Satu Hummasti, originally from Helsinki, Finland, is a choreographer, dancer, and writer who has performed, choreographed and taught throughout the United States, Europe, South and Central America, and Russia. Her work has been seen in Medellin, Colombia; Bordeaux, France; Edinburgh, Scotland (as a part of the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival); St. Petersburg, Russia (as a part of the Open Look Festival 2011), Helsinki, Finland; Oulu, Finland (as a part of the Arctic Steps Festival 2015) and San Jose, Costa Rica; and nationally in New York, Boston, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Edinburgh, Texas, and Seattle. Her work has been commissioned by Compañía de Cámara Danza UNA in San Jose, Costa Rica; Repertory Dance Theater in Salt Lake City; Kannon Dance Company in St. Petersburg, Russia; for graduate students at the University of the Arts and for the graduating class of professional artists at the Keskuspuisto AmmattiOpisto TanssiPuoli, in Helsinki, Finland, and SBDANCE Curbside Theater in Salt Lake City. She performed in New York City with Fred Darsow Dance, Barbara Grubel Projects and Sari Nordman, and has worked as a freelance dancer with Stephen Koester, Mary Fitzgerald, and A. Ludwig Dance Theater. In NYC she has shown dances at Dance New Amsterdam, Chashama, The Construction Company, Sal Anthony’s Movement Salon, and at The John Ryan Theater at White Wave, as a part of the d.u.m.b.o. and Cool New York Dance Festivals. She currently collaborates on community-based projects and dance theater projects with Daniel Clifton- her most recent project Shore was awarded an Åland Island Guest Artist Residency in Åland, Sweden. Her choreographic research focuses on collaboration, dance theater work, and sustainability practices. She is an Associate Director and Associate Professor in the School of Dance Modern Program at the University Utah.