Tuuli Potik

(education manager)

EDUCATION AND WORK
Tuuli Potik graduated from Tallinn University in Cultural Theory (BA, 2009) and Tartu University in Cultural Management (MA, 2021). She has studied Ethnology at the Helsinki University in 2011–2012. Since 2009, she is the producer of the music festival Viru Folk and since 2023 of the Young Spectators’ Theatre Festival NAKS. Since 2022, Potik is a member of the Estonian Theatre Union and the union “Theatre+Education”. Since 2023, she is a member of ASSITEJ Estonia (International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People) and the board of RESEO (European Network for Opera, Music and Dance Education). In 2023, she was a member of the Salme Reek Children's Theatre Award jury as well as of the general jury. In 2025, she is a member of the Salme Reek Children's Theatre Award jury.

EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS
“The Story of Ballet” (2015)
“Red Riding Hood and the 7 Dwarfs” (2016)
“Lets Play Orchestra” (2017)
“How to Understand Ballet (2017)
“How to Understand Opera” (2022)
“The Carnival of Animals” (2022, idea and production)
“Relaxed Dance Performance” (2024, idea and production)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

2023
•    Nomination of Salme Reek’s Children’s Theatre Award (2023)
Marina Kesler, Jaan Ots, Reili Evart, Rasmus Rembel and Tuuli Potik – “The Carnival of the Animals”: a production full of fantasy, where music, dance, and (lighting)design all play an equally important role.

2024
•    Recognition from Ivica Mägi Autism School for the production of “Ballet Story – Sensory Friendly Relaxed Performance”
•    Recognition from the Social Insurance Board for the production of “Ballet Story – Sensory Friendly Relaxed Performance”
•    Recognition from the Estonian National Opera for the production of “Ballet Story – Sensory Friendly Relaxed Performance”
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2025 
•    Salme Reek’s Children’s Theatre Award: Tuuli Potik and Eve Mutso author of the idea and producer and choreographer and director of the educational project “Ballet Story - A Sensory Friendly Relaxed Performance”: the first in Estonia to introduce children with autism and intellectual disability to the world of Theatre.