Suvi Nieminen

Dancer

Suvi Nieminen is a Dance artist based in Turku, Finland. She works actively in various artistic communities. In 2014, together with dance artist Ilona Salonen, she founded the Turku-based MP collective, which aims to create new ways of encountering dance. In addition, Nieminen has worked as a dancer in the Helsinki-based Kinetic Orchestra group since 2017. In 2019, Nieminen was selected as the Circular Movement Artist of the Regional Centre for Western Dance and represented dance artists from Southwest Finland in the Dance Regional Centre network.

Nieminen graduated as a dance teacher in 2013 from Turku Art Academy and works actively as a dance teacher with a passion for flooring technique and partnering. Nieminen leads Turku Youth Company, a group for young dancers. Suvi joined Susanna Leinonen Company 2022.