Autumn 2024
September – December
1. (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner Workshop
Weekly IwIP practice sessions in a co-led workshop format. In addition to traditional IwIP, we will experiment with variations on the practice.
Once a week on Mondays evenings.
Sessions will be co-led by the group.
2. (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner Saturdays
Twice a month on Saturday mornings. Taught by Hanna Raiskinmäki.
You are welcome to attend all courses you are eligible for. Please note that each course is exclusive to the students registered for that course. “Hopping” back and forth between courses is not permitted.
Please scroll down for detailed course discriptions.
Sign up deadline is August 31st, 2024
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Special Announcement
The next (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner course for Beginning Students will take place in spring 2025.
1. (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner Workshop
What?
Weekly IwIP practice sessions in a workshop format. Alexander Komlosi will lead half the sessions. The other half will be co-lead by volunteer members of the group. In addition to traditional IwIP, we will experiment with variations on the practice.
Aimed for:
Anyone interested in practicing IwIP in an experimental and collaborative format.
Eligibility
You have participated in at least 2 seasons (about 30 sessions) of IwIP. There is space for maximum four new people in the group. Sign up is first come, first serve! Please sign up as soon as possible. Preference will be given to folks who have been practicing IwIP in the past two years.
Goals
- Develop IwIP practice and improvisational skills
- Dramatic play
- Develop your performing self
- Fun
Language
We will work in English and Finnish as needed. You are welcome to use any language while you practice.
Timetable
Mondays, 5:30-8PM
September 16 – December 9, 2024. Weeks 38-50.
Total 13 x 2,5h sessions (total 32.5h)
Group size
Min 5, Max 10
Location
DUVTeatern studio, Helsinki.
Cost
Culture Current supporting members: 200€
Non-members: 210€
No refunds or credit once the payment has been made. No credit or refund for any sessions you miss. If any sessions are cancelled by CC, you will receive a credit or refund for those sessions.
Payment will be due by 30.9.2024. Culture Current will bill you. If you would like to request paying in installments, please ask before we bill you.
Become a Culture Current Member!
If you are not a Culture Current supporting member and would like to become one, membership starts at 25€/year. It entitles you to discounts on CC's courses and more. Click HERE to apply for supporting membership.
The course will be confirmed by 2.9.2024.
For more information email: info[at]culturecurrent.org.
If you would like to sign up, please click below.
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2. (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner Saturdays
What?
IwIP practice sessions twice a month.
Aimed for:
Anyone interested in practicing IwIP.
Eligibility
You have participated in an introductory IwIP course (minimum 8 sessions). Sign up is first come, first serve! Please sign up as soon as possible. Preference will be given to folks who have been practicing IwIP in the past two years.
Goals
- Develop IwIP practice and improvisational skills
- Dramatic play
- Develop your performing self
- Fun
Teacher
Hanna Raiskinmäki. See bio at end of page.
Language
Hanna will teach in Finnish and English as needed. You are welcome to use any language while you perform and practice.
Timetable
Saturdays, 10AM-12PM.
September 7 - December 14, 2024
7.9, 21.9, 5.10, 19.10, 9.11, 16.11, 30.11, 14.12 Weeks 36-50.
Total 8 x 2h sessions (total 16h).
Group size
Min 5, Max 11
Location
DUVTeatern rehearsal space, Helsinki.
Cost
Regular rates
Culture Current supporting members: 175€
Non-members: 185€
Discounted rates
In order to qualify for the discounted rate, you need to be able to provide proof of being unemployed (a registered job-seeker at TE-Toimisto) or a full-time student. Please pay the regular rate if you can afford it 🙂
Culture Current supporting members: 130€
Non-members: 140€
No refunds or credit once the payment has been made. No credit or refund for any sessions you miss. If any sessions are cancelled by CC, you will receive a credit or refund for those sessions.
Payment will be due by 30.9.2024. Culture Current will bill you. If you would like to request paying in installments, please ask before we bill you.
Become a Culture Current Member!
If you are not a Culture Current supporting member and would like to become one, membership starts at 25€/year. It entitles you to discounts on CC's courses and more. Click HERE to apply for supporting membership.
The course will be confirmed by 2.9.2024.
For more information email: info[at]culturecurrent.org.
Sign up deadline is August 31st, 2024
If you would like to sign up, please click below.
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Teachers’ Bios (alphabetical order)
Vesa Kantola has film background in directing, producing and script writing long documentaries. He has been teaching at the Helsinki institute of technology as a senior lecturer of visual communication over 25 years. He teaches two courses at Aalto University. He has scientific publications about interactive theatre and gaming in design. He has practiced (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner since 2014 with Alex and co-taught an (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner course with him at Aalto University.
Esko Nuutila had a long career as a university scientist and teacher, and now works in a startup as a software developer. He has been practicing (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner intensively since 2015 under the supervision of Alexander Komlosi. Esko is interested in somatic fitness in its various forms. In addition to practicing (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner, Esko teaches tai chi chuan and is a certified Feldenkrais practitioner.
Hanna Raiskinmäki is an actor and a Shiatsu practitioner. She has been practicing IwIP since 2006, and leading classes for about 10 years. The most important teachers and colleagues in (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner have been Alexander Komlosi and Milja Sarkola as well as the whole working group which has been meeting regularly for ten years. She has been experimenting (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner with her theater and performing arts work. The latest experimentation has been and still is in actor Joanna Haartti’s convened Viiksi Instituutti in Teatteri Takomo.
Photo credit: Diego Ginartes, © 2022 Kulttuuriyhdistys Culture Current ry