Established in 1922, the Finnish National Ballet is Finland’s only full-sized professional ballet company. Today, it is a highly international crowd of 75 dancers, representing 20 nationalities between them. Almost half of the dancers are Finns, most of them trained at the Ballet School of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet. There is also a youth group at the FNB, comprising 12 fresh graduates.
Elena Ilyina
Antti Keinänen
Rebecca King
Hanako Matsune
Johan Pakkanen
Tuukka Piitulainen
Lucie Rákosníková
Jonathan Rodrigues
Anna Sariola
Terhi Talo
Jun Xia
Eemu Äikiö
Shunsuke Arimizu
Adam Ashcroft
Evaldas Bielinis
Thomas Brun
Carolina Cortesi
Gabriel Davidsson
Felipe Domingos
Alfio Drago
Hatice Çağla Ertürk
Mafalda Fideles
Sofia Gustafsson
Nao Harada
Xiaoyu He
Sari Ikonen
Lucas Jerkander
Kailey Kaba
Linas Kavaliauskas
Violetta Keller
Atte Kilpinen
Anna Konkari
Iga Krata
Benjamin Kuefler
Ira Lindahl
Miao Miao Liu
Francesca Loi
Meghan Lynch
Ville Mäki
Giuseppe Martino
Aino Matikka
Jevgenija Modan
Mariusz Morawski
Olga Pentikäinen
Valeria Quintana
Charlotte Schauman-Mäki
Sari Stenholm
Emilia Števik
Samuel Števik
Maria Tamminen
Emrecan Tanış
Claire Teisseyre
Benjamin Thomas
Maksim Tšukarjov
Jouka Valkama
Martina Verbeni
Marjaterttu Willman
Shae Berney
Mischa Goodman
Taru Hiitola
Satoru Iwasaki
Hye Ji Kang
Aapo Kokkonen
Viola Länsivuori
Katariina Luukas
Ellen Mäkelä
Yuka Masumoto
Leonora Nummi
Edoardo Pavoni
Auditions for season 2020–2021
The Finnish National Ballet is looking for experienced male and female dancers and dancers to the youth company for season 2020–2021. Auditions take place in Amsterdam, Helsinki and the United States.