Annu is a Finnish dancer and pedagogue. In her youth she tried various art forms from music and gymnastics to visual arts until she discovered dance, that allowed her to combine the need of physical action with artistic creation. With React her interest of testing the physical limits of the body has expanded to testing the limits of social reality.

Annu graduated Bachelor of Arts from Stockholm University of Dance and Circus 2010. Since then she has worked both as a teacher and as a dancer in Sweden, Finland and Slovenia. In 2016 she supplemented her studies with a Master’s degree in dance pedagogy at the Theater Academy in Helsinki, Finland. Annu has experience in teaching various ages from beginners to skilled movers. In her pedagogical approach she is focused on people’s ability to expand the scale of nuances in their movement and to enjoy their dancing bodies.