RESUME
Mirja Jauhiainen (fin)
Circus artist
m_jauhiainen(at)yahoo.com
own projects
2017-present
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2017-present
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2017-2019
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2016-present
2012-present
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2009
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2007-2010
​2006-2007
Taideyhdistys Nyt ry | founding member
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Sirkusfestivaali Pusu | founder and artistic director
Melodic Objects | a site specific touring show in Iceland | artist
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ORIGO | a contemporary circus experience for babies | founder and artist
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Mad in Finland | founding member and artist
Spark | founder and artist
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Shoebox Tour | artist
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Sidewalk | founder and artist
work experience
As an aerialist
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Knitting Peace | European Tour | Tilde Björfors
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Palais im Park | Bremen | Karl-Heinz Helmschrot
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Ladies' Room | Krystall Palast, Leipzig | Philippe Vande Weghe
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Palazzo | Berlin | Knut Gminder
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Cyclope | Bienne | Philippe Boë
Drömmen om Las Vegas | Cirkus Cirkör, Swedish Tour | Olle Strandberg
Clowns Without Boarders | Estonia
Palazzo | Stuttgart
Wintergarten Variete | Berlin
Inside Out | Cirkus Cirkör, world tour | Tilde Björfors
Pomp Duck and Circumstance | Berlin&Stuttgart | Dion McHugh
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Directing and choreographing
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Aerial chorographer | Oscarsborgs Operaen, Sirkus Requiem
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Assistant Director | Cirkus Cirkör, Tipping Point
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Outside eye | Nelli Kujansivu, Pisaroita Iholla
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Outside eye | Company Afterclap, Red Hot Condition
Circus Choreographer/Director | Unga Teatern, Den 35e Maj
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Guest aerial choreographer | Cirkus Cirkör, Epifonima
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Outside eye | Sisus Sirkus, Mosh Split
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Associate Director | DOCH's second year show, Infraröd
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recognition
2025 Project grant from Stockholm Stad
2025 Project grant from Region Stockholm
2021-2023 Corona supports from Taike & Konstnärsnämnden
2020 Project grant from Kulturrådet​
2020 Project grant from Stockholm Stad
2020 Project grant from Region Stockholm
2018 Project grant from the Finnish Cultural Foundation​
2017 Grant from Kulturfonden for Sverige och Finland
​2016 Working grant (6 months) from the Arts Promotion Centre Finland
​2016 Project grant from the Alfred Kordelin Foundation
​2015 State Prize for Circus Art from the National Council for the Performing Arts Finland
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