KOULUTTAJAT / INSTRUCTORS
Senja Meriläinen
Senja on oululaislähtöinen improvisaationäyttelijä, joka on tehnyt odottamattomia jo useamman suomalaisen improvisaatioryhmän ja -teatterin riveissä. Tällä hetkellä Tampereen Improvisaatioteatteri Snorkkelissa ja JadaJada Improv -ryhmässä sekä Finland International Improv Festivalin taustajoukoissa vaikuttava impro-ohjus on hakenut oppia ja kokemuksia niin Kanadan guruilta kuin impron kehdosta Improv Olympic -teatterista Chicagosta. Koulukuntarajoja kumartelematon kaukuhakara on toistaiseksi esiintynyt kahdella mantereella, mutta mikäs muu se mielessä olisi kuin maailmanvalloitus – ja mitä tahansa saattaa tapahtua.
Trent Pancy
Trent has been studying, performing and teaching improv for nearly 10 years. Armed with a BA in Theatre Arts from Kalamazoo College, Trent moved to Chicago, where he honed his craft at such esteemed venues as The Second City and iO Theatres.
In addition to several independent projects, Trent has performed as an ensemble member for Infinite Sundaes (Second City’s Musical Improv House Ensemble), a member of the Touring Company for the Improv Playhouse, a player on the 2010 incarnation of ComedySportz Chicago’s BattleProv, and has performed at the DSIF Festival in North Carolina, as well as the Twin Cities Improv Festival in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Trent is a graduate of The Second City Conservatory, The Second City Music Program, the iO Theatre Training Center, has trained at ComedySportz Chicago and taken several independent workshops throughout the USA.
In 2008 Trent began to make the transition from student to teacher, and began teaching improv workshops in High Schools throughout the US. Since then he has taught various improv workshops in Finland, Estonia & Germany as well, combining his Chicago training with his theatre background to create his own methods. Nowadays Trent spends most of his time producing, performing and teaching improv in Tampere, Finland.
http://www.trentasaurus.com
Roberto Hirche
Since childhood, Roberto has been performing on stage. Improv intrigued him first when he saw it the first time in his hometown Hamburg. In 2000 he entered the stage and ever since couldn´t stop performing improv. He is now travelling around Europe (mainly Switzerland and Germany) doing shows, giving workshops and having fun with fantastic people. He has worked with people like the Crumbs (Winnipeg/CA), Shawn Kinley (Calgary/CA), La Gata (Bogota/CO), Keith Johnstone (Calgary/CA), Doug Nunn (Mendocino/USA) and many more to combine different approaches to improv.
He considers improv not to be a collection of games and techniques but more an attitude. He brings positivity to everyone he is working with by teaching them the principles of improv, so they can trust their own inner source of creativity and shining.
PliP’n BoB
PliP ’n BoB eli Aleksi Höylä ja Jani Hämäläinen ovat nuori pantomiimikaksikko, joka yhdistää esityksessään improvisaation ja pantomiimin.
Kaksikon innoittajia ovat muun muassa Umbilical Brothers ja Chaplin.
Lisätietoja löytyy Facebookista.
ESIINTYJÄT / PERFORMERS
Clark ’n Addison
Clark & Addison is a two person improv team that consists of Senja Merilainen and Trent Pancy. They explore the elusive “Chicago Style Improv” that Trent also teaches in his workshops, and they do improv with energy, enthusiasm, and hopefully some laughs along the way.
PliP’n BoB
Pantomiimikot, jotka esittelevät, kuinka improvisaatio ja pantomiimi täydentävät toisiaan.
Innoittajia ovat muun muassa Umbillical brothers ja Chaplin.
Ryhmän löytää Facebookista.
Lentävä Poro
Improvisaatioryhmä Lentävä Poro on vuonna 2010 Rovaniemellä perustettu
teatteriryhmä, joka on laajentunut lappilaiseksti teatteritoimijaksi.
Porot keskittyvät komediaan ja edustavatkin pohjoisen hulluutta
positiivisen kautta. Oulussa lavalla nähdään Jonne Suopajärvi, Jussi
Jokinen, Julius Oförsagd ja Annastiina Gylling – ja tietysti rusetit kaulassa.
Uniikki Unikorni
Oululainen improvisaatioteatteriryhmä, joka esiintyy ja kouluttaa Oulun seudulla. Ryhmä on monille tuttu muun muassa avoimista improjameista sekä pääkirjaston satutunneista. OUI!-festareilla lavan valloittaa Anne, Antti, Erika, Henna, Tanja, Teemu ja Seppo. Lisäksi mukana on muusikko Arttu kitaroineen.
Sinimaria ja Samuli
Sanavalmis oululaisduo, joka pitää toistensa haastamisesta. 145 kg raakaa energiaa.
Lisäksi ravintola Rauhalassa voi esiintyä muita oululaisia improajia.