KATRI SIIPOLA COHEN 07.10.1981 Finland Ballet & contemporary dancer and teacher, certified practitioner in the Ilan Lev method, Ayurveda Seed – body therapist

Education: Finnish National Opera Ballet School (1997-2001), Sonja Tammela Ballet School (1987-1997)

2001 EUROPA DANSE 2001 (Grasse, FRANCE)

International youth company, director Jean Albert Cartier

2001-2002 AALTO BALLET THEATER ESSEN, GERMANY (director Martin Puttke) Corps de ballet roles in various ballets including Orpheus by Heinz Spoerli, Das Gruene Tisch (The Green Table) by Kurt Joos, Die Bruder Karamasaw by Boris Eifman

2002 - 2005 BALLET DRESDEN, SACHSISCHE STAATSOPER DRESDEN, GERMANY (director Vladimir Derevianko) Corps de ballet roles in various ballets by John Neumeier, Uwe Scholtz and Vladimir Derevianko (Giselle, Don Quixote, The Swan Lake, The rite of spring and more)

2005 - 2008 TIVOLI PANTOMIME BALLET / ROYAL DANISH THEATER, COPENHAGEN DENMARK (director Peter Bo Bendixen) First dancer in various ballets choreographed by Dinna Bjorn, in collaboration with hM Queen Margrethe II and the Royal Danish Theater Traditional Danish Pantomimes

2007 - 2008 DANSK DANSETEATER (THE DANISH DANCE THEATER), COPENHAGEN DENMARK (director Tim Rushton) "Passion", lead role

2008 - 2010 MANCOPY DANSEKOMPAGNI, AARHUS DENMARK (director Jens Bjerregaard) Dancer and a ballet teacher for the members of the company Various contemporary works and site specific performances choreographed by Jens Bjerregaard, Rachel Erdos (), Kuik Swee Boon (), Tomomi Yamauchi (), Tim Feldmann (Miami) Touring in Denmark and internationally (Middle East, , ) 2010 - 2014 Freelance work (Denmark, Israel & ) Various dance, physical theater and multidisciplinary works in collaboration with choreographers such as Yonathan Soutchy (IL), Shira Bejarano (IL), Marie Brolin Tani (SE), Ingrid Tranum Velasquez (DK), (Benoit Maudrey (DE), Hanne Trap Friis (DK) “Dance Roads 2010 “, intenational touring company, (Canada, Wales, Italy, Denmark and ), duet Running Sculpture by Lars Dahl Pedersen (DK) "Crossings 2011" ( Newtown Dance Corner, French Institute of South-Africa ) Jerusalem Dance Theater, Israel (director Lior Lev), Dancer and a ballet teacher for the members of the company

Competitions and Awards

2001 Eurovision 9th Grand Prix, Finnish finals (classical variation from ”Paquita”, contemporary solo work ”Shake”, choreographed by Susanna Leinonen, Fi) 2000 & 1999 Nordic ballet competition in Mora, Sweden (2nd prize) 2000 Award from the city of Lappeenranta, Finland 1999 Pro Dance Award, Finland