Moveo’s teaching team is made up of highly qualified professionals in corporeal mime, physical theatre, movement and performance. In addition, the school’s physical theatre training is enriched by the collaboration of experts from other disciplines, thus broadening the training possibilities offered.
All the moveo teachers are working professionals, whether in directing, acting or choreography. This constant connection with the professional world guarantees up-to-date and relevant teaching for the students.
This diversity and experience of our physical theatre teachers ensures a comprehensive and high quality training for all Moveo students.
STEPHANE LEVY
Co-director
Stéphane Lévy is currently the co-artistic director of MOVEO – a center for training and creation. He is also a professor at the Escola Superior d'Art Dramàtic de Barcelona and the Conservatori Superior de Dansa de Barcelona (Institut del Teatre).
He earned a degree in Philosophy before training in dramatic corporeal mime with Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum at the International School of Corporeal Mime in London, where he graduated in 1997. He completed a postgraduate program in teaching and theatre directing (1997-1999) and studied vocal technique with J. Wilde, A.-M. Speed, and P. van Zyl.
He was an assistant to Wasson and Soum (1999-2002), teaching in London and being part of the company “Théâtre de l’Ange Fou,” with which he created and toured six productions across Europe. Since 1999, he has taught courses at festivals, schools, and companies such as the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Central School of Speech and Drama, London International Mime Festival, Institut del Teatre, ESAD in Valencia and Vigo, Conservatoire Populaire de Genève, and the Associació d’actors de les Illes Balears.
Since 2004, he has directed and performed in productions with Cía Moveo. He has received awards such as Best Show (Dance) at Feria de Huesca’15, Best Company at Festival Imaginarius’16 (Portugal), and the Moritz FiraTàrrega’17 Award for Best Street Arts Premiere. He also directs projects at the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona.
SOPHIE KASSER
Co-director
Creator, director, and pedagogue, Sophie is the co-founder of Cía Moveo and the training center of the same name in Barcelona.
Her work focuses on the expressive body and artistic creation, always placing people at the center. She was a member of the Théâtre de l’Ange Fou company in London for several years, touring internationally with them. Later, with Cía Moveo, she continued performing and leading projects worldwide for over 20 years.
She has directed projects for several international institutions, including the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona, Días de Danza - Festival GREC, University of Applied Sciences in Finland, Festival International d’Improvisation Théâtrale de l’Île de la Réunion, Universitat de Barcelona – Centre de Recerca DUODA, and the International Physical Theatre Festivals of the Caribbean and Chile.
She has taught classes and workshops at institutions such as the School of Speech and Drama in London (UK), Conservatoire Populaire de Genève and Pädagogische Hochschule Aarau (Switzerland), as well as drama schools in Valencia, Vigo, and Palma de Mallorca, the Actors’ Association of the Balearic Islands, and the Momi Festival in Portugal, among others.
Trained in theater, circus, and dance in Geneva, Paris, and London, she holds a diploma from the International School of Corporeal Mime in London, where she also completed a postgraduate program specializing in Stage Direction and Theatre Pedagogy. Additionally, she earned a Master’s degree in Cultural Policy and Management from Birkbeck University.
OLIVIER DECRIAUD
Corporeal Mime teacher
He holds a degree in French Literature and trained in physical theatre and corporeal mime with Ivan Bacchiochi and Robert Bennett in Paris, as well as with Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum at the International School of Corporeal Mime in London, where he earned his diploma. He is a co-founder and actor of Moveo Teatro since 2005 and a professor at Col·legi del Teatre de Barcelona and the Moveo center.
He was a member of the Théâtre de l’Ange Fou company in London and has since worked on various projects and short films. As an actor, he has toured with performances in Croatia, Spain, France, Italy, England, Israel, Romania, and Poland. He has taught or currently teaches at various schools and institutions and has collaborated with the Alliance Française of Port Said (Egypt), Glob’culture (France), and, in Barcelona, with El Plato de Cine, the Amalia center, and the Institut Français, where he is still active.
He performed in several productions of Cia Moveo: Marelle, Requiem, and ARA!, as well as in the Catalan company La Pell’s production Llàstima que sigue una puta, by John Ford, directed by Anna Estrada.
In recent years, Olivier has also specialized in teaching French through theatre, offering classes and training courses for teachers.
LAIA CAMPAMÀ
Profesora
Actress and pedagogue of physical theatre, Graduate and Specialized in Dramatic Corporeal Mime at MOVEO. She has complemented her training with acrobatics at the Escuela Rogelio Rivel, contemporary dance with Cesc Gelabert, puppetry with Zero en Conducta and María Castillo, dramaturgy with Llàtzer Garcia, among others.
Currently, she is part of the theatre company Diógenes, focused on physical and visual theatre, with which she is touring the show Folie à Deux. She is also a member of the Moveo company, touring with the show Consequüències. Notable previous works include the show *Búfalos* by Pau Miró, performed at the Valle Inclán Theatre in Madrid, her participation as an actress in the microtheatre at the Arsènic Creation Space, and the founding of the FOKIT Festival in Trivandrum, India, aimed at creating a space for contemporary dance and theatre creations.
In terms of pedagogy, in addition to being part of the teaching team for the diploma program, she also leads the Creative Training sessions in the afternoons at Moveo. She is also a physical theatre workshop leader for adults in other spaces and conducts theatre workshops for children and teenagers.
Wong Chun Him (Bosco)
Corporeal Mime Teacher
Graduate of the School of Dramatic Arts at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), specializing in Acting, and a Graduate in Corporeal Mime from the Moveo Center. He completed the year of specialization in dramatic corporeal mime and physical theatre at the center.
In Hong Kong, his work with the Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio stands out in productions such as Macbeth (touring Europe and Asia) and Our death won’t hurt anybody, a co-production of Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio & Teatro de los Sentidos, presented at the Grec Festival in Barcelona in 2018. He has also performed in several puppet theatre productions.
Active in both theatre and film, Wong is recognized as an independent actor and acting teacher. He has conducted various workshops with teenagers, with the most notable being an adaptation of George Orwell’s *Animal Farm*.
In 2023, he created the Cia Yatyip and presented his first creation.
Pau Garcia
Corporeal Mime Teacher
Physical actor, stage creator, and musician. Passionate about dance and music. He begins his theatrical journey as a graduate of the Aula de Teatro de Lleida.
At the same time, he connects with the company Zero en Conducta, where he discovers puppet animation, physical theatre, and delves into the world of lighting and sound under the guidance of their technical director, David Maqueda.
Later, he completes his Graduate and Specialization in Dramatic Corporeal Mime at the MOVEO center in Barcelona, where, together with Laia Campamà, he founds his own puppet and physical theatre company, La Diógenes.
While continuing to create and direct his works, he gradually defines his style by experimenting with his skills in hip-hop, contemporary dance, corporeal mime, and object animation.
Currently, he is in charge of the technical direction of Zero en Conducta and the artistic direction of La Diógenes, with their first show, Folie à Deux.
Neilor Moreno
Physical training
Neilor Moreno is a Brazilian artist born in Rio de Janeiro and based in Barcelona.
With a background in physical theatre and social action, in 2023 he founded the Veredas Poéticas Company, a project that creates safe spaces for expression through the poetry of the body, addressing social issues and promoting diversity as resistance against exclusion.
Trained in Acting at CAL (Brazil), he studied physical theatre and dramatic corporeal mime at Moveo and specialised in Performing Arts and Social Action at the Institut del Teatre. His training includes studies with teachers such as Roberta Carreri (Odin Teatret), Andreas Simma (Théâtre du Soleil) and Cecilia Colacrai (Big Bouncers Collective), as well as training in acrobatics at the Rogelio Rivel Circus School.
He is currently a stable actor in the Moveo Company, awarded the Moritz Fira Tàrrega 2017 and the DansaCat 2020 for Conseqüències. His work as a performer and movement assistant has taken him to perform in Brazil, Spain, Portugal, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Lithuania, England and Ireland. In film, he collaborated with Fernando Frías in No voy a pedirle a nadie que me crea (Netflix, 2023) and with Mila Roulx in Un cauchemar d'oiseaux (2024).
As a creator and director, he has developed Migrante (2018) with Parece una Tontería, Go Slow (2019) and It's Easy (2020) with Cía. Si tut'imagines, and Caravan Palace (2024) with La Pulposa.
Cecilia Colacrai
Contemporary Dance
Dancer, independent creator and contemporary dance teacher based in Barcelona since 2002.
For more than 12 years she has been a member of the Big Bouncers Collective together with Mireia de Querol and Anna Rubirola and the Group LaBolsa; she also collaborates with various artists such as Joao Lima, Lucas Condró and Carlota Subirós, among others.
Her solo projects: Sola?, La incorruptible belleza de la distancia, R.A.V.E. (Revolutionary Agglomeration for Voluntary Extermination) and RUGE have been presented at various festivals and venues in Spain, Argentina and Mexico, among others.
She has collaborated with artists such as: Thomas Hauert, Jorge Albuerne, Joan Catalán, Toni Mira, Montse Colomé, Alexis Eupierre, among others.
She has been teaching since 1997 in Argentina and since 2002 in Barcelona and other cities in Europe and Latin America. He is currently a member of the teaching staff of the Institut del Teatre (CSD and CPD) and the Moveo school.
She has been a member of the board of directors of the APDC (Association of Dance Professionals of Catalonia), the creative space La Visiva and La Caldera.
Alma Steiner
Contemporary Dance
Graduated from the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona in 2018 and completing her training at the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen, Alma maintains a close relationship with dance through performance, choreography and teaching, with a focus on movement connected to theatre and voice.
She has developed her career as a dancer in companies such as Erem Dance (Switzerland), Mireia Piñol's Stragiles (Sweden), Cia Moveo and l'Atapeïda. She has collaborated with choreographers such as Sol Picó, Lali Aiguadé, Toni Mira, Eduardo Torroja (Wim Vandekeybus), David Zambrano, Peeping Tom, Fighting Monkeys, DV8, Jorge Crecis and Hofesh Shechter.
Since 2014 he co-directs Kernel Dance Theatre with Junyi Sun and Marina Miguel, a project with its own stage language that dialogues with the present through fragility, visual detail and social commitment. Her creations have participated in festivals such as Danza a Escena, Sismograf, Fira Tàrrega, Fira Manresa, FreiArt Festival (Germany), ÉsDansa and Dansa Metropolitana.
As a choreographer, she has presented pieces in national theatres and festivals such as Teatro del Sauzal (Tenerife), Teatre Ovidi Montllor, Auditori de Sant Martí and La Casa Elizalde.
Sergio Martínez
Actor Training
He is an actor, author and theatre director, with degrees from the Jacques Lecoq International Theatre School in Paris and the Escalante Theatre Centre in Valencia. He also has a degree in Sound from the Escola de Mitjans Audiovisuals de Barcelona.
He began his professional career as an actor in 1999 and since then he has alternated his work in different theatre companies with which he has participated in more than twenty shows.
Since 2001 he has directed shows for L'Horta Teatre, A Tempo Dansa, Teatro Inquieto, Teatro de la Saca, Fensonbuá Cia de Danza and Germinal Producciones.
Among the awards won by the shows in which he has participated are the FETEN Award for Best Direction; the Audience Award and Best Adaptation at the April Awards; Best Show at the Leioa Theatre Fair; Best Street Show at the Tàrrega Fair; Best Show at the Aguilar de Campoo Festival; the FETEN Audience Award and a nomination for the Revelation Award at the MAX Awards.
As a teacher, he has given courses for the Scène Nationale, in France; for the Taller Nacional de Teatro and the Taller Nacional de Danza, in Costa Rica; for Kakiseni in Malaysia and in several creative centres in Spain.
Aida Oset
Voice
Actress, singer and composer, graduated in acting at the Nancy Tuñón-Jordi Oliver studio and at EL AULA (Modern Music and Jazz at the Conservatori del Liceu) as a singer. She is also a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework.
As an actress, she has recently participated in series such as Rapa T3, Moebius, Mira lo que has hecho, Les de l'hoquei, Servir y proteger and Cites; in theatre, her latest work was the monologue La lleugeresa i altres cançons, for which she also wrote the original music; Other productions in which she has participated include Othello, Històries d'Istanbul and Molt soroll per no res; in cinema, she has appeared in films such as Tres dies amb la família, Forasters, Frontera and No quiero perderte nunca.
As a singer and composer, she has just released her debut solo album Les evasions mínimes (Hidden Track Records, 2023). She also highlights her penultimate line-up, Nuu, a pop-electronic duo that debuted with the LP Gloom (Cydonia Records, 2017) after releasing a single (No place, 2016) and an eponymous EP (Nuu, 2015). Previously, she was part of Lady in Black, a jazz-pop band with whom she released the self-released album Prelude to the Rain (2011).
As a teacher, she specialises in the sung and spoken voice and has more than fifteen years of professional experience. She has worked mainly at Estudi Karloff, Eòlia and TV3. She has also been offering private voice and singing lessons for years, as well as vocal and acting coaching.
Additionally, the guest teachers who have been part of MOVEO in recent years include:
Guy Nader, María Campos, Andrés Corchero, Lali Ayguade, María Hernando – dance
Oscar Valsecchi, Valentina Temussi, Anne Dennis, Luis Torreao, Mai Rojas – corporeal mime
Pere Farran, Montse Bonet – acting training
Joan Rimbau, Vicky Alvelo, Samuel Tornqvist – voice
Maria Castillo, Miquel Gallardo, Renee Baker, Andreu Martínez, Cía Zero en Conducta – puppetry and object manipulation
Ülf Wahlstrom – acrobatics
Lluís Graells – commedia dell’arte
Monica Giacomin – Pilates technique
Danel Aser – on-camera acting
Roberto Romei – biomechanics
Domenico Santo – street theatre
Joan Cusó – pantomime
Anna Estrada – voice (Fitzmaurice technique)
Elisabeth Castells – scenography
Hélène Mallet – storytelling
Javier Cárcel – singing and physical training based on Grotowski
Neus Fernández – rhythm and percussion
Merche Ochoa – gestural clown
Tino Carreño, Alba Cayón – production and career guidance for actors
Queralt Casasayas Reguant – voice
Mariantònia Salas Brunet – voice
