THE F.E.S.T
Festival of Ecology, Stage & Transformation

Machine a Rêve (FR)

Workshop

To Breathe

Machine a Rêve (FR)

July 31 12:30 - 14:00 @ The Athletes Hall
Breathing exercise practice of the Metgesandra® method. A revolutionary Breathing Technique related to arts performance, medicine, ecology and well-being.

For this “PracticeFerence”, a talk that mixes a traditional lecture with simple, hands-on exercises, you’ll get to actively try out techniques related to the topic. I will rely on an article by Gaspard Allens in the magazine Reporterre, titled Facing a Suffocating World: An Ecology of Breath.

I quote: ”What connects the murder of African-American George Floyd, suffocated by the police in 2020, and the megafires? The pandemic and air pollution ? Breathing /.../ Never has the atmosphere seemed so unbreathable and the very act of breathing has become a political gesture.

Actor, director, choreographer, and writer, Alan Boone holds a Research Master degree in “Theatre and Other Arts”; from the Sorbonne Nouvelle University.

Photo: Alan Colombes
Alan Boone has collaborated with prominent figures in the arts such as Jean-Claude Cotillard, Sydney Pollack, Alvin Ailey, e.g.

In France, he has directed productions at the Comédie-Française, while in China, he staged a Peking Opera version of "Scapin". In the United States, he maintains close ties with Mrs. Kerry Kennedy and her organization Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.

He taught the Metgesandra breathing technique at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique in Paris and Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris.

Alan's introduction of theatre into medicine represents a therapeutic innovation that bridges art and care by integrating dramatic arts, breathwork, and clinical ethics.

Visiting members of Machine a Rêve
Alan Boone (Artistic Director)