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CLOWN AND THE APOCALYPSE – Emerson College, UK

WITH WIM WOLBRINK and VIVIAN GLADWELL

Does Climate Change, Brexit, the threat of Nuclear proliferation, Artificial Intelligence, Face recognition … fill you with dread, a warning of Apocalyptic times to come?

This course offers a playful and irreverent look at what promises our destruction and the end of the world as we know it. What messages for hope and creativity might we find for ourselves in such predictions?

Clowning is a state of playfulness that brings us to experience a child-like, naïve and vulnerable state of being. Paradoxically we grow, learn and are strengthened through reconnecting playfully with what makes us most vulnerable. This approach to clowning is not a technique (tricks, gags and routines) but a personal journey towards finding one’s own unique way of being a clown, by listening and being receptive, essential skills for any creative and imaginative expression. It is only when we let go our control over things that we begin to be surprised by the depth of what reveals itself to us. Come for a weekend of letting go and freeing up!

The group is limited to 12

Facilitator:

wimWim Wolbrink 

Wim teaches storytelling at the University of Twente, with Amnesty International and other organizations. He is a member of the board of the Dutch Foundation of Storytelling who aims to create a culture of storytelling in the Netherlands.

 

 

Vivian Gladwell

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.


Course fee: £160 – Tuition only

Deposit: £80

COURSE OPEN TO ALL

Accommodation and meals:

Single room and all meals: £127.50
Camping/ Camper van and all meals : £77.50
All meals only : £33.50

To book your accommodation and meals at  go to
To contact Emerson email bookings@emerson.org.uk

Date and times:
The course begins Friday – 19.30
Ends Sunday – 12.30

Venue: Emerson College

To book this course

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To book a course follow the link Click here to enquire… 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 £40 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 deposit. As the booking usually only covers the course fee, please check you know the total cost of the course (course fee + accommodation and meals).

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.

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