Samuli Emery

Samuli has worked very internationally with artists like Meg Stuart, Jerome Bel, River Lin, Jill Crovisier, Ceren Oran, Hanna Brotherus, Ima Iduozee and Sonya Lindfors. Additionally she has collaborated with some of the most renowned music artists in Finland, including Saara Aalto, Club for Five, Jenni Vartiainen, Isac Elliot, Elastinen, Apulanta and Jari Sillanpää as well as created his own work, ranging from intimate solos to video works to huge community dance pieces. Samuli has received numerous awards and stipends for their accomplishments as a performer and maker in Finland, Germany, Poland, Estonia and Italy. Most recently they’ve been obsessed with deconstructing the bourgeoisie tendencies of Western contemporary dance, experiencing time in radical ways, embodying epicness, rest, lists and creating spaces of solidarity, care and shared joy.