By Ricky Cohete
”Perfect body control: The pole dancer Santeri from Finland, bathed in blue light, is one of the highlights of the Variety show Golden Years.”
- Badische Neueste Nachrichten, 2023
“The stripping off of his military coat is enough to hear murmurs and at least one 'Wow' in the theater. The gifted body artist is a sculpture incarnate. His act on the pole is simply masterful.”
- Berliner Morgenpost, 2022
“Santeri performs a breathtakingly aesthetic dance on the pole.”
- Berliner Morgenpost, 2020
About
Santeri is a hand balancer, contortionist, pole dancer, voguer and performer from Finland, from the country of snow and serenity. He has studied circus arts in Ecole Supérieure des Arts du Cirque in Belgium. He is a finnish pole dance champion and a member of the most legendary voguing group, House of Ninja. Santeri has been performing, competing and teaching internationally. He has performed at Lido de Paris, Manko Cabaret, Vogue Paris Foundation Gala, The Ritz Paris, Wintergarten Berlin, Palazzo Hamburg and Le Bal de la Rose. Santeri has been featured in Vogue France and Daily Mail magazines.
AGE 31 HEIGHT 180cm WEIGHT 73kg
CIRCUS ARTIST Hand balancing, contortion, adagio
DANCER Pole dance, voguing
PERFORMANCES
PALAZZO HAMBURG, 2023-2024
PETE THE MONKEY music festival, Normandy, 2023
F(Ê)AITES DE LA DANSE by Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo, 2023
LA MADAME KLAUDE IN ALCAZAR, Paris, 2023
WINTERGARTEN BERLIN TOUR, Germany and Switzerland, 2023
ALLIANZ PARTY, Berlin, 2023
TIKTOK PARTY, Berlin, 2022
VENUS AWARDS, Berlin, 2022
WINTERGARTEN BERLIN, 2022-2023
BAL DE LA ROSE Artistic direction by Christian Louboutin, Monte Carlo, 2022
PARADIS LATIN PRIVATE PARTY, Paris, 2022
WINTERGARTEN BERLIN TOUR, Germany and Denmark, 2022
LA MADAME KLAUDE IN ALCAZAR, Paris, 2022
WINTERGARTEN BERLIN, 2020
BALENCIAGA SS20 after party at Paris Fashion Week, Paris, 2019
CIRQUE DE TUQUE, Germany, 2019
MANKO CABARET, Toronto, 2019
AMAZON STUDIOS - MAKING THE CUT video shoot, Paris, 2019
LIDO DE PARIS, Paris, 2019
KENZO TAKADA’s 80th birthday party, Paris, 2019
CIRQUE DE TUQUE, Germany, 2019
HEALTH AWARDS, Finland, 2019
LOUIS VUITTON private party, Paris, 2018
THE RITZ PARIS 10 years anniversary of Grand Luxury, Paris, 2018
MANKO CABARET, Paris, September 2018 - 2019
VOGUE PARIS FOUNDATION GALA, Paris, 2018
MUSEUM OF SEX voguing party, New York, 2017
DAZED AND CONFUSED MAGAZINE video shoot, New York, 2017
NOKIA photo shoot, Finland, 2017
CATMANDOO sportswear brand photo and video shoot, Finland, 2017
POLE SHOW LA, Los Angeles, 2017
CES EXPO, Las Vegas, 2017
GLORIA FASHION SHOW, Finland, 2016
CABINET OF POLITICAL WONDERS theatre production, Poland, 2015
MOËT & CHANDON party, Finland, 2015
POLE SHOW LA, Las Vegas, 2015
CABINET OF POLITICAL WONDERS theatre production, Germany, 2015
MADONNA’S REBEL HEART TOUR AUDITION, New York, 2015
COMPETITIONS / VOGUE BALLS
UNITED STATES OF AFRICA BALL II winner of new way vogue, Paris, 2018
FINNISH POLE SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS winner of senior elite men, Finland, 2018
THE LATEX BALL winner of new way vogue, New York, 2017
HOUSE DANCE INTERNATIONAL 2nd place of vogue, New York, 2017
VOGUE KNIGHTS winner of new way vogue, New York, 2017
CELEBRATION OF LIFE BALL winner of new way vogue, Paris, 2016
POLE ART ITALY winner of semi-pro men, Milan, 2015
TEACHING / WORKSHOPS
POLE AND DANCE pole dance studio, 2023
POLE AND DANCE pole dance studio, 2022
POLE AND DANCE pole dance studio, Paris, 2018 - 2020
VERTICAL CLUB pole dance studio, Finland, 2017 - 2018
WORKSHOP TOUR with pole dancer Oona Kivelä, Brazil, 2016
WORKSHOP TOUR with pole dancer Oona Kivelä, Mexico, 2015
WORKSHOPS in pole dance studios in Croatia, Finland, Sweden, Italy, Los Angeles, Denmark, Belgium, France, Brazil, Mexico, since 2014
EDUCATION
DANS OCH CIRCUSHÖGSKOLAN handstand course, Sweden, 2016
ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DES ARTS DU CIRQUE, Belgium, 2013-2014