Tuuli Pauliina Räsänen is a circus performer and actress from
Finland. Her career jump-started when she was invited to perform as
the first Fennoscandian soloist with Cirque du Soleil. She was awarded
a five-year grant from Finland's Central Commission of Arts to pursuit
artistic work. She has succeeded in establishing her career in the
international market and at the moment performs with Komische Oper
Berlin.Her special skills include aerial acrobatics such as swinging
trapeze, aerial silk and aerial hoop. She also performs a hand-to-hand
acrobatic act with her Russian partner, Viatcheslav Volkov (born 9
February 1976 in Yaroslavl), a former World Champion of Sport
Acrobatics.Pauliina Räsänen started ballet, painting and gymnastics
at a very young age. However, her interests lay more in arts than in
competition. She enrolled in the Performing Arts High School of
Tampere pursuing her acting, improvisation, and speech. After high
school she was accepted into the National Circus School of Montreal,
where she trained under their performing arts coaches. Pauliina
graduated with a difficult routine of swinging trapeze including an
original skill, in which she intentionally dislocates her shoulders
while executing a salto around the bar. Cirque du Soleil signed her up
as their first Fennoscandian artist, to perform in their production
Alegría. She toured with Cirque du Soleil for 5 years until she
decided to leave in pursuit of other goals.While in Cirque du Soleil,
Pauliina met her future partner Viatcheslav (Slava) Volkov from
Russia. The couple found they shared similar visions in personal life
as well as in acrobatics. Together they created a hand-to-hand
acrobatic act combining elements of dance, acting, and high-level
acrobatics. Their performance music is composed by French accordionist
Corinne Kuzma. At the moment the couple lives in Kustavi, a small city
in the Southern Archipelago of Finland, and regularly performs in
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