Open call period: 21 August–11 September 2026
Premiere: 5 December 2025
Development and pre-rehearsal period: 21 September–29 November 2026 (by agreement)
Fee: €1,000 with invoice.
*The director may also be based abroad or in another city in Estonia.

To apply, Anumai requests:

-Portfolio or link to your website
-A brief motivation letter - why this collaboration interests you and what you would contribute

Send to anumairaska.com with the subject SAAL3, open call, (name)

Anumai was born on 5/5, as the fifth child, at around five o’clock in the morning.

They are an Estonian performing artist who trained as a dancer and actor at the University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Contemporary Art at the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA).

Driven by a curiosity toward physical embodiment, emotional attentiveness, and collectivity, their practice inherently carries a distinct political dimension.
Over the past year, she created around 10 performances, appeared in two productions, gave two interviews, and wrote an opinion piece.

SAAL3 is a format for experimenting, trying things out, failing, and succeeding. In one evening, three short performances by three artists will be presented on stage.

The fifth edition of SAAL3 is curated by artist Keithy Kuuspu, who rethinks the hierarchy between the director and performers. Whereas a director would normally assemble the creative team, in this format the process is reversed: first, Kanuti Gildi SAAL selects a curator who then invites performers, then the performers choose their own directors. This way of organizing the work shifts attention away from an author-centered model toward collaboration and performer agency, creating an opportunity to reconsider the performer’s role both in the creative process and within the broader institutional landscape.

The performers are Raido Mägi, Anumai Raska, and Mari Ann Valkna. They identify more strongly with the positions of performer and dancer than those of director or choreographer, and are usually in the role of being invited rather than inviting others. They share an interest in performer presence, body-based practice, and the position of the performer, as well as an awareness of the fragility of that position in a field where visibility and sustainability often require taking on the role of author as well.

For SAAL3 vol 5, it is important that the performers themselves can articulate their needs, interests, and relationships to authorship, and select directors based on trust, artistic interest, and preferred ways of working. As a result, the project focuses not only on the final outcome, but also on the process through which collaboration and the division of roles emerge.