Tuesday November 08, 2016 – Sunday November 13, 2016
Starts 19:30 on first day – Finishes 14:00 on last day
WITH PAUL MATTHEWS AND VIVIAN GLADWELL
£470 – includes tuition, accommodation AND all meals
6 day residential – exploring language & silence
Taught in English
The workshops that Paul offers are a subtle mixture of playful and profound, individual and in between. They can include simple exercises in movement through which the powers and gestures of language are revealed.
This is the first time we are offering a week-long course of clowning and writing creatively in which we will explore the spaces between words and the articulations of silence.
Lost for words, we listen – to leaves rustling, to the next person we meet, invite Hermes/Mercury (the divine trickster) into our circle or call for the nine Muses of epic, lyric and dramatic poetry to inspire us.
If no words come we will play and weep over our blank pages. This, anyway is the practice of both clown and poet – to start with nothing, and trust the momentum of each moment.
This course may be of special interest to writers, poets, teachers, therapists, actors, and anyone who hopes to discover more about the role of play in their lives.
Beginners and the more experienced are equally welcome.
“Art breaks the sea that’s frozen inside us. It reminds us of sensitivities that we might have lost at some cost.” Kafka
COURSE OPEN TO ALL
Facilitators: Paul Matthews and Vivian Gladwell
Paul Matthews
PAUL MATTHEWS worked for many years as lecturer, gymnast and resident poet at Emerson College in Forest Row, East Sussex, U.K. In his student days at Sussex University he edited the poetry magazine, Eleventh Finger with Paul Evans and made contact with the lively poetry scene of the time, including the American poet Robert Duncan who particularly inspired him. His writing continues to appear in literary journals and anthologies, The Ground that Love Seeks (Five Seasons Press) being a gathering of his poetry. He travels widely, speaking his poems, and giving talks and workshops on a range of subjects.
Working first as a teacher of children, and then of adults, his interests opened into a wider concern for the life of language in home, classroom, workplace and everyday relationships. His two books,Sing Me the Creation and Words in Place(published by Hawthorn Press) are the fruit of that research. In them he combines the craft of writing with ‘spells’ for the freeing and schooling of imagination. The longer courses in Creative Writing that he (with colleagues) offered at Emerson College included movement, speech, singing, drawing and nature observation. He continues to contribute to the School of Storytelling which is based there.
One of Paul’s urgent concerns is for children to meet living language and imagination in the classroom. He is a trained Steiner/Waldorf Teacher and his earlier work with young people informs what he does world wide with those studying to be educators. On his travels he is invited into schools to work with teachers, children andparents. See Paul Matthews’ website
Vivian Gladwell
VIVIAN GLADWELL is the founder and director of Nose to Nose and has given hundreds of workshops around the world. He lives both in the UK and France where he started clowning in 1978. He speaks French and English fluently.
Vivian began teaching in 1988 as part of the Lifeways Festival at Emerson College – UK. He trained as a facilitator with the Bataclown in 1990 and joined their team in 1991 also working as a modern day Court Jester (Clownanalyst).
He created Nose to Nose UK in 1990, Nose to Nose of North America in 2006 and Fool View, the Social Clowning group and has trained facilitators in the UK, the USA, Germany and Italy – view history.
He continues his role as ambassador for the work by researching the applications of clowning in the context of teacher training, medicine, conflict management, ecology and intercultural work in many countries (South Africa, USA, Senegal, Vietnam, India, Malaysia, Italy, Germany, Norway…)
He holds clowning as a social playground for exploring our humanity.
Course fee:
£470 – includes tuition, accommodation AND all meals
REMEMBER TO BOOK YOUR FLIGHT EARLY FOR A CHEAPER FARE.
Deposit: £180 to reserve your place
Accommodation and Meals:
Food is included in the course fee – Breakfast, Lunch, Supper – Tea and coffee will be provided.
Times:
18:15 Supper on the First day
19:30 to 21:00 – First day
9:00 to 18:00 – Other days
9:00 to 12:30 – Last day with lunch at 12:45
Venue: Trpoměchy 29,
Slaný 274 01, Czech Republic
See website here
The venue is located about 30 km northwest of Prague in close proximity to Václav Havel Airport Prague. The town of Slaný is part of the Prague metropolitan area easily accessible by public transport. We will pick you up from the airport.
To sign up for this course
Enquiries: Please check the section YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED below before writing. If this doesn’t answer your question please write to us at mail@nosetonose.info
For any questions concerning accommodation and meals or travel to Prague you can contact Pavel –pavel@nosetonose.info
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED:
Q: Who can book on this course?
A: Anyone interested from 18 years old up – beginners and experienced improvisers are welcomed.
Q: Where can I stay?
A: The course fee includes accommodation and meals. Also we will pick you up from the airport.
Q: Are there still spaces available on the course?
A: To find out just click on the signing up link above and you will see the number of places available. It will not be possible for you to book if there are no spaces available. You rwill need to pay your deposit of £180 to reserve your place
Q: Can you put me on the waiting list?
A: Sure, just click on the signing up link above and you will be given the choice of going on our waiting list OR you can just write to mail@nosetonose.info to ask. We will let you know when a place becomes available.
Trpoměchy 29,
274 01 Slaný
Czech Republic