RIKU LEHTOPOLKU
Has danced with Pori Dance Company since 2001, performing in works by choreographers such as Jorma Uotinen, Tero Saarinen, Marjo Kuusela and Jarkko Mandelin. He has also performed with various other companies, including Finnish National Ballet, Skånes Dansteater, Iceland Dance Company as well as Susanna Leinonen Company and Carl Knif Company. Lehtopolku also works as a teacher and choreographer, and since 2014, he has been the co-artistic director of Pori Dance Company. In addition, he was recently appointed as the new artistic director of Kuopio Dance Festival.