13 juin 2023 I 14:00 > 16:00

In this workshop, Alfonso Rivera takes us on an exploration of gesture through poetic identification in the service of embodiment. In this pedagogical process, the actor integrates the essential characteristics of an element: its space, its rhythm and the forces that compose it. One of the fundamental pillars of this theatrical game is identification. We'll start with one of the great universal themes, the elements of nature: water, fire, air and earth. We'll add a fifth essential element, the passage of time, to understand the principles of organic processes and of a reality in continuous transformation. The result will be a study of nature's seasons and the poetic resonances that emerge as we bring these corporeal landscapes to life.

Alfonso Rivera 

Alfonso Rivera is an actor, director and teacher of gesture theater. He holds an acting diploma from the Royal School of Performing Arts (RESAD) in Madrid, a doctorate (European prize) from the University of Santiago de Compostela, and a master's degree in movement studies from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He has specialized in the body mime technique of Etienne Decroux and the pedagogy of Jacques Lecoq.
Currently Head of the Movement Department at the Escola Superior de Arte Drameltica de Galicia, Spain (ESAD-G), Alfonso worked as a drama and body expression teacher in the institution's "physical theater" program from 2006 to 2023. Alfonso has been invited to teach at prestigious international universities such as Exeter University (UK), Rose Bruford College (London), JAMU (Czech Republic), Anadolu University (Turkey), Kunstuniversität Graz (Austria), LISPA-Arthaus Berlin (Germany) and Universidad Central de Bogota (Colombia) As a theatre-maker, he has won several awards, including the "Community of Madrid Young Theater Makers Award" (Spain), the "Istrapolitana Internatinal Festival Award of Bratislava" (Slovakia), the "Peer Gynt Award" (Norway) and the "Galician Young Theater Makers Award" (Spain) for the play "Vincent", which he wrote and directed.

Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles
Chêne Site I Auditorium D106
Rue du Chêne 17 - 1000 Brussels - Belgium

Coordination : Isabelle Beirens

In partnership with the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramática de Galicia and the Erasmus + program