ANNA VIRKKUNEN
WORK AS A DANCER / PERFORMER (premiere)
Year Title Direction / Choreography Venue
2025 Project No. 2191 Adrienn Hód / HODWORKS Helsinki City Theatre 2025 Dreamer Annamari Keskinen & Ryan Mason Helsinki City Theatre
2025 In the Waning Light II Off/Balance, Koistinen, Rönkkö, Salin, Valikoski Tanssin Aika Festival Jyväskylä
2024 Amerika Sebastian Baumgarten / Takao Baba Opernhaus Zürich
2023 In the Waning Light Milla Koistinen Haukanniemi, Jyväskylä
2023 Turandot Sebastian Baumgarten / Sebastian Zuber Opernhaus Zürich
2022 Shallow Waters Sebastian Zuber Filter4, Basel
2022 Ainut AuraCo / Päivi Aura Central Station Helsinki
2022 Plantasia Virkkunen / Vahtola / Lindfors / Miettinen / Tavi Annantalo, Helsinki
2021 Ohne Titel Panorama Dance Theater Neustart Festival St. Gallen
2019 Belshazzar Laurence Cummings / Sebastian Baumgarten / Thomas Wilhelm Opernhaus Zürich
2018 Folk Songs Viviane Hasler / Anna Virkkunen & Daria Reimann Kulturkeller Winkeln, Lucerne
2018 Industrial Seagrass Sebastian Zuber Galerie Von Bartha, Basel
2017 My Fair Lady Elise Gragerup / Signe Fabricius Stadsteatern Stockholm
2017 åäö Vera Nevanlinna & Ervi Sirén Zodiak, Helsinki
2017 Kopf Yugsamas Movement Collective Szene Studio, Salzburg
2016 Flying Dutchman Kasper Holten / Signe Fabricius The Finnish National Opera, Helsinki
2016 Collage me Yugsamas Movement Collective Arge Kultur, Salzburg
2016 boom bodies Doris Uhlich Tanzquartier, Vienna
2015 Let the bodies speak Yugsamas Movement Collective & Julia Schwarzbach Arge Kultur, Salzburg
2015 Hit the Boom Doris Uhlich Impulstanz, Vienna
2015 Seeing is Believing Michikazu Matsune Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna
2015 Now or Forever Michikazu Matsune Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna
2015 Engel Hubert Lepka Szene Salzburg
2014 WABE Hubert Lepka St. Martin
2014 Dance Constructon Simone Forti Museum Moderne Salzburg
2014 more than naked Doris Uhlich Summerszene Salzburg
2014 Stranger/Raver/Rioter Katja-Maria Taavitsainen Cable Factory, Helsinki
CHOREOGRAPHIC WORK
2017 Void Anna Virkkunen Liikelaituri, Tampere
2014 She in Me in Her Anna Virkkunen Josef Eckhardt Theater, Salzburg
TEACHING
Facilitating contemporary dance classes and workshops for professionals, youth and adults among others in:
•TanzLuzern & IG Tanz Luzern (2026)
• Profitraining Basel (2024–2026)
• Helsinki Dance Company (2019–2025)
• Tanssivintti Helsinki (2022)
• Keski-Uudenmaan Tanssiopisto (2016–2017)
• Salzburg DO-IT Program (2014–2015)
Facilitating Vinyasa yoga classes for diverse groups among others:
• Karibu Flow (2026–)
• Yogabloom Basel (2024–)
• Adult Education Institute Helsinki (2022)
• Valontara Helsinki (2022)
• Studio Kaivopuisto Helsinki (2022)
OTHER WORK
2026 Rehearsal assistant, TanzLuzern, Luzerner Theatre
2022 Curator and coordinator / Glowing colours and poetry of patterns – Mirja Sarva Centenary Exhibition / Kuikku, Nummela
2022 Actor / Kuningas Kustaa II:n aarre / direction Liisa Pylkkänen / Suomenlinna
2019-2022 Facilitator / UrbanApa Mentoring group for young artists / Helsinki
2016-2019 Event cordinator / Quercimovers dance retreat / Corsica
EDUCATION
2011-15 Major in Performance / SEAD Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance
2008-14 Bachelor of Arts in Finnish literature / University of Helsinki