NEATA Youth is the youth initiative of NEATA for 18-25 year olds. NY has organised workshops and drama courses and been active in supporting the bi-annual Neata Festivals. If you are interested in joining Neata Youth, contact your country’s representative. These are the NY representatives for the respective countries:
Manja Petrine Pomykala
Denmark
E-mail address: manjap2@gmail.com
I was never really an athletic kid, so I became a theater kid. I have a background in classical and rhythmic piano and singing in a choir. My late teens and young adult life have been centered around theatre and acting both on stage and on screen. My love and focus for performing arts is the community you can create for yourself. There is always something new and exciting to be a part of.
Henrik Lainvoo
Estonia
E-mail address: henriklainvoo@gmail.com
Stark and energetic. Been on stage since the age of 8. I love acting to tell different stories and making my voice heard. During free time I like to go on walks, dance and do overall different physical activities. Biggest weakness is sweets (especially marzipan).
Teresa Reinert
Faroe Islands
E-mail address: teresareinert@gmail.com
Hi! My name is Teresa Reinert. I am born in ‘97, Faroese and currently studying Applied Psychology in Glasgow. I have always loved art and performance, and forced my poor parents to sit through hundreds of revivals of me as the evil Queen in Snow White as I transformed into the mean old witch. I have worked consistently with theatre and acting for over 10 years, and have published some writing in that time as well.
Roope Lappalainen
Finland
E-mail address: roope.lappalainen@icloud.com
I’m Roope Lappalainen and I was born in 2005. I live in Finland and go to school in Helsinki at Kallio Upper Secondary School of Performing Arts. And now I’m the new Youth Representative of Finland here at NEATA Youth! I have a short history with AITA/IATA; I participated the 2023 EDERED Encounter, which introduced me to the networks of amateur theatre. I’m also currently at the board of FIDEA (Finnish Drama/Theatre Education Association) and through it as well a member of IDEA. These two are part of AITA/IATA, in which NEATA is too. So everything overlaps!
I’ve participated and made myself multiple projects in the field of performing arts. Nowadays they mainly happen in the environments of my school, Helsinki City Theatre, Musical theatre Juvenalia, Uniarts Helsinki & in other short-term project -related environments (e.g. in film, TV, ads, modeling and theatre). I also have a job at Yleisradio (Finnish Broadcasting Company) as a social media entertainer.
I’m interested in the question of “Why theatre is important?” and I do have plans to work with it throughout the journey of my future!
Karīna Sīle
Latvia
E-mail address: silekarina@gmail.com
Growing up, I enjoyed dressing up and pretending to be different characters, but my genuine love for theatre emerged when I was in middle school and my older sister introduced me to her theatre troupe mates. The bohemian atmosphere, teen rebellion and passion for performance art drew me in. Since then, I’ve been involved in theatre and am now an active member of Jelgava Students’ theatre, where we do scripted plays as well as improvisational theatre.
Eimantas Antulis
Lithuania
E-mail address: eimantas.antulis@gmail.com
When I was still in kindergarten and the teacher would tell us to paint our dream, I always painted myself on a stage in front of the audience. At that time I didn’t know it was a singer or actor, dancer… But after some years passed and I joined the theater studio I understood that what I painted was an actor. And here I am, finished college for acting and keeping myself around theater. Also, my favorite dish is dumplings)
Aminda Sofie Bertelsen Johansen
Norway
E-mail address: amindasofie@icloud.com
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