The Theatre Academy ( Finnish : Teatterikorkeakoulu , Swedish : Teaterhögskolan ) is one of the three academies of the University of the Arts Helsinki and offers education in theatre and dance. It is Finland's largest education provider in its field and, with the exception of acting, the only one in the country. In September 2014, there were 349 students at TeaK: 315 in the bachelor and master programmes, and the remaining 34 were studying for a licentiate or doctoral degree.
26-526: The current dean of the Theatre Academy is Maarit Ruikka, and the vice-deans are Leena Rouhiainen and Ari Tenhula. The degrees offered by the Theatre Academy are the bachelor, master, licentiate and doctor of arts (theatre/dance) in the fields of Acting in Finnish or Swedish, Directing, Dramaturgy, Dance (dancer and choreographer), Lighting and Sound Design and Theatre and Dance Pedagogy. In addition,
52-604: A link between alumni. Current and past staff members of the Theatre Academy and its predecessors can also join the alumni association. Since 2011, the association has awarded the Alumnus/Alumna of the Year award to an artist, pedagogue or other professional for outstanding achievement in theatre. The first recipient of the award was Seela Sella (2011). In 2012, the award was given to Pauliina Feodoroff and Milja Sarkola, and in 2013, to Hanna Kirjavainen and Miko Jaakkola. In
78-505: Is Finland 's largest municipality by area (but one of the most sparsely populated), with four official languages, more than any other in the country. Its major sources of income are tourism, service industry, and cold climate testing. With the Siida museum in the village of Inari , it is a center of Sámi culture, widely known as the "capital of Sámi culture". The airport in Ivalo and
104-455: Is 120 ECTS credits, and the recommended duration is two years of full-time study. Master programme graduates may apply to a licentiate programme or directly to a doctoral programme. The Licentiate of Arts (Dance/Theatre) degree requires 120 ECTS credits, which is equivalent to two years of full-time study. The Doctor of Arts (Dance/Theatre) degree requires 240 ECTS credits, which is equivalent to four years of study. There are five departments in
130-409: Is Finland's northernmost holiday resort. The airport is located in the nearby village of Ivalo. Inari has a chilly and humid climate with fairly cold winters and cool summers ( Köppen Dfc ). Due to the polar night, winter time temperatures are often severely cold. However, the midnight sun contributes to surprisingly high summertime temperatures. The warmest temperature ever recorded at Ivalo Airport
156-517: Is the Bachelor of Arts (Dance or Theatre). The credit load of bachelor programmes is 180 ECTS credits, and the recommended duration is three years of full-time study. Master programmes are available to candidates who have completed the corresponding bachelor's degree or another comparable degree (for example, at a Finnish polytechnic or university of applied sciences or another institution of higher education abroad). The credit load of master programmes
182-694: Is water. With an area of 1,043 km (403 sq mi), Lake Inari is the third largest lake in Finland, 40 km (15 sq mi) smaller than the country's second largest Lake Päijänne . Finland's largest National Park Lemmenjoki is partly located in Inari, as is the Urho Kekkonen National Park . Vast parts of the municipality are designated wilderness areas : Hammastunturi , Muotkatunturi , Paistunturi , Kaldoaivi , Vätsäri , and Tsarmitunturi . The village of Inari
208-479: The 2019 election was 2,141, which was 31% of Inari's population. The municipality has four official languages: Finnish , Inari Sámi ( c. 400 estimated speakers), Skolt Sámi ( c. 400 speakers), and Northern Sámi ( c. 700 speakers). The estimates of how many people have some command of each of the Sámi languages differ from the number of people who list them as their mother tongues. Of
234-619: The Paul K. Feyerabend Award-- a World of Solidarity is Possible . Since 2017, Feodoroff has been nominated for the Europe Prize Theatrical Realities of the Europe Theatre Prize . Inari, Finland Inari ( Finnish pronunciation: [ˈinɑri] ; Inari Sami : Aanaar ; Skolt Sami : Aanar ; Northern Sami : Anár [ˈanaːr] ; Norwegian and Swedish : Enare )
260-734: The Saami Council . Pauliina Feodoroff was born in Inari in 1977. Her family was involved in reindeer husbandry . She graduated from the Helsinki Theatre Academy 's degree program in directing and dramaturgy in 2002. Feodoroff's first feature film, Non Profit , made on a budget of € 20,000 and taking ten years to produce, premiered at the Skabmagova-Kaamos Festival in Inari in January 2007. She
286-490: The Theatre Academy has expanded beyond the traditional programmes in acting, directing and dramaturgy to include dance (1983), lighting and sound design (1986) and performance art and theory (2001). The dance teacher programme, which started at the Department of Dance, moved to the new Department of Dance and Theatre Pedagogy in 1997. The department also started offering a separate programme for theatre teacher education. At
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#1732775772995312-627: The Theatre Academy: The current facilities of the Theatre Academy are located in the Sörnäinen district in Helsinki, in two separate buildings: TeaK-Kookos (Haapaniemenkatu 6) and Teak-Vässi (Lintulahdenkatu 3). TeaK-Kookos houses all of the academy's operations apart from the Department of Lighting and Sound Design, which operates at TeaK-Vässi. The TeaK-Kookos facilities opened in 2000 and TeaK-Vässi opened in 2007. The main building
338-440: The academy is responsible for continuing education in its field. TeaK premieres around 40 productions each academic year. The performances are open to the public. The alumni of the Theatre Academy include previous students who have completed a degree in theatre and dance or a comparable degree at the Theatre Academy or one of its predecessors. They can join the academy's alumni association which, among its other activities, serves as
364-505: The academy operated on Ehrensvärdintie in the Eira district and in the Töölö district of Helsinki. In 1992, all operations except the Department of Dance and the Department of Lighting and Sound Design moved to Kulttuuritalo and Paahtimo, formerly an industrial facility. The academy moved to its current facilities on Haapaniemenkatu in 2000. The Department of Lighting and Sound Design was located in
390-590: The city of Tampere from 1988–2007 at a facility which now houses the Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre. 60°10′52″N 24°57′31″E / 60.1811°N 24.9587°E / 60.1811; 24.9587 Pauliina Feodoroff Pauliina Feodoroff (born 1977 in Inari, Finland ) is a Finnish Skolt Sámi film director, theater director, screenwriter, and Sápmi advocate. An active advocate of Sámi culture and Sámi rights, she has served as Chair of
416-714: The country's key north-south European Route E75 ( Finland's National Road 4 ) bring summer and winter vacationers seeking resorts with access to a well-preserved, uncrowded natural environment. The municipality was established in 1876. It was claimed from about 1942 to 1945 by the Quisling regime during the Nazi occupation of Norway . Inari is the largest municipality by area in Finland. Located in Lapland , it covers an area of 17,333.65 square kilometres (6,692.56 sq mi), of which 2,281.41 km (880.86 sq mi)
442-605: The period from 1904–1940, Finnish-speaking actors were trained by the school of the Finnish National Theatre and by the private stage school Suomen Näyttämöopisto. Suomen Teatterikoulu (the Finnish Theatre School) was founded in 1943. The school's higher education department started offering director and dramaturg training in 1962. Swedish-language actor training began considerably earlier than Finnish-language programmes. In 1866–1868, training
468-578: The population was 6,732. Since then it has steadily increased to 7,008 in 2021. Inari is expected to be the only municipality in Lapland, along with Rovaniemi, that will experience population growth by 2040. This has been attributed to increased tourism. Its two largest villages are Ivalo and Inari . Other villages are Törmänen , Keväjärvi , Koppelo, Sevettijärvi – Näätämö , Saariselkä , Nellim , Angeli , Kaamanen , Kuttura , Lisma , Partakko, and Riutula. The registered Sámi population in Inari from
494-675: The start of 2013, the Theatre Academy Helsinki, the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts and Sibelius Academy merged into the University of the Arts Helsinki. The full English name of the academy is now the Theatre Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki. The Theatre Academy offers bachelor and master programmes as well as licentiate and doctoral programmes. The degree title of bachelor programme graduates
520-640: The total population of 7,008 in 2021, 6,248 people registered Finnish (89.16%) and 475 people registered one of the Sámi languages as their mother tongue (6.78%). Swedish is the mother tongue of 27 individuals (0.39%) and 258 people (3.68%) speak foreign languages. The most-spoken foreign languages are: Russian (0.86%), German (0.51%), French (0.31%), Dutch (0.22%) and English (0.20%). Only about three percent, 214 persons, were citizens of countries other than Finland in 2022. The largest groups of foreign-citizens are from Russia (39 individuals), Germany (24), France (18),
546-479: The winter when the average precipitation total is less than half of the amount that Southern Finland receives. The driest year on record was 1941 when only 120,1 mm (4,7 inches) fell. FMI (record highs and lows 1925-1961) The municipality of Inari has a population of 7,160 (31 October 2024). The population density is 0.48 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.2/sq mi). The population peaked in 1993, at 7,874. It then decreased continuously until 2012, when
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#1732775772995572-454: Was 31.8 °C (89.2 °F) in July 1925, while the coldest temperature on record was −48.9 °C (−56.0 °F) in January 1999. However, in July 1914 Thule weather station in western Inari recorded an unofficial record high temperature of 34.7 °C (94.5 °F), which is the highest temperature ever recorded in Lapland. Inari is also among the driest locations in Finland, especially in
598-767: Was awarded the Kritiikin Kannukset (Critique Award) for this film. In 2009, Feodoroff became Artistic Director of Theater Takomo with Milja Sarkola . Feodoroff's advocacy in uploading traditional Skolt Sámi society and culture includes issues regarding land and water rights. She has served as the Chair of the Sámi Council for a two-year period during 2007–2008. In 2012, Feodoroff won the Theatre Academy's Alumnus/Alumna award for artists, pedagogues, or other professionals for their outstanding achievement in theatre together with Milja Sarkola . In 2016, she received
624-828: Was created in 1979 in a merger of the Finnish-language Suomen Teatterikoulu and the Swedish-language Svenska Teaterskolan. The Central Library of Theatre Studies (Teatterialan keskuskirjasto), which was founded in 1956, became part of the academy. In 1992, the name was changed to Teatteri- ja tanssialan keskuskirjasto (the Central Library of Theatre and Dance) and in 2001 to its current form Teatterikorkeakoulun kirjasto (the Theatre Academy Library). The education and research offering of
650-506: Was once home to the Kookos soap and margarine factory and later to the Kone elevator factory. The facilities include a large theatre hall and several studios for public performances, and an extensive library specialised in performing arts. TeaK-Vässi operates in an old warehouse of Elanto. The Theatre Academy has had various locations over the course of its history. Since its founding until 1992,
676-605: Was organised in conjunction with Nya Teatern, Finland's first theatre school. In 1908, Svenska Teaterns elevskola was founded as part of Svenska Teatern (the Swedish Theatre). It later changed its name to Svenska Teaterskolan i Helsingfors (the Swedish Theatre School in Helsinki) and focused on serving the whole Swedish-language theatre field in Finland. The Theatre Academy in its current bilingual form
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