{{Short description|Estonian choreographer (born 1968)}} {{multiple issues| {{prose|date=November 2012}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2010}} {{unreliable sources|date=September 2013}} {{COI|date=May 2014}} }} thumb|Kask in 2013 '''Teet Kask''' (born 8 May 1968 in Pärnu) is an Estonian choreographer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teetkask.com |title=k.a.s.k |publisher=Teet Kask |date= |access-date=2013-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/kaskproject/videos?flow=grid&view=0 |title=Teet Kask |publisher=YouTube |date= |access-date=2013-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/kaskproject |title=Teet Kask |publisher=Facebook |date= |access-date=2013-09-30}}</ref>
==Overview== In 1978, he joined the Tallinn Ballet School, where he studied Vaganova classical ballet.
At 18 years old, he had leading roles in the Estonian National Ballet.
A turning point for Kask came when he was engaged by The Royal Swedish Ballet, in 1989, as the first Estonian ballet artist to work full-time in West before the Iron Curtain fell in 1991.
In 1990, he was invited to work with the Norwegian National Ballet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.estemb.no/estonia_and_norway |title=Estemb in Oslo |publisher=Estemb.no |date=2013-05-17 |access-date=2013-09-30}}</ref>
In 1997, parallel with dancing, Kask began to work as a freelance choreographer.
In 2005, he graduated from City University London/Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance with a Master of Arts in choreography.
===Choreographer and director=== {{Like resume|section|date=November 2014}} {{BLP sources section|date=November 2014}} 2014 * Clocks'n'Clouds ballet, The Norwegian National Ballet, Oslo, Norway * Baan Sirin concert-performance, Bangkok, Thailand * Grüne Woche opening concert-ceremony director, Berlin, Germany<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Green Week opening Ceremony|url=https://madisnurms.com/blog/the-green-week-opening-ceremony|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Madis Nurms - Set and Costume Designer|date=11 January 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
2013 * Tsar's Bride Rimsky-Korsakov's opera director, PromFest and Kaunas State Musical Theatre<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tsaari Mõrsja|url=https://sites.google.com/site/tsaarimorsja/home|access-date=2020-12-06|website=sites.google.com}}</ref> * Big Stage Azerbaijan National TV program director
2012 * Oliver musical for State Opera of Georgia and Rustaveli Theatre, Tbilisi, Georgia * Eunoto for State Ballet of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia * Motus II for State Ballet of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia * Tampopo for Nina Ananiashvili's 30 Years on Stage Celebration and State Ballet of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
2011 * Exitus for ETA – Estonia Dance Agency, Tallinn, Estonia * A Wingless Flight Into the Darkness for State Ballet of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia * Father Hunger for STÜ – Independent Dance Union, Tallinn, Estonia
2010 * Joanna tentata Birgitta Festival, Tallinn, Estonia * The Sound of Water Says What I think Royal Holloway, London, UK
2008 * Consecration of Tallinn Airport, Estonia * Games On the Grass Nargen Opera, Estonia * Plough- Shaped Era Pärnu Concert Hall, Estonia
2007 * w.o.r.k. in progress II Tartu, Viljandi, Pärnu, Estonia * w.o.r.k. in progress I Viljandi, Pärnu, Estonia
2006 * Scope at The Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway
2005 * Sad Pleasure at The Place Theatre, London * Amor Vincit Omnia at Bonnie Bird Theatre, London * To Fish for Candid Arts Gallery, London
2004 * Female Interfaces at Centre Pompidou, Paris * Fluxus for the European Art channel Mezzo under European Classics, Paris * Distant Buddha at The Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway * Forever at Moscow Youth Theatre, Russia
2003 * Tango for Estonian Drama Company, Tallinn * Ithaka for David Oistrakh Music Festival in Pärnu, Estonia
2002 * Runo the interval act for Eurovision Song Contest Tallinn, Estonia * Fluxus for Vanemuine Ballet Company, Tartu, Estonia * Magic Mountain for Tallinn City Drama Company, Estonia
2001 * Shadowgraph at Black Box Theatre, Oslo * Peer Gynt for Eurovision Dance Competition, London * Lighthouse with Estonia National Opera and Ballet Company
2000 * Silent Areas at Hair 2000, Oslo
1999 * Gips for Vigeland Museum with photographer Knut Bry, Oslo * Dream Sequence for multimedia artist Pia Myrvold, Paris * Ursula X for Estonian National Ballet, Tallinn
1998 * Duo for Nina Ananiashvili and Bolshoi Stars Japan Tour 1998 * Pling i Bollen for Norwegian food-artist {{interlanguage link|Trond Moi|qid=Q16903167}}, Henie-Onstad Art Centre, Oslo * Primum Mobile for Norwegian photographer Knut Bry, Oslo * Post Machine for Norwegian multimedia artist Pia Myrvold, Oslo
1997 * Veritas Vos Liberabit for The Norwegian National Opera Ballet School, Oslo * Two at Nille Dance School, Oslo
1996 * Time To ... for The Norwegian National Ballet, Oslo
===Ballet companies worked with=== * 2004, 2014 - Vanemuine Theatre Ballet * 2011–2012 – The State Ballet of Georgia * 1990–2004 – The Norwegian National Ballet * 1989–1990 – The Royal Swedish Ballet * 1986–1989 – The Estonian National Ballet
===Producer/artistic consultant=== * 2009/2010 – artistic consultant for the visual aesthetics, graphics and cultural programme for 30th International Hanseatic Days (24.-27.06.2010 in Pärnu, Estonia) * 2009/2010 – artistic consultant for the conception developing and planning of 11th Estonian Youth Dance and Song Festival in 2011 for organising team-Eesti Laulu- ja Tantsupeo SA * 2008 – producer of c.o.n.t.est08 - Competition of Nonverbal Theatre in Pärnu, Estonia * 2007 – invited participant of International Festival of Non-Verbal Theatre Personal Profile Moscow, Russia by Moscow Dance Agency TSEH * 2006/2007 – Estonian producer in the international contemporary dance project "The Migrant Body" (Estonia, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, the UK) * 2005/2006 – artistic director and producer of the White Nights Festival, Estonia * 2002–2004 – consultant for music and dance programs of the Estonian Television (ERR) * 2002 – choreographer and producer of the Interval Act of the Eurolaul 2002 * 2001 – founder, producer and director of the production company Motion ArtPro, Norway * 1997–2000 – founder and producer of Stage Fight Courses at Pärnu Endla Theatre, Estonia * 1995 – tour manager of the Swedish dance company "Pullet Proof"
===Tutorial work=== * 2011 – Estonian Dance Agency (ETA, Tallinn, Estonia) * 2009 – Baltic Movement Workshop (Club ZAK Gdansk, Poland) * 2008 – University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy, Estonia * 2006 – Tallinn University, Estonia * 2005 - 2006 – White Nights Festival in Pärnu, Estonia * 2002 - – The Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO), Norway
===Awards=== 1999 – title of "outstanding male dancer"<ref name="Sakala"/> by the Critics Survey of Ballet International/Tanz Aktuell International
===Appearances as a dancer=== * Man (Babels Barn/Child of Babylon, choreography by Kjersti Alveberg) * Pair 2 (Holberg Suite, choreography by Ib Andersen) * White (Monotones, choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton) * Drosselmayer (Nutcracker, choreography by Dinna Bjørn) * Tybalt (Romeo and Juliet, choreography by Michael Corder) * Jean (Miss Julie, choreography by Birgit Cullberg) * Death (Vier Letzte Lieder, choreography by Rudi van Dantzig) * Edvard Munch (Between Amor and Psyche, choreography by Anders Døving) * Rothbart (Swan Lake, choreography by Anna-Marie Holmes) * Roles in performances: Stoolgame, Heart's Labyrinth, Stamping Ground (choreography by Jiri Kylian) * Oedipus (Sphinx), Young Husband (La Ronde), Roles in performances: Mythical Hunters, Rite of Spring (choreography by Glen Tetley) * Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream, choreography by Robert Sund)
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Sakala">[http://www.sakala.ajaleht.ee/2397593/teet-kask-ei-maksa-vaadata-ainult-oma-nina-tasub-vaadata-kaugele-sest-kauge-ja-sinu-vahele-jaab-su-nina-niikuinii TEET KASK: ei maksa vaadata ainult oma nina, tasub vaadata kaugele, sest kauge ja sinu vahele jääb su nina niikuinii - Arhiiv - Sakala<!-- Bot generated title -->]. ''Sakala''. September 13, 2003. (In Estonian)</ref> }}
==Further reading== * [http://www.ohtuleht.ee/529447/tantsijakarjaarist-loobunud-teet-kask-pidin-nuud-uuesti-inimese-kombel-kondima-oppima Tantsijakarjäärist loobunud Teet Kask: pidin nüüd uuesti inimese kombel kõndima õppima | Õhtuleht<!-- Bot generated title -->] (In Estonian) * [http://www.parnupostimees.ee/2123277/koreograaf-teet-kask-motleb-eestisse-naasmisele Koreograaf Teet Kask mõtleb Eestisse naasmisele - Arhiiv - Pärnu Postimees<!-- Bot generated title -->] (In Estonian) * [http://sport.delfi.ee/news/liikumine/uudised/tantsijalt-harrastajale-tantsuguru-teet-kask-muutke-tants-treening-endale-tahelepanu-andmine-ja-enda-kuulamine-heaks-harjumuseks.d?id=68564297 TANTSIJALT HARRASTAJALE: Tantsuguru Teet Kask: Muutke tants, treening, endale tähelepanu andmine ja enda "kuulamine" heaks harjumuseks! - Sport<!-- Bot generated title -->] (In Estonian)
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