Mikko Lampinen has danced with Tero Saarinen Company since 2011 and is now a part of TSC as a monthly paid dancer. Mikko has appeared in numerous TSC productions and he’s currently in the cast of Borrowed Light as a dancer and is working as an understudy dancer in Study for Life. In addition to dancing, Mikko is also working at TSC as a videographer.
Mikko began his dance studies with Liisa Nojonen’s school. He graduated from the Dance Conservatory in Tampere in 2005. He has also studied on a scholarship at the Alvin Ailey School in New York. He has danced with Pori Dance Company from 2001, and worked there as Artistic Director (2014–2019) and Executive Director (2014–2020). He has danced with Carolyn Carlson Company (2005–2006), Helsinki Dance Company (2006–2010), Skånes Danseteater (2010) and the Finnish National Ballet (2010). In Finland Mikko has worked with many prestigious names such as Jorma Uotinen, Kenneth Kvarnström, Marjo Kuusela and Tommi Kitti.