Artistic Director of Glad Teater – Copenhagen Originally trained as an actor, over the last ten years Jesper has been working mostly as an acting coach, director, dramaturge and producer in many different projects. He has been working with the MC Technique in various workshops and programmes since 2003, teaching MC Technique alone or combined with Meisner- and other techniques. Jesper is the co-founder of Glad Teater, a professional theater and acting school for people with handicaps in Copenhagen. Beside the practical work, Jesper holds a BA in theatre studies and pedagogic from University of Copenhagen.
His special interest alongside training actors is the use of the body and the imagination in human development and creativity.
Making Contact: Body - Imagination- Emotion in Hamburg, Germany March 13th - 17th 2012 with Suzana Nikolic (HR), David Zinder (ISRL) and Ulrich Meyer- Horsch (GER)
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'Me' is the Other: Characterisation- Transformation- Psychological Gesture in Grroznjan, Croatia August 24th- 29th 2012 with Suzana Nicolic (HR), Jesper Michelsen (DK) and Ulrich Meyer-Horsch (GER)