Elina Pirinen
crystal cloud inside Elina Pirinen is a Helsinki-based choreographer, dancer, singer-songwriter-musician, curator, artistic director and pedagogue. She often uses large classical music pieces as companions for different corporal, vocal and linguistic performative qualities. She works closely with contemporary feministic psychoanalytical thinking and experiencing, and their potential and importance in stage practice. She collaborates regularly with Zodiak – Center for New Dance, Kiasma Theater of Kiasma Museum of contemporary art, performance art venue Mad House, Theatre Academy of University of the Arts Helsinki and Performance Art Society. She also works with domestic animals in need, is married to a beautiful man and makes romantic baroque-rockmusic with her orchestra.
