Anna Virkkunen

Anna Virkkunen is a Helsinki-based dance artist and performer. Virkkunen graduated as a dancer from the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in 2015. She has worked as a performer in a variety of different ensembles in Finland and elsewhere in Europe. Virkkunen has danced in works by Doris Uhlich, Sebastian Zuber, Vera Nevanlinna and Ervi Sirén, among others, and has performed in productions at Zurich Opera House and Stockholm City Theatre. Her passion is to work in multidisciplinary art projects where different artistic disciplines and professionals come together. In addition to her work as a performer, Virkkunen works as a facilitator in the UrbanApa mentoring group for young artists and teaches yoga and dance. In addition to dance, she has studied Finnish literature and theatre studies and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 2014 from the Department of Finnish Literature at the University of Helsinki.