rain saukas
dancer/collaborator, This is what we do in winter
In 2002 Rain Saukas (Estonia) had an unexpected, first-encounter with contemporary dance. Rain has since trained intensively with Fine5 Dance Theater as well as Jyrkki Karttunen, Carolyn Carlson, Jane Comfort and Noemie LaFrance among others at several international dance festivals. Rain became a performing member of Fine5 Dance Theater in 2004, touring throughout Estonia and in Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Vitebsk, Warsaw, Yerevan and Busan, Korea. Among many applauded productions Rain
participated in Fine5's original five-time production of Carmina Burana, conducted by Carl Orff at the Birgitta Music Festival of Estonia and "Phases" which won the 2009 Estonian Theater Award for Best Dance Production. In 2010 Rain performed in four premieres: dancing for Jenni Kivela and Cid Pearlman while collaborating with Mihkel Ernits in 'Bodysnatchers' and Alexis Steeves in "how quickly these accidents". Rain's current aesthetic interests can be described as a mash up of b-films, cinematic composition, wing tsun, stereotypes, lines, curves, the color pink and cooking.
Rain's early education was concerned with harvesting mushrooms, berries and all the eclectic bounty the Estonian countryside has to offer. Rain graduated with a BA in graphic design in 2006 and is currently pursuing an MA in Interactive Multimedia, both at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Rain is currently a full-time designer \ 3D artist at Taevas Ogilvy, one of Estonia's award winning ad agencies. Rain produces freelance art for various dance agencies and independent artists.
dancer/collaborator, This is what we do in winter
In 2002 Rain Saukas (Estonia) had an unexpected, first-encounter with contemporary dance. Rain has since trained intensively with Fine5 Dance Theater as well as Jyrkki Karttunen, Carolyn Carlson, Jane Comfort and Noemie LaFrance among others at several international dance festivals. Rain became a performing member of Fine5 Dance Theater in 2004, touring throughout Estonia and in Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Vitebsk, Warsaw, Yerevan and Busan, Korea. Among many applauded productions Rain
participated in Fine5's original five-time production of Carmina Burana, conducted by Carl Orff at the Birgitta Music Festival of Estonia and "Phases" which won the 2009 Estonian Theater Award for Best Dance Production. In 2010 Rain performed in four premieres: dancing for Jenni Kivela and Cid Pearlman while collaborating with Mihkel Ernits in 'Bodysnatchers' and Alexis Steeves in "how quickly these accidents". Rain's current aesthetic interests can be described as a mash up of b-films, cinematic composition, wing tsun, stereotypes, lines, curves, the color pink and cooking.
Rain's early education was concerned with harvesting mushrooms, berries and all the eclectic bounty the Estonian countryside has to offer. Rain graduated with a BA in graphic design in 2006 and is currently pursuing an MA in Interactive Multimedia, both at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Rain is currently a full-time designer \ 3D artist at Taevas Ogilvy, one of Estonia's award winning ad agencies. Rain produces freelance art for various dance agencies and independent artists.