Emmi Pennanen
Dancer
Emmi Pennanen is a freelance dancer from Helsinki. In addition to working with TSC, they have recently been performing with e.g. Sivuun Ensemble and Makeshift Company. Pennanen has danced at the Finnish National Ballet and the Royal Ballet of Flanders. Over the course of eight years in these companies they performed in works of prestigious choreographers, such as Carolyn Carlson, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Ohad Naharin, William Forsythe and Martha Graham during that time. They performed in Tero Saarinen’s work Kullervo in 2015 as a dancer with the Finnish National Ballet, and their current collaboration with TSC started in 2020.
Pennanen holds a Master of Art -degree from the Visual Cultures, Curating and Contemporary Art MA program at Aalto University, Helsinki.
