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which operates at TeaK-Vässi. The TeaK-Kookos facilities opened in 2000 and TeaK-Vässi opened in 2007. The main building 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.
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Theatre Academy offers bachelor and master programmes as well as licentiate and doctoral programmes. The degree title of bachelor programme graduates 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
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Theatre Academy in its current bilingual form 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
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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, the academy
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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
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Theatre Academy has had various locations over the course of its history. Since its founding until 1992, 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
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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,
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At 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.
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