TREenit! Ry: Axis Syllabus Intensive Week led by international teacher Ayelet Yekutiel. The course focuses on Axis Syllabus practice and the space of dance. The course is held in English.

Morning training Mon–Fri at 10.00–11.30:
Axis Syllabus class, Ayelet Yekutiel
Workshop Mon–Fri at 12.30–15.00:
Space symphony, Ayelet Yekutiel 
We will deepen our inquiry and experimentation with the tools proposed in the morning class and apply them to dance improvisation (alone, in a group and with partners) and somatic work.

Axis Syllabus is a collection of information, a toolbox of principles regarding the human body in motion, assembled from various approaches and fields which complement each other. Workshop would like to offer lenses, maps and games through which we could look at and tangibly explorer how we perceive, conceptualise, experience, design and inhabit - space. Utilising tools from the Axis, we will play with movement as it manifests in the 3D-cartesian grid, and the 4D-space&time continuum, descriptions of space.

PRICES

Whole day including morning class and workshop 5 days: 130 | 160 | 190 | 95 €
Afternoon workshop 5 days: 90 | 110 | 130 | 65 €
Morning class, 5 days: 50 | 60 | 70 | 35 €
Morning class, 1 day: 12 | 14 | 16 | 8 €
(TREenit! ry, Tanssille ry and Turku Dansart ry members | Teme, PTK, Tampereen Freelance-näyttelijät | others | students)

SIGN UP BEFORE the 1st of August here.

Address: Aleksis Kiven katu 18, 4th floor

ONLY IN FINNISH

The publication event for professor Hanna Suutela's article collection Hospital Clowns in Finland will be held at Telakka.

Published by Tampere University's Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre, the collection examines the work done by hospital clowns from a multidisciplinary point of view and is the first publication of its kind in Finland.

The event is free of charge and open for the public.

Address: Tullikamarin aukio 3

June brings the opening of an exhibition on the theatrical history of Tampere, rich with emotion, struggles and great stories. With this exhibition, Vapriikki brings back selected scenes played out on the stages of our city’s numerous theatres. The spotlight is on the play – from Hamlet to West Side Story – and on famous thespians, among them the divas of their day.

Address: Alaverstaanraitti 5

ONLY IN FINNISH

Premiering in Tampere in November 2019, the thriller Sokea Piste (Blind Spot) handles blindness in relation to narcissism. The themes of the play are illuminated for the audience during this script read-through and discussion session. The event is open for the public and free of charge. Sokea Piste was written by Suvi Vanhala (Drama Queen) and will be performed in Tukkateatteri. Please note that this event is only in Finnish.

Address: Keskustori 4

Opening ceremony for the public. Music and speeches (in Finnish)!

In co-operation with the Degree Programme in Theatre Arts (Näty) of Tampere University and the Degree Programme in Culture and Arts, Music (Musical Theatre) of Tampere University of Applied Sciences.

Chance to visit other exhibitions of Vapriikki at a reduced price of  6 €.

Is the professional theatre of today equal in its work and career possibilities?

ONLY IN FINNISH

The Association of Finnish Theatres (STEFI), Trade Union for Theatre and Media Finland (Teme), and Theatre Info Finland – TINFO proudly present a public seminar: Equality of possibilities – Is the professional theatre of today equal in its work and career possibilities? The seminar discusses the obstacles and problems of equality in practice from the point of view of working life. Professor of pedagogy Kirsti Lempiäinen from the University of Lapland will be the key note speaker.

The seminar is free of charge. Please note that this event is only in Finnish.

Address: Pirkankatu 2

August 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the premiere of Hair in Finland. Tampereen Popteatteri, an ensemble of 20-somethings, caught the first Tampere Theatre Festival by storm with its premiere of Hair on August 15, 1969. The exhibition in Vapriikki travels back in time to the world of HAIR and Popteatteri – to the Age of Aquarius.

Having debuted in the United States in 1967, Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical combined the ideals of love, tolerance, and pacifism of rock music and the hippie movement. HAIR echoed the voice of the youth, at the same time delighting and annoying the audiences. HAIR was a phenomenon that quickly spread all the way to Finland. The amateur theatre group Tampereen Popteatteri turned their production of HAIR into a fresh and vibrant one that proudly stood alongside the bigger productions around the world. Over the course of two years, the musical was performed 250 times.

HAIR was Popteatteri's best known production; nevertheless, the amateur theatre that operated from 1966 to 1972 became a phenomenon whose numbers of viewers and performances competed with the biggest professional theatres of the country. In this colorful exhibition in Vapriikki, a whole era of peace, love, generational rebellion, hippies, nudity, and youth culture are examined through Popteatteri and HAIR... Peace and Love!

Entrance fees for the exhibition: 13€ /6€

Address: Alaverstaanraitti 5 (Vapriikki)

ONLY IN FINNISH

Audience development workers meet and catch up with their colleagues. Please note that this event is only in Finnish.