Explore the endless possibilities of physical impro.

Through spontaneity games, impro exercises, and specific movement techniques, you will find how to discover and create imaginary objects and spaces and how to connect your imagination with your body taking advantage of the endless possibilities your body can give.

In this workshop, the participants will be trained to allow their body to surprise them, taking them to unexpected places and circumstance

Class Schedule:

Thu 15 May 7:30pm-10:30pm
Fri 16 May 7:30pm-10:30pm
Sat 17 May 7:30pm-10:30pm

About Felipe Ortiz

Felipe is a performer, director and teacher interested in exchanging, interacting, playing and sharing experiences with different artists around the world. He´s passionate about the body in movement and its possibilities, that´s why he explores it through acrobatics, improvisation, clowning, physical theater and object manipulation to create new forms of expression in performing arts. As a performer he´s been touring around the world since 2003, with different projects in festivals, companies, and collaborating with artists in these areas. He´s well known in the international scene as an impro, physical theater and clown teacher. Currently working as a clown, acrobatics and impro teacher at the Javeriana University in Bogota.

Felipe is the artistic director of La Gata Cirko (new circus) for 19 years and has directed and co-directed shows in different formats like: the opening ceremony of the world games in Cali and the closing ceremony of the Football FIFA world cup sub-20 in Bogota, and all the shows from the company. Recently he became a pilates instructor with the ¨Physical Mind Institute ¨ and has been studying the last months with the Ido Portal´s online movement training program.