Eevi Kinnunen (they/he/she) and Tasha Hess-Neustadt (they/them) have been working together for over five years in different constellations. They began working together during their Bachelors at London Contemporary Dance School. Together they co-direct Riiviöt.

They premiered their first shared production Super We, Super Me in September 2022, a piece aimed at young audience, 6-9 years old, exploring how to make queer-inclusive and queer educational children’s dance. Super We, Super Me was co-produced by Offensive Tanz für Junges Publikum Berlin, and presented outdoors in the site-specific platform for dance for young audience RAUSGEHEN, Apfelsinenplatz in Berlin Gropiusstadt.

Riiviöt re-worked a stage version of Super We, Super Me, which premiered May 2023 at TEHDAS Teatteri - Turku Finland, in the frame of ‘Bodybuilding’ Festival. They played four guest performances at TANZKOMPLIZEN im Podewil Berlin, June 2023.

Additionally, 2022-2023 Eevi & Tasha toured together as performers in the dance and vocal work Empire of a Faun Imaginary, choreographed by Simone Mousset, in the UK, France & Luxembourg - influencing a shared vocal and performance practice.

In fall 2023, the collective received a research grant from the Berlin Senat to continue their research on queer children’s dance; the project was undertaken in residencies at TANZKOMPLIZEN and FELD Theater, winter 2024.

Currently Riiviöt is organizing a school tour of SWSM in Savonlinna, publishing a zine about their research on queering children's dance, and working on new upcoming projects.