I have extensive training that includes physical theatre, mime, clowning, masks, improvisation, body psychotherapy and social education. My experience as a workshop facilitator is also very varied. Since 2010 I have collaborated with Moving Pieces, an arts in health theatre company, assisting in the creation and facilitation of workshops. Between 2014 and 2019 I was one of the two artistic coordinators of the Theodora Children’s Charity in the United Kingdom, being one of those responsible for continuous training and training of new Giggle Doctors. Since 2013 I have collaborated with Egintza in Bilbao, devising theatre workshops for social education for young adolescents in situations of social exclusion.
My vision of clowning comes from the Pochinko technique, also known as Clown Through Mask. This technique was developed by Richard Pochinko, later Sue Morrison in Canada and Jonathan Young in UK. In this technique, the inner world and the emotional journey of the person behind the nose is the raw material for clowning.
The Clown fundamentally plays with his experience of being human in all its dimensions with the expressiveness and emotional transparency of a child.
In my workshops I use movement, play and improvisation. They are suitable for both performing arts professionals or anyone interested in discovering something new in a an accesible and fun way.
