Embrace all your YOUs
Workshop: Clownspiracy
A workshop on clowning by embracing all your YOUs.
An intensive workshop in which you will embark on an inward journey with tools that help you access the IDIOTIC, FOOLISH nature to bring forth your own CLOWN that is YOU!
This workshop offers a tinnie-tiny historical journey through clowning, exploring its roles in circuses, various cultures, and Western theater.
Through practical exercises, games and improv, we embrace vulnerability and imperfection, growing at ease with our own quirks. And we learn to laugh at ourselves.
Clowning isn't mere acting or mimicking a clown’s performance. Rooted in comedy, it equips actors and performers with impeccable timing, humor, and the versatility to excel in both comedic and dramatic roles.
So, If you're ready to laugh heartily and embrace the unexpected, then this workshop is for YOU.
What one will learn?
Concepts
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Play: Key element in clowning to tap into CLOWNING STATE
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Celebrating failures: Turning mistakes into funny moments to create laughter and joy.
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Taking risks and curiosity: Fearless and spontaneous exploration of new ideas.
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Embodying Status: Creating characters and relationships by recognizing and subverting societal roles
Skills
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Slapstick: Art of Physical comedy
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Neutral Mask: Blank mask that helps performers focus on expressing through the body.
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Red Nose: Smallest mask that creates a playful atmosphere.
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Breath and movement: Important elements in creating physical comedy and clowning.
Application
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Generating material: Finding humor in everyday situations and experiences.
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Clown world: Creating an absurd and illogical world to offer creative solutions.
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Ensemble work: Collaborative process of creating a clown performance with others.
Illustrations
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Video presentations: Watching and analyzing clown performances from different parts of the world to learn new techniques and styles.
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History and theory of Clowning: Shedding light on the WHATs and WHYs of clown endeavors.
Residency: Clownspiracy
A residency on clowning by embracing all your YOUs.
This 10-day residential intensive is a laughter-infused deep-dive into clowning.
The clowning module is designed to provide practical techniques for participants to explore and develop their skills in clowning and/or in acting.
The process will also help differentiate between traditional clowning and its theatrical counterpart, where social commentary, satire, and storytelling take center stage.
By the end of the workshop, participants will emerge with short personalized performances and a well-informed appreciation of the clowning universe.
Ideal for trained and aspiring performers seeking to enhance their clowning skills, or acting skills. This workshop offers an enhanced understanding of BEING—this is a transformative journey for all.
So, If you're ready to traverse underexplored territories, embrace the unexpected, and laugh even more heartily, then this residency is for YOU.
What one will learn?
Day 1: Introduction to Clowning through PLAY
Day 2: From Neutral Mask Activities to Types of Clowns
Day 3: Red Nose: The Mask that Reveals
Day 4: The Logic and Illogic of the Clown World
Day 5: Applied Clowning: Clowns in Religion and in Politics, Clown Healers-Clown Doctors, Hospital Clowns, Clowns without Borders
Day 6: Costume and Prop Play-Character Expression and Exploration
Day 7: Generating Clowning Material from Daily Life-From Your Truth to Clown Truths
Day 8: Theory and History of Clowning-Analyzing Clowns in Film and Films of Clowns
Day 9: Breaking the Fourth Wall and Connecting with the Audience
Day 10: Culmination-Practice and Performance Day