Step 1 (Fridays Spring 2024)
Step 1 (Fridays Spring 2024)
19 JAN 2024
with Adrien Hoppe
10 week course, Jan-Mar 2024
The principles of improv, in a fun and friendly environment!
Fridays 19 January to 22 March 2024
19:00 to 21:30Rue Général Leman 145 (Etterbeek)
€250 for 10 classes
€225 for jobseekers, BA and MA students and people under 28; use CONC25 at checkout
This is our introductory course into the wonderful world of improvisation! We will play a whole series of fun games that were designed specifically to install in you the basic principles of improvisation. We will work on failing good naturedly; the benefits of saying 'yes, and'; letting our partners shine; listening with intent and the trust and connection that makes wonderful scenework seem both brilliant and effortless.
This course is perfect for those who are intrigued by improvisational theatre and want to try it out for themselves, but also for those who have no interest in treading the stage boards. If you want to increase your confidence and self-awareness, your communication and listening skills, if you want to reframe your relationship with failure and take more risks, to explore the boundless possibilities of your imagination and discover new things about yourself, then this course is for you! No previous theatre experience is necessary, just an open mind and a willingness to get out of your comfort zone.
What you’ll learn
Failing well and embracing mistakes
The benefits of saying 'yes, and'
Letting your partner shine
Listening with intent
Creating the trust and connection that makes wonderful scene work seem both brilliant and effortless
Who this is for
Improv is truly for everyone. No previous theatre experience is necessary, just an open mind and a willingness to get out of your comfort zone. Side effects may include (lots and lots of) laughter!
About the teacher
Adrien Hoppe
Adrien was born in 1985 and started improv and theater simultaneously at the age of 16. After finishing secondary school in theater option (Athénée Royal Rixensart) he continued studying theater at the conservatory (conservatoire royal de Mons) while remaining in the Improvisation.be championship.
After conservatory he entered the BIL (Belgische Impro Liga - Flemish) and the LIP (Ligue d'Improvisation Professionnelle - French) while also doing contemporary theater with "Le Groupe Sanguin", a theater company that works collectively and without hierarchy on texts by belgian authors.
In 2014 he participated in his first english speaking international improv festival , which was the Big If in Barcelona. This experience truly opened him up and broadened his view on what improv makes possible. Since then he's been experiencing and searching for new ways, new formats, new challenges to push his improv always further.