Abstract:
I think that performer training should be first and foremost about giving tools for theatre makers to discover – to find their own ways of making theatre. The students should learn to constantly surprise themselves. They should find the enjoyment of the in-the-moment value of theatre and praise unexpectedness and interruptions, even when all is well prepared.
Impulses for theatre are everywhere. They might come from the movements of falling leaves, from a random object in the wrong place, from a sentence misheard or out of original context, from bizarreness of seemingly normal moments, for example on public transport, on the street, anywhere. Theatre training should open the eyes, prepare the antennas, tune in to the search. Performers should be able to cross all the invisible genre borders, and use object manipulation, dance, puppetry, circus skills, new technologies and techniques etc. when needed. There should be no shouldn’t in theatre.
BIO:
Linnea Happonen is a theatre maker (performer, director, teacher) – MA from the Prague Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU), department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre, and also a graduate of the Commedia School, Copenhagen. She is artistic director of Krepsko Theatre Group, founded in Prague in 2001, and still active. Her performances are mostly non-text-based, emphasize visual expression and atmosphere, and often incorporate object theatre, puppetry and other disciplines. She has worked in many formats, from tiny solo shows to cabarets for 20 performers, and created numerous site-specific projects with different ensembles.