with Vivian Gladwell
Welcome to this new course exploring the connections between Shamanism and Clowning.
Through a series of immersive exercises, rituals, and performances, we will cultivate a unique blend of shamanic and clowning skills that can be applied to personal growth or creative endeavours.
We will touch on the foundations of shamanic practices through the medicine wheel, shamanic journeying and our connection with the spirit world. Simultaneously, we’ll immerse ourselves in the art of clowning, embracing the inner fool, and discovering the power of humour, spontaneity, and authentic self-expression.
Shamanism is an applied spirituality. It is about how to live our lives here and now, and how to live in relationship to the other beings we share the land with.
In Shamanism, there is a particular interest in transitions, in the “betwixt and between” of places, in the cracks between worlds. It is where the veil between the physical and spiritual realms is at its thinnest that magical things happen.
Prerequisites for the course are Clown level 1 and 2.
Facilitators:
Alexia Elliott
Alexia Elliott is based in sunny Leicester in the UK. She is a Hypnotherapist and Shamanic Practitioner/Trainer with 20+ years of experience and is renowned for being a maverick in the field. After her first Clowning workshop with Nose to Nose she fell in love with the work and later embarked on the Clown facilitator training.
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: £375 – Tuition only
Deposit: £180
Accommodation and meals:
Breakfast/lunch/supper/tea breaks from Sunday supper through to Wednesday lunch inclusive.
All meals are freshly prepared each day and are organic and vegetarian . Vegan and gluten-free options are available. Please let us know if we need to cater for any specific allergies. Tea, coffee and snacks are also included during tea breaks
You can book your accommodation and meals directly through Nose to Nose. Please email us nosetonose@gmail.com
Single Room and all meals : £185
Camping and all meals: £160
Camper van and all meals : £160
Date and times:
8 – 11 September 2024
The course begins Sunday – 18h15 (with supper)
Ends Wednesday – after lunch – 14h30
Venue: Laughton Lodge, Lewes, East Sussex, UK
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