Draft:Rūta Ronja Pakalne

Rūta Ronja Pakalne (born 25.02.1992 in Riga, Latvia) is a contemporary dancer - performer, filmmaker and lecturer.



Education

2016-2018

Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School. MA in Audiovisual Media: Television/Documentary Film (CUM LAUDE)

2015-2016

Latvian Academy of Culture MA in Theatre/Contemporary Dance art (1 year completed)

2013 - 2015

P.A.R.T.S. dance school, Training cycle 2 years (Brussels, Belgium)

2011 - 2015

Latvian Academy of Culture, BA in contemporary dance choreography

She has been teaching contemporary dance technique and dance film making as a guest lecturer at Tallinn University since 2019, as well as a guest lecturer at the Latvian Academy of Culture, Iceland University of the Arts and often she gives workshops in Estonia, Latvia and abroad. In her teaching she mainly focuses on contemporary dance technique, improvisation, research, dance film and composition.