(he/him)

Erik begun to work with Per when he moved to Bali in 2014, beginning a years-long practice of painting masks, facilitating workshops, and running the business. Native to Bali, Erik has always been a crucial element in the mask procedure since he began to work with Per. Over the years Erik has developed a distinct style of mask painting, bringing another layer of expertise to the great work done by the mask makers.

(they/them)

A performing artist with over a decade of experience, Lorenz Alexander is an actor, author, artist and mask worker. After studying with Per in an ensemble workshop, Lorenz returned to Bali for a residential apprenticeship under Per to be a mask teacher.

Lorenz was the first student under Per to be taught in this apprenticeship format, and now hosts Poleng Mask workshops in New York.

email: lorenz.alexander.work@gmail.com

(he/him)

Beginning as a director and theater artist in Denmark, Per sought out the mask makers in Bali during his first trip to the island in 1988. Through decades of collaborative process, Per has created a unique style in his designs and technique.

Teaching all around the world, including New York, Moscow, Denmark, Spain, and more, Per retired to Bali in 2014 and has lived there since.

His experience includes:
-GITIS Moscow, Russia 1989 Teaching Masks and Directing August Strindberg.
-Leader and Teacher of Michael Chekhov Studio Denmark, 1991 to 1998.
-National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. 1999 to 2014
-The Actors Center. New York.1999 to 2008
-Studio 5, Brooklyn. Per Brahe’s Private Studio
-Actors Studio, Teaching and Mask Performance. Hieronymus Bosch: Jesus Carrying the Cross.
-Yale University, 2004 to 2008.
-New York University, 1999 to 2014
-Purchase College: The most inspiring and important.
-International Michael Chekhov Association of 1992: Vladimir Baicher, Moscow. Emerson College, UK. Forum Kreuzberg, Berlin. Riga, Latvia. Anton Chekhov’s house, Melikhova, Russia 1996. Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in 1998 and 1999.
-Taught together with Theatre Director Slava Kokorin at his school at Baikal Lake in Siberia, 1993 and 2002, and in Bali in 2014.
-Director of Miss Julie by Strindberg, at the Gene Frankel Theatre Off-Broadway, New York.
-Actor as the character FIRS in the Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov. Gene Frankel Theatre. Off-Broadway New York
-Leader and Teacher of Michael Chekhov Studio Denmark, 1991 to 1998.
-Educated in the graduate Theater Director program at Statens Teaterskole /now, Danish National School of Performing Arts, 1980 to 1984

Per Brahe’s full list of plays he directed over his many years as Theatre Director can be acquired from him.