Physical Comedy Workshop

Physical Comedy Workshop

How can you tell a joke without language – just with your body and movement? In this workshop, dance, acrobatics and improvisation merge into physical comedy and you get to know the comedic body.

The workshop is divided into two different parts. The first half is about the quality of movement: a combination of contemporary dance and acrobatics. We train the flow of movement, compactness and explosiveness of the movements through various sets of rolls across the floor.
The second part of the course is dedicated to improvisation: We will work with contradictory developments within the movements. By opening our senses to impulses and learning which impulses we choose when and for how long, or when and how we drop them, we open up a creative playing field. With this tool, we can integrate everything we have learned into a creative context and move on to physical comedy.

Luisa Schmitz

Luisa Schmitz was born in Zurich and works as a dancer, choreographer, coach and dance teacher. She completed her bachelor’s degree in stage dance and choreography at the Fontys Hoogeschool voor de Kunsten in Tilburg (NL). She has spent the last two years on the road as an artist with Zirkus Chnopf and has been teaching circus and movement to children and teenagers ever since. She teaches children the art of circus in an encouraging and motivating way. When she’s not teaching, she tours Europe with her own clown duo or walks her dog through the forests of Zurich.

General information

• Registration by link, e-mail or telephone is binding.
• The course fee must be paid by invoice, which you will receive from us by e-mail.
• If registration is withdrawn up to 10 days before the workshop, 50% of the course fee will be charged. In the event of later withdrawal, the full costs are to be borne by the participant.
• The right to participate in the booked workshop is personal and non-transferable. Lessons not attended do not entitle the participant to a reduction in course fees, unless the workshop is explicitly advertised as modular.
• Insurance is the responsibility of the participants. An emergency contact must be given when registering.
• If there are not enough participants, the workshop cannot usually take place. The registered participants will be informed by e-mail about a possible cancellation.
• Participants must adhere to the house rules of the Zirkusquartier. The instructions of the staff must be followed.