Through intensive observation of human behavior, Johannes Galli came to the realization:

> Acting Allows the Genuine Person to Appear.

Johannes Galli refers to himself as philosophic clown or clownesque philosopher. His goal:

> Creating an open space for boundary free play for people who want to enact change in their lives.

Biography
Johannes Galli, M.A.

Johannes Galli was born near Frankfurt, Germany, in 1952.
He studied literature, philosophy, and history at the University of Freiburg in Breisgau.

He decided to exercise his philosophical ideas on stage and pursued an artistic career as an actor. He quickly made his mark in European theater as well as on the cultural scene, becoming known as “Clown Galli” during the 1980s. In 1989 he became trainer in body language and communication, working with top management teams of major international companies (Allianz, BP-Oil, DaimlerChrysler). He has written over 300 theater pieces, which are performed in a successful chain of theaters that follow his method and bear his name.
Galli Theaters are currently located in Berlin, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart and Weimar, and it’s members also tour the world visiting cities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Columbia, and Europe.
Johannes Galli has taken particular interest in fairy tales and myths because they relate transformational processes in clear and simple symbols.
In 1992 he founded a new branch of theater in the organization called, Corporate Theater. Companies and institutions book Galli Corporate Theater for events and conferences in order to illustrate important topics in a dynamic, vivid, and entertaining way.
Since 2001 Johannes Galli has been facilitating training for large international companies pertaining to the topics: Intercultural Communication and Body Language. He also executes projects sponsored by the European Commission with the theme Intercultural Understanding and Cultural Exchange through Fairy Tales and Myths. Using his method of theater as a tool for transformation, Johannes Galli also heads a theater project working with street kids in China, Latin America and Europe. This charitable endeavor is part of a multi-pronged series of projects in which theater is used as a tool to bridge cultures through sharing knowledge in various foreign languages.

For Johannes Galli diversity in creative expression is a must. Thus, in addition to his varied works in theater, he has also written two novels, a narration, and a series of books documenting the Galli Method. (more info: Galli Publishing)

Since 2008 Johannes Galli is living in New York.