Denni Dennis was born in Denmark and is based in London where he is the artistic director of Denni Dennis Company Clowns.
Founder of
Denni Dennis Summer Clown School www.summerclownschool.com in Copenhagen Denmark
The Winter Movement Academy www.wintermovementadademy.com at Tenerife Spain.
He graduated from The Commedia School, Copenhagen Denmark.
Trained in ballet and mime in St. Petersburg, Russia. Extensive training in the Jacques Lecoq style, Russian character clown and the Pochinko method (Native American spiritual clown, which he has been studying with Sue Morrison in Canada).
He combines clown, mask, dance, acting and improvisation to create unique and dynamic characters.
His clown work has been featured in theatre, circus, dance performance and art installations.
His work has taken him around Europe, USA, Australian, Canada and Russia, as a director, performer, teacher and workshop leader.
He work has been supported over the last 15 years by The Danish Arts Council, Arts Council of Wales, Wales Arts International and other privet foundations.
Examples of his work and his CV can be found at http://flowboard.com/s/lio
Founder of the GPS M S BIOMECHANICS SYSTEM.
GPS M S BIOMECANIC SYSTEM is an emotional body memory system for dancers, actors and mime artists.
This system is suitable for any performer:
- Who creates their own material, or who is part of a group devising process.
- Who creates movements or longer choreographic sequences based on text.
- Who creates stories based on movements from their own experience and memories.
GPS M S BIOMESCANICS SYSTEM is based on physical movements created from the performer's spine, which are sent through the body, by focusing on the body's closing and opening impulses, and are boosted with melodramatic feelings - as a physical mask - put on the face, the shoulders, the bottom, the knees and the feet.
By repeating the 60 minutes GPS M S BIOMECANICS SYSTEM sessions a minimum of 3 times, the sessions will create an emotional spine release, which will help the performer to reconnect and clean their own emotions through the session. This will help the performer to recognise their own emotions and create clean and organic movements.
The GPS M S BIOMECHANICS SYSTEM has 3 faces:
- A 60 minutes body cleaning and strengthening session with eye contact break down of 4th wall
- The personal/ ensemble unique 99 movements alphabet and
- The ensemble 100/100/100 devising tool from neutral mask to Russian classical ballet
Physical 60 minutes Body Cleaning & Strengthening Session.
In this 60 minutes movement session you will be working from standing up to laying down to standing up again.
Tapping, shaking and boosting your body with energy. A 60 minutes journey through the melodramatic feelings - explored and connected from your spine. This system will boost and clean your movements as a performer and connect your movements as an ensemble.
Your Personal Unique 99 Movements Alphabet.
From melodramatic feelings you will create 16 circles of movements, 9 personal movements and 6 connecting movements. These 99 movements will be your personal movements alphabet, created out of your own Movement DNA.
The Ensemble 100/100/100 Devising Tool.
If you work on a solo performance you will create your movements from the spine through your unique 99 movements alphabet and action movements. If you work as an ensemble - the 99 Movements Alphabet will connect you as an ensemble through the devising process of the ensemble's unique Movements DNA.
Through the 100/100/100 tool system it will be possible for the ensemble to create movements combined with text and voice. Movements based on a combination of plastic/ mechanic/ emotion.
Classes in LONDON NOVEMBER 11 - 22 - 2024 10am-1pm (monday-friday)
drup in class £15
full 2 week classes £100
more info and booking of your sessions info@vintermovementacademy.com
