John Wild
John’s extensive experience began when, after attending art school, trained as an actor at the Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre. He went on to work in theatre, TV and film in the UK, touring nationally and internationally for over 20 years. He recently performed a one man show in London ‘ Stand-Up Tempest’, based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
John studied Voice at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, then when onto train and work with members of the Roy Hart Theatre, in France, going on to lead workshops in England, France and Madrid. John was Head of Voice at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) in London for 10 years, where he taught voice and text, directed graduate shows, and directed actors for the annual Sam Wanamaker Shakespeare Festival at the Globe Theatre, London. John also studied voice and text with Kristin Linklater and is a designated Linklater teacher. John believes that when you free your voice you free yourself and this serves to free the text. John’s interest in exploring the links between body, mind and voice has led him to train as a Psychodynamic Counsellor and now spends some of his time supporting performers well-being.
John is passionate about encouraging and awakening an individual’s potential both as a performer and human being, and is excited about working with like-minded people in the future.
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Francesca Bertozzi
Dancer, performer and trainer. Graduated from the Escola Superior de Dança de Lisboa,
in 2004. In 2020, she concluded her training in Sensitive Dance, a method that integrates
experiences of conscious movement with elements of osteopathy, in Italy, under the
direction of Claude Coldy.
As a dancer and performer, she worked with: Victor Hugo Pontes, Tiago Guedes, Inês
Jacques and Mão Morta, Beatriz Cantinho and Ricardo Jacinto, Arte Publica de Beja;
Gonçalo Lobato Ferreira; Ana Martins, Dançarte, Maria João Costa Espinho, Linda
Valadas. As an actress and dancer, she performed, in the main role of Inês, the immersive theater show “E Morreram Felizes Para Sempre” (2015) by Nuno Moreira, staged by Ana Padrão
and movement direction by Catarina Trota.
In 2021, she directed a group movement that integrates the performance“In Solitaria” by
and with Claudio Gasparotto and musician Fabio Mina.
She is the interpreter and choreographer of the solos: “Naufrago” and “Pensando a
Ofelia”.
Since 2016 she has been working as a choreographer with the Almada Theater Company
in the plays : “O Feio”,“Noite da Liberdade”, “Bonecos de Luz” and “Migrantes”.
She has collaborated as a trainer with: Ar.Co, Festival Materiais Diverse, F.O.R., Teatro
Maria Matos, Inimpetus, Quinta Ten-Chi, among others.
In parallel with her artistic projects, she has been developing pedagogical activities as a
trainer, teaching classes and laboratories in contemporary dance, creative dance,
movement for actors, somatic practices in the studio and in nature John is passionate about encouraging and awakening an individual’s potential both as a performer and human being, and is excited about working with like-minded people in the future.