Exploring New Dynamics: From Intimacy to Violence and Back

Join us for an engaging two-day workshop as we explore the nuanced spectrum of physical storytelling—from intimacy to violence and back again. Led by DCF's teacher Anastasia Trizna, an accomplished actor, intimacy coordinator, stage combat instructor, and stunt performer, this workshop will equip participants with a variety of valuable skills. The ultimate purpose of stage combat is to tell stories that can illuminate complex issues—whether personal and interpersonal struggles or broader societal and structural challenges. This workshop will examine how practices from intimacy directing and coordinating can enhance our performance, fostering more nuanced, honest, and versatile performance.

Participants will engage in practical exercises designed to develop skills for working with staged violence and intimacy. These methods will help tap into deeper emotional levels and physical embodiment, allowing for richer storytelling. Through a progression of solo and partnered exercises, the workshop will provide concrete tools for building trust, spontaneity, and emotional authenticity on stage. Throughout the workshop, participants will also create short scenes and choreographies. They will investigate how various techniques can be used to develop compelling characters, deepen emotional expression, and bring authenticity to physical interactions and representation.

Using these principles as a creative framework, participants will learn transferable techniques that can enrich their work as performers across various disciplines. Saturday

• 11:00–14:00

• Lunch

• 15:00–17:00

Sunday

• 11:00–14:00

• Lunch

• 15:00–17:00

Prices & Payment Normal price: 90€ Discount price (members): 60€ *In order to be eligible for the member discount you have to be a member of DCF, other NSFS National Organization, or similar international stage combat society. 

Pay to Dramatic Combat Finland's account FI82 6601 0001 0767 36 latest by 10.10.2026. Reference number 2 02688 __________________________ ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Anastasia Trizna is a highly accomplished multidisciplinary artist with nearly 20 years of professional experience in acting, physical movement, singing, stage combat, stunts, and intimacy coordination. She has been working as a professional actor since 2008, and has been training with Nordic Stage Fight Society since 2017. She has been certified as Intimacy Coordinator through a SAG-AFTRA recognized program in 2024. In 2026 she has graduated as NSFS Certified Teacher, after completing her mentorship program with Oula Kitti as her mentor. She has been working with independent and state theatres, including the National Theatre of Finland and Svenska Teatern, and has contributed as a fight director and intimacy coordinator to various theatre, film and TV productions. Anastasia has been teaching stage combat at universities, various workshops, and theatres. Her particular focus is working with violence and intimacy on stage and screen, with emphasis on consent and trust for achieving artistic freedom and high quality of performance.