Elina Lukkarinen

Date of birth: March 20, 1992

Nationality: Finland

Instagram: @elinavalpuri

Elina is a movement artist specializing in floor acrobatics and dance, as well as a musician with a background in classical music and improvisation. She began her artistic journey at a young age, practicing gymnastics and playing the clarinet. She graduated as a classical clarinetist, while simultaneously maintaining intense physical training in various disciplines. One of her strongest aspirations has always been to combine acoustic music with movement in experimental ways. This interest inspired her to pursue a creative and versatile course of study in music and movement in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Throughout her career, she has performed as an artist in various settings, including the Lucerne Theater, the Forum Neue Musik Lucerne, the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, and numerous multidisciplinary projects, also creating her own performances as a dancing clarinetist. Her physical training focuses on contemporary dance, soft acrobatics, and partner acrobatics. This path led her to professional circus training at CREAT in Valencia, Spain. The fusion of acrobatic and dance skills has become the cornerstone of her artistic research, an area in which she holds workshops in various contemporary circus spaces.