Description
Facilitated by dance researcher Anna Kozonina, the Audience Club is a place to explore dance and contemporary theatre through creative tasks, facilitated discussions, and a guided journey through the festival.
This year, however, the Audience Club returns in a relaxed version, offering a space to reconnect with our bodies and feelings amid the festival. The club is welcoming dance, theatre and art lovers of all ages over 18 years old. Professional dancers and choreographers, artists, cultural managers and people with no previous background in performing arts, are welcome to take part as well.
See more about and detailed schedule for Audience Club.
What is the Audience Club?
A guided group of approx. 10 participants, led by dance researcher Anna Kozonina, who together will:
- Attend festival’s performances
- Explore dance through exercises, discussion tasks, mini-lectures, and other learning formats, and exchange perspectives
- Learn to connect immediate reactions to performances with personal and social values and expectations, making the experience of going to the theatre more meaningful and fun
- Discuss performances in enjoyable, engaging, and thought-provoking ways
Throughout the festival, we’ll ask:
- What happens to our bodies when we watch a performance?
- How can we notice and describe what we feel before we have an opinion about it?
- How do bodily sensations become thoughts, interpretations, and judgements?
- What makes a performance speak to our bodies, emotions, or minds?
- How do the choices and structure of a piece shape the way we experience it?
How to take part?
To sign up for Audience Club, please fill in the Google Form by October 11th. You will receive instructions by email after registration on how to book your spot.
Please note:
The purchase of the festival pass (55 euros) is required for participation in the Audience Club. The price is the same regardless of in how many Club meet-ups you are able to participate.
The number of Audience Club spots is limited. We fill the group as applications come, so we recommend applying early to secure your spot.
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Anna Kozonina is a dance writer, researcher, and educator based in Helsinki. As well as obtaining an MA in Political Science and Linguistics, she studied dance history and performance theory and holds an arts MA from Aalto University. Since 2017 she has been reviewing pieces by emerging and established European choreographers, and diving into somatic discourses in contemporary dance, wh
This year, however, the Audience Club returns in a relaxed version, offering a space to reconnect with our bodies and feelings amid the festival. The club is welcoming dance, theatre and art lovers of all ages over 18 years old. Professional dancers and choreographers, artists, cultural managers and people with no previous background in performing arts, are welcome to take part as well.
See more about and detailed schedule for Audience Club.
What is the Audience Club?
A guided group of approx. 10 participants, led by dance researcher Anna Kozonina, who together will:
- Attend festival’s performances
- Explore dance through exercises, discussion tasks, mini-lectures, and other learning formats, and exchange perspectives
- Learn to connect immediate reactions to performances with personal and social values and expectations, making the experience of going to the theatre more meaningful and fun
- Discuss performances in enjoyable, engaging, and thought-provoking ways
Throughout the festival, we’ll ask:
- What happens to our bodies when we watch a performance?
- How can we notice and describe what we feel before we have an opinion about it?
- How do bodily sensations become thoughts, interpretations, and judgements?
- What makes a performance speak to our bodies, emotions, or minds?
- How do the choices and structure of a piece shape the way we experience it?
How to take part?
To sign up for Audience Club, please fill in the Google Form by October 11th. You will receive instructions by email after registration on how to book your spot.
Please note:
The purchase of the festival pass (55 euros) is required for participation in the Audience Club. The price is the same regardless of in how many Club meet-ups you are able to participate.
The number of Audience Club spots is limited. We fill the group as applications come, so we recommend applying early to secure your spot.
**
Anna Kozonina is a dance writer, researcher, and educator based in Helsinki. As well as obtaining an MA in Political Science and Linguistics, she studied dance history and performance theory and holds an arts MA from Aalto University. Since 2017 she has been reviewing pieces by emerging and established European choreographers, and diving into somatic discourses in contemporary dance, wh
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Practical info
When
5. November 2026 – 15. November 2026
Audience
All audiences
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