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Dancer, choreographer

Auri Ahola (born 1984) is an Inari Sámi dance artist, director and curator who has forged an extensive career, ranging from classical ballet to contemporary dance and multidisciplinary works. She worked as a dancer in Finnish National Opera Ballet for ten years, before starting a freelance career as a dancer and choreographer. Auri has performed internationally with companies such as Tero Saarinen Company and stages from Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow to Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, curated festivals and lead working groups of multidisciplinary artists. Auri has created her own works in Finnish side of Sápmi since 2016. In 2022 her full-length immersive work Viehâ premiered in Rovaniemi Art Museum, receiving excellent reviews. The key elements in her works are community, intensive atmosphere and physical expression that crosses boundaries between art forms. Auri lives and works in Inari, Sápmi.

Auri Ahola

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About the art

Seevvist jeegist is a film by Skolt Sámi director Villeriiko Fofonoff, choreographed by Inari Sámi dance artist Auri Ahola. The film creates a strong, mysterious atmosphere in the capturing nature of Inari, Finnish side of Sápmi, featuring Inari Sámi tales of Auri Aholas family. The tales are interpreted with dance and Finnish sign language and brought into life with music by Mikkâl Morottaja.

At the opening Aure Screended the film Seevvist jeegist:
Seevvist jeegist is a film by Skolt Sámi director Villeriiko Fofonoff, choreographed by Inari Sámi dance artist Auri Ahola. The film creates a strong, mysterious atmosphere in the capturing nature of Inari, Finnish side of Sápmi, featuring Inari Sámi tales of Auri Aholas family. The tales are interpreted with dance and Finnish sign language and brought into life with music by Mikkâl Morottaja.

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