Autumn 2023
SEPTEMBER – december
1. (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner for Intermediate Practitioners
Once a week on Thursday evenings.
Course leaders: Hanna Raiskinmäki and Vesa Kantola. Additional teachers: Henna Hakkarainen, Riina Huhtanen, Esko Nuutila, Heidi Richert, Jenni-Elina von Bagh.
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.
Sign up is first come, first serve!
Sign up deadline is August 28, 2023
If you would like to sign up, please click here.
Spedcial Announcement
The (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner + Performative Well-Being course will not be taking place autumn 2023 and spring 2024 seasons. Alexander Komlosi will be abroad during this time. The course will re-open for the autumn 2024 season.
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1. (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner for Intermediate Practitioners
What?
Weekly IwIP practice sessions.
Aimed for:
Anyone interested in practicing IwIP.
Eligibility
You have participated in an introductory IwIP course (minimum 8 sessions).
Goals
- Develop IwIP practice and improvisational skills
- Dramatic play
- Develop your performing self
- Fun
Teachers
Lead teachers: Hanna Raiskinmäki & Vesa Kantola. Additional teachers (based on availability): Henna Hakkarainen, Riina Huhtanen, Esko Nuutila, Heidi Reichert, Jenni-Elina von Bagh. See bios at end of page.
Language
We will teach in English and Finnish as needed. You are welcome to use any language while you practice.
Timetable
Thursdays, 17.30-20.
September 7 – December 21, 2023. Weeks 36-51.
Total 16 x 2,5h sessions (total 40h)
Group size
Min 5, Max 11
Location
DUV rehearsal space, Helsinki. (A few sessions elsewhere in the center - to be announced.)
Cost
Regular rates
Culture Current supporting members: 400€
Non-members: 410€
Discounted rates
In order to qualify for the discounted rate you need to be either unemployed (a registered job-seeker at TE-Toimisto) or a full-time student. Please be prepared to provide proof if requested.
Culture Current supporting members: 320€
Non-members: 330€
Please pay the regular rate if you can afford it 🙂
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 30.9.2023. 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.
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.
Sign up deadline is August 28, 2023.
The course will be confirmed by 1.9.2023.
If you would like to sign up, please click here.
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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).
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 from 10AM-12PM.
September- December 2023.
Weeks 36, 38, 40, 42, 45, 47, 49, 50. (9.9, 23.9, 7.10, 21.10, 11.11, 25.11, 9.12., 16.12)
Total 8 x 2h sessions (total 16h).
Group size
Min 5, Max 11
Cost
Regular rates
Culture Current supporting members: 160€
Non-members: 170€
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.
Culture Current supporting members: 120€
Non-members: 130€
Please pay the regular rate if you can afford it 🙂
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 30.9.2023. 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.
Sign-up Deadline: 28.8.2023
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.
Sign up deadline is August 28, 2023.
The course will be confirmed by 1.9.2023.
If you would like to sign up, please click here.
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Teachers’ Bios (alphabetical order)
Henna Hakkarainen is an actor and theater teacher from Helsinki. She mainly teaches poetry recitation and clowning. She has been practicing (Inter)ating with the the Inner Partner for about 10 years. She is interested in dialogical encounter as well as in human inner dialogue.
Riina Huhtanen is a dancer/choreographer and an osteopath. She is interested in somatic practices. In her art, she is explores subtle body techniques and the shared space created by movement and kinesthetics between the viewer and the performer. She was introduced to (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner in 2007, and has been practicing it regularly ever since, weekly for the last 5 years.
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.
Alexander Komlosi studied (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner under Professor Vyskočil, the founder of the discipline, at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague for 15 years, and trained under him as an (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner teacher and taught the discipline. He has been teaching (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner internationally and developing its pedagogy since 1999 through workshops and courses at University of Arts Helsinki – Department of Drama Pedagogy, Swedish-speaking Acting, Dance, and Open University; Tampere University – Näty, Aalto University, Takomo Theatre,Valtimon Theatre, the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki,Adult Education Center Helsinki, Columbia University, New York University/Tisch, Yale University, Rose Bruford College, and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and as part of Culture Current’s educational program. He has trained and taught the other IwIP teachers in Finland, encouraging them to take (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner in their own directions. As an actor, he has performed internationally. Now, he is focusing his creative energies on prose fiction. He will be studying at the MA Programme in Creative Writing Prose Fiction at the University of East Anglia, UK from 2023-24.
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 for 15 years, 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.
Heidi Richert is a television director and producer. They studied film and television at Lahti Institute of Design, graduating in 2005 as a documentary director.
Working on various television and documentary projects they got introduced to (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner through a friend, Ida Backer, who had been teaching the practice at the time. They have been studying (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner since 2017. The practice has opened up new creative ways of working and living, and it's a neverending source of inspiration.
Jenni-Elina von Bagh is a choreographer and dancer-performer based in Helsinki. She works in different collaborations in the field of contemporary performance and creates her own choreographic works, both nationally and internationally artistically travelling between dance, theatre, and arts. Her most recent works are “Void- A Psychodrama” (2021) and “A Prologue” (2020). She has been practicing (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner for over 10 years, and has lead classes for a few years. She finds (Inter)acting with the Inner Partner to be a source for personal wellbeing, but most importantly, a rich source for practicing creativity and personal / collective artistry. She began her tenure as Artistic Director of Zodiak – Center for New Dance in spring, 2023.
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