Kaisa Kokko


Kaisa is an actor and director from Finland. Kaisa started improvising with
Improvisaatioteatteri JOO! (Jyväskylä, Finland) in 2005 having some 10 years of
scripted theatre work under her belt. She later co-founded Mikäklubi (2012), the
longest running improv show in Central Finland, alongside with ImproKampus
(2017) the first Finnish speaking improv school in Finland. Now she runs her own
improv school in Helsinki, Finland.
During the last 14 years Kaisa has performed in and created both unscripted and
scripter theatre pieces including a lot of musicals, taught musical theatre at the
University of Applied Sciences in Jyväskylä (Finland), studied education (M.Ed),
dancing, musical instruments and enjoyed little things in life that matters. Kaisa
has performed regularly in several different shows in Finland during the last 10
years and frequently tours around the world (passed tours include Costa Rica,
Peru, USA, Canada, Australia and all over Europe), guesting, directing and
teaching in different theatres and festivals.
Kaisa is very grateful to have been able to perform/teach at Seattle international
festival of improvisation, Phoenix Improv Festival, Vancouver international
improv Festival, Improv Fest Ireland, Würzburger in Germany and Improvention
in Australia to mention a few. In addition to improvising Kaisa does scripted
theatre, creates music, teaches communication skills and works on many other
art projects.
Kaisa loves sparkling water and has way too many dresses.

All Sessions by Kaisa Kokko

  • Tuesday

    January 29, 2019

  • 10:00  - 17:00
    When does the performance start for the audience? When does it end? What will they go home with? Who has the power? In this workshop we will explore the connections that can be made between actors and the audience. In out traditional performances, those on stage tend to inform those off stage how to feel and react. What would it be like to create the performance with the audience and truly listen to them? What does the world around us have to say when we let it talk? How can we immerse the audience in an improvised theatre experience? This workshop will leave you rethinking the way you look at performances, audiences, and the relationship between them.
    Cost: € 80
    workshop
    full day
    advanced (3-8 years)
    Where
    Compagnietheater

  • Wednesday

    January 30, 2019

  • 10:00  - 13:00
    This workhsop uses viewpoints, a physical theater style invented and popularized by Tina Landau and Anne Bogart, to be the drawing point for improvisational theater. In this workshop we will explore the possibilities of time (tempo, kinesthetic response, duration, repetition) and space (spatial relations, shape, gesture, architecture, repetition), break physical movement into specific elements, and explore them in our work. We will gain tremendous flexibility to use our bodies and look at our scene work from different angles. This will enable us to tell unconventional stories on the stage.
    Cost: € 40
    workshop
    morning
    intermediate (1-3 years)
    advanced (3-8 years)
    Where
    Compagnietheater



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