Geneva Rosett-Hafter, Artist, dancer, entrepreneur

Geneva Rosett-Hafter is an independent dancer and visual artist living in Helsinki, Finland. She grew up in Petaluma, California, learning art from her mother and began dancing from a young age.

She moved to London and completed her BA degree at Laban in Dance Theatre in 2005 - 2008. Rosett-Hafter worked as a massage therapist at Laban while also performing in her own works, choreographing for amateur theatre companies and working with other choreographers. Through this work, she developed her personal artistic style in dance and art.

In April 2011, she moved to Helsinki, Finland to continue her artistic career. She organizes and leads a weekly free Croquis class through the Sarjakuvakeskus since 2013 as well as teaching art to children in Espoo (2015). Her projects tend to explore the various outcomes of combining dance and visual art into one cohesive performance as well as other personal works.

She has organized exhibitions and enjoys creating an artistic community that allows dancers and artists to mingle. She works regularly on her own body of work and has been on the board of the International Helsinki Artists Association since 2013 becoming the Chairman of the Board in 2018. In 2020 she left the chairman position but stayed on as a board member until 2021. She joined the board of Globe Art Point in 2019 leaving in 2021.