Laine Mägi (born Laine Michelson-Adamson; 3 February 1959) is an
Estonian stage, film and television actress, dancer and choreographer
and dance pedagogue who began her career as a teenager. She is the
founder of the Laine Mägi School of Dance, based in Pärnu.Laine
Michelson-Adamson was born in Kehra to Peeter and Elli-Anniki
Michelson-Adamson (née Pennie). She has one brother who is two years
younger. Her first cousin is actress Terje Pennie-Kolberg. She became
interested in ballet at an early age and began taking lessons at the
Tallinn Ballet School the age of nine, taking the train from Kehra to
Tallinn. She made her debut at the Estonia Theatre at the age of ten
in a stage production of Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking. She
later had to abandon ballet classes in 1973 due to poor health. From
1976 until 1981, she performed as a dancer in various venues
throughout Tallinn.She attended secondary school in Tallinn,
graduating in 1977, then enrolling in the Tallinn State Conservatory
(now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) to study acting under
instruction of Aarne Üksküla, graduating in 1982. Among her
graduating classmates were Margus Oopkaup, Jaan Rekkor, Anu Lamp,
Sulev Teppart, Andrus Vaarik, and Viire Valdma.
Estonian stage, film and television actress, dancer and choreographer
and dance pedagogue who began her career as a teenager. She is the
founder of the Laine Mägi School of Dance, based in Pärnu.Laine
Michelson-Adamson was born in Kehra to Peeter and Elli-Anniki
Michelson-Adamson (née Pennie). She has one brother who is two years
younger. Her first cousin is actress Terje Pennie-Kolberg. She became
interested in ballet at an early age and began taking lessons at the
Tallinn Ballet School the age of nine, taking the train from Kehra to
Tallinn. She made her debut at the Estonia Theatre at the age of ten
in a stage production of Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking. She
later had to abandon ballet classes in 1973 due to poor health. From
1976 until 1981, she performed as a dancer in various venues
throughout Tallinn.She attended secondary school in Tallinn,
graduating in 1977, then enrolling in the Tallinn State Conservatory
(now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) to study acting under
instruction of Aarne Üksküla, graduating in 1982. Among her
graduating classmates were Margus Oopkaup, Jaan Rekkor, Anu Lamp,
Sulev Teppart, Andrus Vaarik, and Viire Valdma.
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