Background
Nissinen, Mikko Pekka was born on March 4, 1962 in Helsinki, Finland. Son of Pekka and Pirkko (Pulkkinen) Nissinen. came to the United States, 1987.
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Mikko Pekka Nissinen
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Graduate, Finnish National Ballet School, 1977; postgraduate, Leningrad Academy Ballet School, 1979-1980.
Career
Member corps de ballet, Finnish National Ballet, Helsinki, 1977-1979;
soloist, Finnish National Ballet, Helsinki, 1980-1982;
grand sujete, Dutch National Ballet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1982-1984;
soloist, Basel (Switzerland) Ballet, 1984-1987;
soloist, San Francisco Ballet, 1987-1988;
principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet, 1988-1996;
artistic director, Marin Ballet, 1996-1997;
artistic director, Alberta Ballet, Calgary, Canada, since 1998. Guest artist La Bayadere, National Ballet Canada, 1989, Oberlin Dance Collective, 1993. Advisor to school director National Ballet School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1992.
Board directors Le Don Des Etoiles, since 1989. Guest teacher Royal Academy of Dancing, 1993, Kennedy Center Ednl. Program, 1994, National Ballet School, Toronto, 1994.
Lecturer on dance history and state of dance today Stanord U., St. Mary's College, Christensen Society.
