Events | Nose to Nose – UK

AN ONLINE INTRODUCTION TO CLOWNING – SERIES OF 10 WEEKLY SESSIONS – THEORY, PERSONAL REFLECTIONS AND PRACTICAL GROUP WORK

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 tas...
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COURAGE TO BE – Clown Level 1 – Emerson, UK

with Vivian Gladwell and Ali Stockford The word “courage” comes from a root that means “heart.” Through clowning and connecting to our playful spirit we can develop and sustain, in ourselves and each other, the heart to be who we truly are, to trust life and ourselves. “Taking heart” is a profoundly inward process, and an invitation for overcoming the fears that block us from being fully pr...
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MINDFULNESS AND THE CLOWN – a 6-day residential course – Emerson, UK

with Vivian Gladwell and Arnaud Durand Mindfulness and the Clown A playful exploration of Mindfulness and Clowning Participants in our workshops often express the deep connections they feel between Clowning and Mindfulness. Clowning invites us to connect lightly and playfully to our emotions without identifying with them, in a non-judgmental way. Clowning also asks us to be powerfull...
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HOLDING THE CENTRE IN THE STORM – AN ONLINE WORKSHOP

A playful (and chaotic) exploration, through clowning and storytelling, of this moment in history with Vivian Gladwell and Ashley Ramsden "In the Beginning there was chaos" Such is the opening of many creation myths. We are living in a mythic time, a time of re-creation, a time when we have more time on our hands than we’ve ever had, a time when we will either reshape how ...
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THE WISDOM OF IMPERFECTION – Clown 3 – a 6-day residential course

Clowning is the art of making mistakes and there is an art to paying attention to the unexpected, to accidents and those unintended things we do. Sometimes our striving for perfection blinds us to what the world is trying to tell us. Great wisdom can be found in making peace with our shadows and our shortcomings and clowning celebrates all our humanity even those part of it we are desperately tryi...
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COURAGE TO BE -Clown Level 1 – a 6-day residential course – Laughton Lodge, UK

with Vivian Gladwell and Jessica Hernandez The word “courage” comes from a root that means “heart.” Through clowning and connecting to our playful spirit we can develop and sustain, in ourselves and each other, the heart to be who we truly are, to trust life and ourselves. “Taking heart” is a profoundly inward process, and an invitation for overcoming the fears that block us from being ful...
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PLAY UP – A clowning workshop for PARENT and CHILD – Laughton Lodge, Near Lewes, East Sussex

with Ali Stockford and Jessica Hernandez “Sometimes you have to drop the rake and play in the leaves.” Douglas V’Soskeg Have you worked with Nose to Nose before? Are you a parent or grandparent and would like to share Clowning with a younger member of your family aged 8-12? In this workshop you will embark on a journey together of discovery towards play, humour and clowning. We will s...
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COURAGE TO BE – Clown Level 1 – Laughton Lodge, nr Lewes, UK

With Carol Thompson and Angela Hopkins The word “courage” comes from a root that means “heart.” Through clowning and connecting to our playful spirit we can develop and sustain, in ourselves and each other, the heart to be who we truly are, to trust life and ourselves. “Taking heart” is a profoundly inward process, and an invitation for overcoming the fears that block us from being fully pr...
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