Titta Court is north Finland –based dance artist who has been working as dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and producer since 1991.
Site, situation and audience, collaboration and improvisation are key to her work. Titta Court has produced work for numerous public spaces, factories, hospitals, private homes and nature not to mention stages and venues across Finland and the extensive Barents Region.
Titta Court is Artistic Director for RasaCollective together with dance artist Marjo Selin.
Titta Court holds MA in Dance (1993) and is certified teacher in Skinner Releasing Technique ™ (2011).
Year 2020 The Union for Dance and Circus Artists Finland awarded Titta Court for her persistent working in the area where contemporary dance is yet rather unknown art genre for its audience.
" Titta Court has done significant, diverse and artistically ambitious work outside the centres of growth. She has done interesting artistic projects with artists representing different art genres in rather challenging and pretty lonely conditions. She has integrated in her working also elements from community art and taken dance art into the everyday of people. She has opened new spaces for dance artists to work with her bold projects but also works in the "traditional" way as a dancer in works of other artists. Colleagues who nominated her described her for instance like this: " Titta Court is a maker who's distinctive and creative art projects would deserve more attention. Her persistent working as a dance artist in the area where contemporary dance is yet rather unfamiliar, deserves an award." "
Titta Court has been nominated The community dance artist of the year for 2014-15 in Finland.
"According to the Community dance association of Finland the immediacy and abilty to listen the other person, strong ethics, following her own path and diverse collaborations with different communities and individuals describe Titta Court."
Site, situation and audience, collaboration and improvisation are key to her work. Titta Court has produced work for numerous public spaces, factories, hospitals, private homes and nature not to mention stages and venues across Finland and the extensive Barents Region.
Titta Court is Artistic Director for RasaCollective together with dance artist Marjo Selin.
Titta Court holds MA in Dance (1993) and is certified teacher in Skinner Releasing Technique ™ (2011).
Year 2020 The Union for Dance and Circus Artists Finland awarded Titta Court for her persistent working in the area where contemporary dance is yet rather unknown art genre for its audience.
" Titta Court has done significant, diverse and artistically ambitious work outside the centres of growth. She has done interesting artistic projects with artists representing different art genres in rather challenging and pretty lonely conditions. She has integrated in her working also elements from community art and taken dance art into the everyday of people. She has opened new spaces for dance artists to work with her bold projects but also works in the "traditional" way as a dancer in works of other artists. Colleagues who nominated her described her for instance like this: " Titta Court is a maker who's distinctive and creative art projects would deserve more attention. Her persistent working as a dance artist in the area where contemporary dance is yet rather unfamiliar, deserves an award." "
Titta Court has been nominated The community dance artist of the year for 2014-15 in Finland.
"According to the Community dance association of Finland the immediacy and abilty to listen the other person, strong ethics, following her own path and diverse collaborations with different communities and individuals describe Titta Court."
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