The Berlin- and Helsinki-based Finnish choreographer Milla Koistinen holds an MA in Dance from the Theatre Academy in Helsinki and an MA in Choreography from HZT Berlin. Koistinen’s works have been presented at venues and festivals such as Radialsystem, Dance House Helsinki, Tanzhaus NRW, & Espoo, Szene Salzburg, Fabriktheater Zürich, Dampfzentrale Bern, Tanz im August, SPRING Performing Arts Festival, Moving in November and Faerderbiennalen.

Koistinen has collaborated with musicians and theatre directors including Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, Jochen Arbeit and Michael Rauter, as well as with directors at the Finnish National Theatre. In the summer of 2010, she was awarded a danceWEB scholarship at Impulstanz Vienna.

In addition to her artistic work, Koistinen teaches contemporary technique, composition, and choreography in various companies, institutions, and educational programs. She has been a guest teacher at institutions such as the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD), the Iceland Academy of the Arts, Tanzhaus NRW, Sasha Waltz & Guests, the Theatre Academy of Helsinki, Carte Blanche, Unusual Symptoms and HZT Berlin. In the spring of 2019, she was invited to lecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki.

In 2020–2024 Milla Koistinen’s work was supported by apap – FEMINIST FUTURES – a project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.

In 2025–2027 Koistinen is working with the support of Arts Promotion Centre Finland.