Emmi Väisänen

Emmi Väisänen (FI/BE) is a contemporary dancer based in Brussels, Belgium. Trained at Turku Conservatory (Finland) and S.E.A.D (Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Austria), she has collaborated with choreographers like Alexandra Waierstall, Julia Schwarzbach, Kinga Jaczewska and Alice Van der Wielen-Honinckx.  Notably, Emmi has worked extensively with ECCE/Claire Croizé & Etienne Guilloteau and Not Standing/Alexander Vantournhout for whom she’s been involved both as a performer and research collaborator for multiple creations such as SCREWS, Through the Grapevine, Snakearms, Contre-jour, VanThorhout, Foreshadow, every_body and Frames.

Emmi has shared her expertise through working as an outside eye and teaching dance and repertory workshops in different organisations and theaters in Europe.

She has also been teaching partnering workshops together with Alexander Vantournhout at P.A.R.T.S/Belgium, Tanzwerkstatt/Germany, Deltebre danza/Spain, Summer Intensive/ Lithuania and Impulstanz/Austria.
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Emmi Väisänen, Chia-Hung Chung, Axel Guérin and Esse Vanderbruggen are, together with Alexander Vantournhout, the core of Not Standing’s artistic team. They have been with the company for several years and created and performed several shows together. They have a deep understanding of Not Standing's movement language and take on different artistic roles— as performers, teachers, rehearsal directors, artistic assistants or even fleet managers. These performers not only embody but also expand and enrich the movement language, contributing to the growth of the artistic Not Standing-universe.