker Elina Lajunen is a puppeteer, a director, a writer and a hatmaker. She also plays the violin. She studied music in the…

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Mira Taussi

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Director, actress, instructor Mira Taussi is a puppet and object theatre artist who has worked as a director, actress and instructor both in institutional theatres and in as part of…

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Antti Tuominen

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Actor, puppeteer, mover, director, teacher Actor, puppeteer, mover, director, teacher Antti Tuominen is a theatre artist from Pori, graduated as a drama instructor (BA) from Turku Arts Academy in…

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Niina Lindroos

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Director, puppeteer, performer In her puppet making, Niina Lindroos favours deformity, grotesqueness and the beauty found in imperfection. She combines costume design with puppet theatre arts and has, for example,…

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