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Jesters unsettle, exaggerate, and parody… but not only outwardly. They also point out internal cracks, self-deceptions, and those aspects of ourselves we prefer to ignore.
In this module, we explore the jester as an inner force that acts as a distorted mirror: it reflects the tensions of the community and reveals the symptoms of its own imbalances. From this ambiguous territory—vulnerable, grotesque, sharp, and lucid—we will work with laughter, discomfort, and the fissure as gateways to honest and radical expressiveness.
It is a space to inhabit the uncomfortable, to touch the wound, and to discover how the ridiculous can open new avenues of creativity, presence, and transformation.
The proposal combines physical, vocal, expressive and performative practices to activate the jester principle in the body, voice and different expressive modalities:
physical and vocal examinations to find deformities, crooked rhythms, and clownish musicality
Imaginal activation exercises to connect with the ambiguous, elusive, and provocative energy of the jester.
Intuitive drawing work and spaces for exploration from the plastic arts
writing from the marginal, the excessive, the taboo and the grotesque
dynamics to discover the collective figure of the jester as a group body:
The approach seeks to open up territories of expression, release tensions and explore the ridiculous, the uncomfortable and the profound, rather than generate traditional stage results.
For people who have completed Module 1: Swindlers – the art of twisting the path.
Performers, stage creators, performers and people interested in exploring the imagination through the body, the mask and distorted humor.
No prior experience is required: just curiosity, a willingness to play with the grotesque and enter uncomfortable zones, and a desire to laugh at yourself.
The work is based on the tradition of physical and mask theatre linked to Jacques Lecoq's pedagogywhere distortion, exaggeration, and fissure are understood as tools for knowledge and play. It engages in dialogue with the depth psychology, viewing the jester as an internal symptom and collective mirror, and is inspired by methodologies of Thomas Prattki Center of embodied creation that connect body, mask and imaginal poetics.
January 17th and 18th
From 10:00 to 19:00 hours
Modules 1 and 2: 180 Euros
Check prices for the complete cycle
Early bird discount (until December 20): 10% on all options
Write to salalacuadra@gmail.com
Requirements: comfortable clothing, paper and pen.
Carlos Cegarra He is a performing artist, movement educator, and facilitator of creative processes. He trained in the London International School of Performing Arts (London), has delved into disciplines such as physical and gestural theatre, theatrical play, the ritual and pedagogical mask, and the intersections between theatre, dance and somatic techniques.
His career as a teacher includes the Master's Degree in Dance and Movement Arts from UCAM (Murcia), the Diploma in Mask Making from the University of San Martín (Buenos Aires), the IFTS of the Thrissur School of Drama (Kerala, India), Cabuia – school of theatre and movement (Buenos Aires) and the translation faculty of the Moscow State Linguistic University (Russia).
She is currently part of the teaching team at arthaus.berlin/Thomas Prattki Center and his work is oriented towards the integration of body, imagination and creativity from an initiatory perspective.
He has been in charge for some years now. La CuadraAn art center in a rural area near the Mar Menor, offering a program focused on education, community, and transformation. This approach aims to provide an embodied, playful experience connected to the personal and the relational.
He is also the founder and director of the company Enkidu Theater.