Iiris Puustinen is Finnish freelance dance artist based in Helsinki & Copenhagen, working internationally. She has studied dance & choreography at The Theatre Academy of The University of The Arts Helsinki & The Danish National School of Performing arts & graduated with a BFA degree in 2023.
Iiris was one of the artists selected for Amos Rex museum’s triennal exhibition Generation 2023 & her debut choreography “3,2,1 (The Walk)” premiered at Amos Rex in 2023. Her latest solo work “Still we play it” was curated for Avis De Tempête Raccords Festival and premiered in Paris, France in 2025.
She has worked with choreographers & dance companies such as Ima Iduozee (FI), Svalholm (DK), Klevis Elmazaj (NL), The Nordic Beasts (DK), Judith Sanchez Ruiz (DE) & performed in theatre & opera productions such as West Side Story (Savoy Theatre) & Don Giovanni & The Ostrobothnians (Finnish National Opera and Ballet).
As a choreographer Iiris creates unique and multi-dimensional performances that are tied on time. Using dance & movement as a medium she researches social phenomenas & norms, identity, inner & outer gaze, popular culture & alternative enbodiments.
Using the tools of contemporary dance and performance making her practise combines complex choreographed movement material, improvisation & somatic work. Her movement language draws on contemporary dance techniques, but also reveals the influence of various dance styles she has passionately practised over the years, such as jazz dance and western commercial dance.