Ia Tanskanen
Dramaturgy
She studied performing arts, community youth work and contemporary theater in Finland and the Netherlands, followed by a double degree master's program in comparative dramaturgy and performance research at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, at Uniarts in Helsinki, Finland and at the Université libre de Bruxelles in Brussels, Belgium.
During this time, she completed internships at the Münchner Kammerspiele and Rimini Protokoll, among others. During and after her studies, she worked as a freelance artist in Finland and Germany in various fields, including as a dramaturge, theater educator, performer and sound designer. She has hosted her own dramaturgy podcast since January 2021.
Since the 2022/2023 season, she has been a dramaturge at the Hessisches Landestheater Marburg.
