Connected People (Gael Doorneweerd-Perry) IMPROFEST WORKSHOP

How to replace action by reaction? This workshop is about being in the
moment, reconnecting with your partner and yourself to find the truth of the
moment.
Using exercises influenced by Meisner’s work, you will open your eyes,
your senses and your heart to your partner. These exercises will give you
clues to a spontaneous way to act.
First, you will empty your head, in order to be in the moment, just there,
connected with yourself. Then, you will explore every way to observe
details in you and your partner. Finally, you will 100% focus on the other
player, understanding his emotion without a word to create a deep and full
relation in the scene.
When you forget to think, you have time to listen and love!

Gael Doorneweerd-Perry
(Holland/Frankrike)

Gael has practiced improv for more than 15 years in Strasbourg and then
Amsterdam. He is the co-founder of Flock Theatre, Anananas &
Pampamplemousse (formerly La Carpe Haute), as well as the SIN, an
international network of improvisers in Europe, and Safe Play, an
community working towards a safer improv field. He just handed the artistic
direction of IMPRO Amsterdam over, he is the co-Artistic Director of
Improfestival Karlsruhe, and Artistic Director of the Flock Festival in
Amsterdam. In short: he creates a bunch of stuff!
He loves to teach abroad and to create new shows to explore and share
his passion, including with his partner on and off-stage, Laura
Doorneweerd-Perry. After touring the world with their show Object of
Affection, he settled in Amsterdam and they created Flock Theatre
together: a school and a professional company, to produce unscripted
theatre and invite other artists to collaborate.
Some of his latest international collaborations involve Diego Ingold, Inbal
Lori and Katy Schutte, with whom he’s created new and very different duo
shows.