The process of devising was born in Jacques Lecoq’s school in Paris. I myself finished my degree in devising at the University of Kent at Canterbury. For me devising means ‘playing’. Those who go on stage need to be able to play, playing games, playing with sentences and words, playing with one’s body and playing with the space. Playing allows you to get in touch with many different feelings and how to handle those. This is what you need on stage! Creating a piece through devising allows an exciting process for the performer and actor.
A given text often allows less devising so that here directing is a better way to set up a play.
My recent drama work is the following:
Devising:
- ever year for Mise en Scène asbl: drama with kids, youngster and adults
- for PASS: Projet d’Apprentissage sur Scène, project of the Lycée des Arts et Métiers for the 6th and 5th degree Préparatoire-classes. There is a compulsory performances at the end of each term
- Ech ka reimen ouni ze keimen, a theatre performance for kids by Martine Conzemius
- Bäh Lakritz, a theatre performance for youngster and adults by Martine Conzemius
- with the company Finestra Kollektiv: fassade@bréckelt.lu, performance in a front of a house, produced by Ettelbruck City Tourist Office
Directing:
- De Wëllefchen an de Fiischen, produced by Mise en Scène asbl and Toile Si Re asbl
- Maus Kätti, produced by Toile Si Re asbl and the Ministery of Culture, Luxembourg
- Sechs Personen suchen einen Autor, Die Schule der Diktatoren, adaptations played by the drama group of the Lycée Classique de Diekirch