Marja Merisalo (born 3 April 1965 Oulu, Finland) is a Finnish choreographer, dancer, director and cultural coordinator. She has the Master of Arts degree of Dance from the Helsinki Theatre Academy (Teatterikorkeakoulu)[1] She represents contemporary art dance where she has developed her own styles. Marja Merisalo has worked as choreographer, dancer, actor, producer as well as director of theatre and dance projects. She has worked in numerous productions and theatres since 1982 including Q-teatteri in Helsinki,[2] Helsinki City Theatre,[3] the Student's Theatre of Helsinki (Ylioppilasteatteri) and the Finnish National Theatre.

Merisalo worked in the city of Pori as the Regional Artist under the Ministry of Education and Culture during the years 2009–2011.[4] Her main work was coordinating numerous cultural activities in the municipality of Satakunta in western Finland. Later on she also made project-planning for an artist's network called ArtPeople in Helsinki during her work as cultural coordinator in the area of Arabia in Helsinki under Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taiteen edistämiskeskus, formerly Arts Council of Finland).[5]

Since 2006, Merisalo has been a member of Theatre of Eternal Values (TEV), an international theatre group based in Italy. She has been touring with the group's productions internationally in West End - London, Manhattan - New York City, Milan, Rome, Geneva, Basel, Istanbul and Ankara.[6] Moreover, besides Finland she has also performed internationally in Australia, India, Sweden, the Baltic countries and Russia.[7][8][9]

She has also created numerous dance and theatre projects, one of the latest being the "Echoes from Karelia", which brings together a fusion of traditional Karelian folk culture with modern elements. The project has toured in Finland, Sweden, Russia and Italy.

Choreographies

  • GAM, Tana bru, Norway 2023 (dance theatre project together with Sami children)[10][11][12][13]
  • Ilmatar in India, Sortavala, Russia 2019 (residence project in KARN, Karelian Art Residence Network)[14][15][16][17]
  • Echoes from Karelia, Zelenogorsk and Sortavala, Russia 2015 and 2019, Sweden 2016, Italy 2018
  • Tid och Energi, Vantaa 2008, Pori 2011.[18][19]
  • The Tyger, London 2007, Genova, Italy 2007.[20] (also: Govisummer 2007 program)
  • Adimaya, Sydney, Australia 2006.
  • Elefanttimetsä ("Elephant Forest"), Dance Theatre Raatikko, Finland 2004.[21]
  • O Lal Meri, Italy 2004.
  • Mahamaya, Mumbai, India 2003, Italy 2003.
  • Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven - "Mustalaisleiri muuttaa taivaaseen, Lappeenranta City Theatre, Finland 1997.
  • Spring is coming - Kevät saapuu, Finlandia Hall 1995.

Productions

Sources

References

  1. ↑ "Theatre Academy Helsinki". Archived from the original on 2014-04-30.
  2. ↑ "History of shows in Q-theatre". Archived from the original on 2014-05-07.
  3. ↑ "Helsinki City Theatre, list of performances" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-01. Alt URL
  4. ↑ "Kaksi uutta läänintaiteilijaa Satakuntaan" [Two new Regional Artists to Western Finland]. Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). March 15, 2009. Archived from the original on 2014-05-01.
  5. ↑ "Arts coordinator of Arabia". artova.fi. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-05-01.
  6. ↑ "WILLIAM BLAKE'S DIVINE HUMANITY". Theatre of Eternal Values. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
  7. ↑ "Eternity in an Hour". Theatre of Eternal Values. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
  8. ↑ "Marja Merisalo". Theatre of Eternal Values. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
  9. ↑ "Ohjelma" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2015-07-12.
  10. ↑ Dance On The Borders -projects by choreographer Marja Merisalo
  11. ↑ (Ságat newspaper article, Norway, May 24, 2023)
  12. ↑ https://www.avvir.no/dansateahteriin-nanusmahttit-sami-manaid-kultuvrra/(Ávvir newspaper article, Norway, May 24, 2023)]
  13. ↑ (Inarilainen newspaper article, Finland, April 17, 2023)
  14. ↑ "India-Karelia in Sortavala | Karelia CBC".
  15. ↑ https://kareliacbc.fi/fi/node/1012 Archive.org
  16. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTTuaMfNOSw Rossia1 TV News at Youtube
  17. ↑ https://archive.org/details/mov20191203ilmatarintiassa01min55syoutube Youtube Rossia1 TV News at archive.org
  18. ↑ Tid och Energi 2008 (also: )
  19. ↑ Tid & Energi in the "Ulvilan seutu" -magazine 2011 (also: )
  20. ↑ "Govisummer festival Genova 2007". Archived from the original on 2014-05-01. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  21. ↑ "Etusivu".
  22. ↑ Tid och Energi 2008 (also: Tid & Energi Martinus sali 2008)
  23. ↑ An article in Ulvilan Seutu -newspaper 13.4.201 Archived 2014-05-01 at archive.today (also: )
  24. ↑ Tuulen Poika -performances at Arabia (also: )
  25. ↑ TEV - Eternity in an Hour
  26. ↑ New York Fringe festival 2010
  27. ↑ (also: https://archive.today/20140501211716/http://eternity360.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/eternity-in-basel/)
  28. ↑ Milliyet-newspaper blog 2011, Turkey (also: )
  29. ↑ WBDH at TEV (also: WBDH)
  30. ↑ "Archived copy". www.ylioppilasteatteri.fi. Archived from the original on 14 March 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  31. ↑ Q-teatteri-performances)
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