In the summer workshop led by the choreographe Milla Koistinen we will work with tools and movement principles, which enable detailed, effortless, energetic and inventive ways of moving. This workshop is aimed for professionals and those who study dance professionally.
Milla Koistinen’s technique, improvisation and movement research classes focus on exercises and methods she uses in diverse ways in her work as a choreographer, performer and teacher. The exercises are designed to evoke precision, clarity, energy, presence and dynamics. Through listening and observing the body the participants practice to move in an alert and articulated way. The variety in given material and improvisations prepare the body to adapt and connect information quickly. In this workshop we work with tools and movement principles, which enable detailed, effortless, energetic and inventive ways of moving.
Milla Koistinen is Berlin- and Helsinki-based Finnish choreographer, who holds an MA in Dance from the Theatre Academy in Helsinki and an MA in Choreography from HZT Berlin. Gaigg. Koistinen’s works have been presented at venues and festivals, including radialsystem, Dance House Helsinki, Tanzhaus NRW, Mad House Helsinki, & Espoo, Szene Salzburg, Fabriktheater Zürich, Dampfzentrale Bern, SPRING Festival, Moving in November Festival and Faerderbiennalen.
Repetition, pedestrian elements, gestures, stillness and movement, order and chaos, and the transition from real to imagined spaces – ranging from the recognizable and everyday to the strange and poetic – are central themes in the work of Milla Koistinen. Her creations span stage productions, installations, and site-specific performances.
In addition to her artistic work, Koistinen teaches contemporary technique, composition, and choreography in various companies, institutions, and educational programs. She has been a guest teacher at institutions such as the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD), the Iceland Academy of the Arts, Tanzhaus NRW, Sasha Waltz & Guests, Tanzhaus Zürich, the Theatre Academy of Helsinki, and HZT Berlin. In the spring of 2019, she was invited to lecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki.
In 2020–2024 Milla Koistinen’s work was supported by apap – FEMINIST FUTURES – a project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
In 2025–2027 Koistinen is working with the support of Arts Promotion Centre Finland.
More info: millakoistinen.com
