Antti Seppänen

Antti  Seppänen studied dance at the Turku art academy and the Theater academy  of Finland (Teak) from where he graduated in 2005. Since then, he has  worked widely as a dancer with many different choreographers like Jorma  Uotinen, Jyrki Karttunen, Cris af Enehielm, Jarec Cemerec, Ingun  Bjørnsgraad, Mikiko Kawamura, Yuval Pick, Hugo Fanari, Jenni Kivelä and  Yuval Pick. In dance, he is interested in how timing can affect and  change meanings and how the body and mind jointly act as a unit of  communication.

In  2014, Antti received an artist grant from the Finnish Cultural  Foundation. His work has taken him to 21 countries, for example Norway,  Sweden, Germany and Russia. His latest engagements have been with the  Viirus Theater as an actor in the play Svält – Hunger, Tanssiteatteri MD  in Tampere in the dance piece Lovekick, the Finnish National ballet as a  dancer, and in Greenland as a residency artist to work in his own solo.  

He has also worked as an actor in several Finnish productions.

Source: mAPs

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