MARIA GATSAL

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ARTISTIC CV


AS ACTOR — Recent Work

Joyce, East Lynne — adapted & directed by Matthew Paines · NoName Theater (2026)

Andromache, Tiger at the Gates — directed by Anastasia Diatlova · NoName Theater (2026)

Talia, El Lacayo y La Prostituta — directed by Sven Fernandez · ARBIS Institute (2025)

Sofia, Joy The Musical — directed by Sven Fernandez · The Vindängen Hall (2024)


AS DANCER

Blue Dress (music video) — for song-writer & singer Inkeri Laine (2026)

Joy The Musical — choreographed by Isabella Nystrom (2024)

Dance For Two — choreographed by Silvia Verges · Aleksanterin Teatteri (2023)
Fragmentos — dancer & choreographer — The Other Side (2024)

Border_Shift — Compound Company (2019–2020)

Uncanny Valley — choreographed by Lin Verleger · Theater Kerkrade & Berliner Festspiele (2018–2019)

AS CHOREOGRAPHER

Kaks Kaja& dancer — HUMINA ry (2026)

Kuinka äkäpussi kesytetään — Helsingin Teatteriakatemia · Teatteri Tuike (2024)

Detachment —  & dancer — HUMINA ry (2023)

Off Beat — Inkorpora Dance Project · Aleksanterin Teatteri (2023)

RESIDENCIES

Summer Residency — Humina ry, Helsinki (June 2026)
Community Arts Hub — Monoma Suomi & Mushrooming, Helsinki (Nov 2023–Jun 2024)

EDUCATION 

BFA in Acting — New York Film Academy, Los Angeles, (2013–2016)
Meisner Technique — with Cathy Giannone, Los Angeles, (2013–2016)


TRAINING

Flamenco · Contemporary Dance · Contact Improvisation · Martha Graham Technique · Dance Improvisation · Lyrical Dance · Jazz · Commercial · Reggaeton · Gyrokinesis · Inter(Acting) with the Inner Partner · Meisner · Taekwondo


LANGUAGES

Spanish (Native) · English (Fluent) · Finnish (B1) · Finnish Sign Language (Beginner, Student)

TEACHING CV


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Dance Teacher — Inkorpora Dance Project (2024–present)
Dance Substitute Teacher — Helsingin Tanssiopisto (2021–present)
Dance and Theatre Teacher — Break The Fight (2023–2025)
Meisner and Movement Teacher — Helsingin Taidekoulu (2021–2024)
Movement Instructor — Bongos Studio (2023)
Dance Teacher, Volunteer — COA, Netherlands (2018–2020)


EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

BFA in Acting — New York Film Academy, Los Angeles, (2013–2016)
Meisner Technique — with Cathy Giannone, Los Angeles, (2013–2016)
First Aid (EA1) — Finnish Red Cross (expiration 2028)