Synopsis:
We tend to stick to stereotypes, and we tend to group people in stereotypes as well, without actually realizing it. How many times have we seen on stage a women performing the typical secretary, while the man is playing the bad boss of a business? Wouldn’t it be cool to see the opposite roles, going against the stereotypes?
In 'Different Faces', we will challenge our brain to think differently, while at the same time we will explore all the characters we can do by using our body and voice in a more exotic way, using combinations we have hardly ever seen. We will go from practicing typically high and low status to more advanced stuff, getting more concerned about what we are doing, particularly with our body and voice, and we will avoid usual habits and stereotypes.
Important information:
All levels welcome
About the Teacher - Jacintha Damström (Finland)
Jacintha Damström, who has been performing as a circus artist since 1996, started with improv in 2012. In 2016 she was invited to perform in the wordless Decibel!-show besides the French comedians Morgan Mansouri and Frédéric Pont, with whom she integrated acrobatics into improv besides mime and comedy. Since then she has been invited to perform and to teach in improv festivals around the world, both as a solo player and in a group. In 2022 she became one of the leading members of the professional improvisation group “Stjärnfall” in Helsinki.
Beside improv, Jacintha works also as a classical musician, physical actress and clown.
Jacintha has been teaching in the following festivals:
Amsterdam international improv festival (2018, 2020,2022, 2023,2024)
Canberra international improv festival (2023)
WISE festival, France (2021)
Dog and fish festival, Austria (2019)
Bengaluru improv festival, India (2019)
Subito!- festival, France (2017, 2018)
St Petersburg international improv festival (2018)