Actor, author and director, in France and in Great Britain, Jos Houben is also a teacher with theater companies, opera, circus schools… all over the world. On the stage of La Scala, in Paris, he puts on all his hats to talk to us about the mechanisms of laughter in the form of a rather special conference.
What triggers laughter? What happens to the person who laughs? Jos Houben analyzes words and gestures, grimaces, body language that invites laughter, in this show born 16 years ago.
On the other hand, he hopes never have the answer to the question “: Why are we laughing? ” The why question is stupidhe believes. How ? When ? We don’t know why gravity exists, why the universe exists… The why, it bothers us all the time. »
Guest : Jos Houben, author and performer of “ The art of laughter “. He is also co-author of the book In pursuit of laughter: Bergson’s dog published by Premier Parallèle.
►”The art of laughter” at La Scala Paris, from April 26 to June 26, 2022 and at La Scala Provence (in Avignon) from July 7 to 30, 2022.