Teacher in Physio Drama for opera singers at Operaakademiet, Det Kongelige Teater (The Royal Opera), Copenhagen, Denmark.
Karin teaches young operasinger in Physio Drama – a subjects that develops physical awareness, various expressions and styles, transforming into characters and creatures, with an original and genuine body language.
Teacher in Music Drama (opera) and Performative Subject for classical singers, and instrumentalists studying at the Danish National Academy of Music, Odense, Denmark
Music Drama: Director of opera for classical singers. 2017-2023. Together with the singers, she explores ways of unfolding a character, finding an original physical and emotional expression coming from the singer him/herself.
Performative Subject is a creative workshop where musicians and singers are given free space to unfold their ideas, and work with a wide range of performative tools, generating and composing material for stage, video, and site specific performances.
Head of the Theatre Department at the international højskole Performers House, Silkeborg, DK, 2007-’14
Through seven years Karin was teaching at the international højskole Performers House – a school with strong focus on interdisciplinary creative processes, where students studying acting, modern dance, new circus, electronical-, and rythmical music were working in continuous artistic laboratories. Karin developed teaching methods and curriculum for the interdisciplinary work in close collaboration with collegues, and was also developing her own methods for interdisciplinary ensemble- and solo work. The teachers’ task often shifting from the one of a facilitator, to stage director, and moderator.
Karins’ core subject was Body-Voice-Expression for the acting students. As Head of the Theatre Department, she invited international educators, artists, and directors, from different theatre traditions such as Lecoq, Stanislavsky, Butoh, Commedia, Clowning etc., presenting a thourough and broad curriculum.
