Irreverente Festival
Luana Proença is a Brazilian artist with a Bachelor's degree in Theater Interpretation, a specialization in Cultural Management, a Master's degree in Arts and a PhD in Theater. She had her own School of Theater and Production in Brazil from 2008 to 2016, and was a university professor of Directing and Acting from 2014 to 2017. She is a member of the group Saída Sul, with which she created her show 3 solos of impro that have performed internationally. In 2018 she started the project “Visando Impro” with which she writes a blog about Impro in Portuguese, and also made the Impro Documentary "Era preciso ouvir outras vozes". She completed the Improv program at The Second City Training Center Hollywood and Master Classes from 2016 to 2018. She also translates the magazine “Status” into Portuguese and hosts its podcast. Part of her training is in Dance, Physical Theater, Dramaturgy and Puppet Theater. She teaches and performs internationally with her workshops and theater and improvisation shows. She has published 3 books (2 co-authored). She has performed and taught workshops in Brazil, USA, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Austria, Greece, Northern Ireland, Norway, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Sweden, Australia and, in 2025, in Vietnam.
WORKSHOP
Can you keep a secret?
(Teatro)
(EN)
Impro and Tarot
(Theater)
(PT/EN)
ARTISTS IN GENERAL (Professional Artists or Artists in Training without specific experience in Impro)
IMPRO BEGINNER (People with some experience with Impro courses and/or presentations.),
ADVANCED/PROFESSIONAL IN IMPRO (People with some years of experience and/or career in Impro.)
Tarot works with archetypes of images. The workshop uses images and cycles of tarot journeys to create new worlds shrouded in mythology and mysticism based on imagery.
They propose a practical approach to improvisational game structure and the creation of instant characters from archetypes.
SHOW DIRECTION
Inspired by the work of Peter Brook and Jacques Lecoq, this format uses space and the idea of “body as space” to create images, characters and narratives. It is a discovery of how space itself can be a game and create new worlds. How limits can be tools.
The carpet game is based on the idea of travel and adventure, exploring spaces and worlds through imagination. The idea is to explore limits as catalysts for improvisation, highlighted by physicality and theatricality, and to make the audience work by imagining and perceiving how theatrical codes create new worlds.
The Carpet
(PT + Others)
TALK
"The Directing Role of Those Who Improvise" (PT)
Those who improvise, act, write and direct. If we truly take on these roles, we take on their responsibility as well. As Director (Staging) we think about aesthetics, discourse, movement, and all of this instantly and collectively. Let's talk about this and how we do it, and what imaginary and real worlds we are creating between us.
This is the theme of my doctoral thesis: Direction carried out by those who improvise in the act of improvisation: its possibilities, responsibilities and possible tools to help us understand how to play with greater presence.