Jukka Korpi
Choreographer, Dancer, Director, Writer etc.
Born 1967 in Kuortane, Finland. 
Lives in Stockholm, Sweden since 1987
Education
Dance Academy, Stockholm 1987-1988
Ballet Academy, Stockholm 1988-1989
University College of Dance, Choreography, Stockholm 1989-1992
Productions
Belvedär, Kilen, Kulturhuset 1990
Holy spirit, Kilen, Kulturhuset 1991
Amen, Kilen, Kulturhuset 1991
Ixi, Moderna Dansteatern 1993
Daddy Longlegs, Moderna Dansteatern 1993
Olmen, Blå Lådan, Dansens hus 1993
Grylloblatta, Moderna Dansteatern 1995
United Snakes (Olmen & Sheehogue) Kilen, Kulturhuset 1996
Another World, Blå Lådan, Dansens Hus 1997
Saga, Moderna Dansteatern 2000
From here to here, Teater Tribunalen 2001 (a co-production with Torbjörn Astner)
Melodika Anatomika, Moderna Dansteatern 2003
One two, Moderna Dansteatern 2006
Two three, Moderna Dansteatern 2006
Petit bon ange, Weld, 2006
Niina@work, Kilen, Kulturhuset 2007
Soprum – The Guttural Throat of the Mother Earth, Moderna Dansteatern 2010
The Moon is sleeping – UusiTeatteri 2011
Diver – UusiTeatteri 2013
The Sun is sleeping – UusiTeatteri 2021
Four eight – Korpilombolo Nightfestival 2024
Flying – ZebraDans 2025
Other
Jukka Korpi has worked as a choreographer, dancer, director and an actor also in fields of theatre, film, opera, circus and musical both in Sweden and abroad. He has toured with own productions both in Sweden and internationally. He was in Finals in the international solo dance competition “Das beste Deutsche Tanzsolo 2007” in euroscene-Leibzig with his piece One two. He has worked with directors such as Ingmar Bergman, Inger Åby, Saara Salminen-Wallin, Torbjörn Astner, Catherine Parment, Titta Halinen, Timo Nieminen and Tanja Lorentzon. He has had several collaborations with artists Lotte Nilsson-Välimaa, Teemu Mäki and Margareta Petré, and with composers Sten Sandell, Liselotte Norelius, Akemi Ishijima, Max Wallin, Jean-Francoise Laporte and Girilal Baars. He has worked as a dancer for choreographers such as Claire Parsons, Staffan Eek, Ulrika Wedin, Lotta Gahrton, Gunilla Heilborn, Christina Caprioli, Anna Koch and Steffi Lund. He has also created both scenography and costume for his work Soprum – The Guttural Throat of the Mother Earth. During 2012-2023 he worked as an Artistic Director for the Swedish-Finnish Theatre Institution UusiTeatteri. Jukka Korpis debut book as a writer, The Moon is sleeping, was published in spring 2024.