Elina Häyrynen's collaboration with Tero Saarinen Company started in 2020 and since January 2025 she's one of the monthly paid dancers of the company. In addition to dancing, she's also part of coordinating TSC's training activities and she teaches Pilates in TSC Studio’s morning classes.
Elina completed her studies at Amsterdam University of the Arts and at the Theatre Academy in 2009. She has worked with various choreographers and internationally acclaimed dance companies, such as Susanna Leinonen Company, Milla Koistinen, Veli Lehtovaara and Sari Palmgren. She is one of the artistic directors of dance company Off/Balance in Central Finland. Elina is also a member of the multidisciplinary art ensemble TARGET Helsinki. In addition to her career as a dancer, she is a certified Pilates instructor.
She has since danced in Saarinen’s works Third Practice and Transit as well as Johanna Nuutinen’s Hz. The current TSC productions featuring her are Borrowed Light and Study for Life.