Biography
Art critics say understanding what it is like to be alive nowadays is in the core of contemporary performance art. That is the pursuit of Tallinn-based young choreographer and performance artist Karolin Poska, too. Karolin is a freelance artist, fresh from the Estonian Academy of Arts, previously graduated from the Dance Art Faculty of the University of Tartu’s Viljandi Culture Academy. Her artistic curiosity draws her to explore connections between live electronic music and dance and transform reality by playing with objects.
Karolin Poska’s first solo performance “Thank you, you are welcome, THANK YOU, you are welcome, thank you” was presented both in Estonia and internationally. Her work "Fibers of Restrictions or Cooperation with Restrictions?" staged in the Alexela Concert Hall brought her the Young Artist Award. According to the jury, the performance was very personal and powerful, featuring a soul-touching and empowering discussion between the spectator and the performer who are distanced from each other.
"I look at theater as part of a momentarily abandoned public space and analyze the changed potential for using that space," she says. And her use of it demonstrates a remarkable diversity. Karolin, who lived one year in Indonesia and studied dance in Yogyakarta Art University, is the only professional Indonesian dancer in Estonia, proficient also in Bali, East-Java and Kalimantan traditional dance styles. You can also see her as a fire dancer performing with pois, torches and other flame-producing objects.
Karolin Poska’s first solo performance “Thank you, you are welcome, THANK YOU, you are welcome, thank you” was presented both in Estonia and internationally. Her work "Fibers of Restrictions or Cooperation with Restrictions?" staged in the Alexela Concert Hall brought her the Young Artist Award. According to the jury, the performance was very personal and powerful, featuring a soul-touching and empowering discussion between the spectator and the performer who are distanced from each other.
"I look at theater as part of a momentarily abandoned public space and analyze the changed potential for using that space," she says. And her use of it demonstrates a remarkable diversity. Karolin, who lived one year in Indonesia and studied dance in Yogyakarta Art University, is the only professional Indonesian dancer in Estonia, proficient also in Bali, East-Java and Kalimantan traditional dance styles. You can also see her as a fire dancer performing with pois, torches and other flame-producing objects.