Emmi Väisänen

Emmi Väisänen (FI/BE) is een hedendaagse danseres gebaseerd in Brussel, België. Opgeleid aan het Conservatorium van Turku (Finland) en S.E.A.D (Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Oostenrijk), heeft ze samengewerkt met choreografen als Alexandra Waierstall, Julia Schwarzbach, Kinga Jaczewska en Alice Van der Wielen-Honinckx. Emmi heeft met name veel samengewerkt met ECCE/Claire Croizé & Etienne Guilloteau en Not Standing/Alexander Vantournhout voor wie ze zowel als performer als onderzoeker betrokken was bij verschillende creaties zoals SCREWS, Through the Grapevine, Snakearms, Contre-jour, VanThorhout, Foreshadow, every_body en Frames.

Emmi has shared her expertise through working as an outside eye and teaching dance and repertory workshops in different organisations and theaters in Europe.

She has also been teaching partnering workshops together with Alexander Vantournhout at P.A.R.T.S/Belgium, Tanzwerkstatt/Germany, Deltebre danza/Spain, Summer Intensive/ Lithuania and Impulstanz/Austria.
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Emmi Väisänen, Chia-Hung Chung, Axel Guérin and Esse Vanderbruggen are, together with Alexander Vantournhout, the core of Not Standing’s artistic team. They have been with the company for several years and created and performed several shows together. They have a deep understanding of Not Standing's movement language and take on different artistic roles— as performers, teachers, rehearsal directors, artistic assistants or even fleet managers. These performers not only embody but also expand and enrich the movement language, contributing to the growth of the artistic Not Standing-universe.