WITH VIVIAN GLADWELL AND NOSE TO NOSE TEAM MEMBERS
Each Saturday from 2 PM to 3.30 PM (UK time)
From 27 June to 29 August 2020
Course Outline:
Nose to Nose has planned this Introduction to Clowning for anyone interested and curious to discover the Nose to Nose pedagogy and approach to Clowning. Sessions run each Saturday from 2 to 3.30pm. There will be open discussions and practical tasks which will be done in small groups and reviewed in a larger group. The series of 10 sessions is limited to 12 participants.
Each week you will be sent an email containing links to the different materials (films, texts etc.) that we will be working with.
Our hope for these sessions is to empower people to do discover their own way through clowning and how to apply their learning in their work or personal lives.
No experience required – just a willingness to explore, play and discover
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Our objective in this course is to present the key aspects that ground our pedagogy. It offers an experiential, playful and reflective introduction to these key aspects so that you will gradually be introduced and practice them through participating in group activity.
SOME KEY CONCEPTS
Experiential
By beginning with “experience” we invite participants to give priority to emotions, the courage to express themselves in a safe way through games and in small groups and to trust their voice as their path to their own personal and unique clown.
Reflective
After finding your voice (or discovering how not finding it may also be a gift) then comes what we call a reflective practice. This is where we “distance” ourselves from our experience to identify what is visible to us and to others. This process is both personal and social.
Collaborative
Our courses are focused on creating safe and collaborative activities and reflections as the best way to learn.
Positive regard
We believe that saying a big YES to what we feel and who we are is the first step to developing and practicing clowning skills. In our experience this approach is the surest way of connecting to our creativity.
Playfulness
We promote playfulness as the way to contact and trust what is unknown and unknowable both in ourselves and in others.
Course dates:
- 27 Jun 2020
- 04 July 2020
- 11 July 2020
- 18 July 2020
- 25 July 2020
- 01 August 2020
- 08 August 2020
- 15 August 2020
- 22 August 2020
- 29 August 2020
Fee : £250
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The course can be paid in one single payment OR in monthly installments over a 10 month period. This option allows you to pay as much of the fee as you wish from a minimum of 25 GBP for each month. Please note: the full fee of the course will need to be completed by the end of the 10 month payment period. For installments please book normally and leave a note at the end of the booking process to say you wish to pay in installments. We will then send you the payment link and Paypal will send you an invoice reminder each month until the full amount is paid.
Facilitators:
Vivian Gladwell
with other Nose to Nose team members
Vivian 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 theBataclown 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.
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To book a course follow the link CLICK HERE TO BOOK COURSE above. You will see on the form whether there are available places. Submit the form with your details and we will let you know how to proceed with payment of your deposit. Your deposit is REFUNDABLE MORE than 2 months before the start of the course. There is a £20 admin fee for refunds. If the course is cancelled your deposit will be refunded in full.)
Deposits are paid online.
NOTE: Bookings can only be confirmed after we have received your payment.
Once your deposit has been accepted, we will notify you to confirm your place on the course. You are booked on the course ONLY when Nose to Nose confirms your place.
If you have questions or problems, please email us.
If full please email us at mail@nosetonose.info to go on our waiting list.
We’ll let you know when a place becomes available.
MORE INFO CONCERNING COURSE FEE…
Q: Can I talk to someone? A: Yes, just send an email with your phone number to mail@nosetonose.info and we’ll call you as soon as we are free to do so.
Q: Are there still spaces available on the course? A: Just click on the link Click here to enquire… above. You will see on the form whether there are available places.
Q: Can you put me on the waiting list? A: Sure, just click on the link Click here to enquire and fill the form. We will put you on our waiting list and let you know when a place becomes available.