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with Carol Thompson and Ali Stockford This course offers further practice of clowning with the focus on structure and relationship (such as the Elder-Younger structure). At this level we practice responsiveness to and awareness of your partner on stage, your audience and the images,  stories and characters that emerge during improvisation. The teaching method will emphasize finding greater insi...
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A week of exploring the world of storytelling through the eyes of the clown. There are no small stories for the clown. Stories abound and reveal themselves to us when we begin to commit fully and playfully to whoever or whatever we meet in the world. By cultivating a deep trust that nothing is too small or insignificant we begin the journey into discovering stories. The course is not about...
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"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once." Friedrich Nietzsche A five-day Clown and Movement Improvisation workshop to explore how we move, express and dance our way through the world. OPEN TO ALL DESCRIPTION When we dance we express ourselves. In dance we go straight from our emotions to movement. When we clown we tune in to our inner state a...
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with Harry ter Haar and Vivian Gladwell with Guest Facilitator Kim Fuller A course for script writers or anyone wishing to learn about writing comedy. This course will attempt to explore how clown and clowning improvisations can inform and inspire comedy writers. We will use the insights discovered through clowning improvisations as the starting point for a creating scenes and characters.  Sm...
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WITH ALI STOCKFORD 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 cl...
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with Vivian Gladwell and Arnaud Durand An experiential workshop, giving participants the chance to alternate between action and reflection. All the exercises are designed so that no previous experience of either clowning or peacemaking is necessary. By embracing our fears around vulnerability, loss of control and not knowing, the clown invites us to remain fully engaged, curious and interest...
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with Vivian Gladwell and guests An inspiring, intense and empowering course running for a second time. This 4-week intensive residential course is for anyone interested in exploring clowning either professionally or for personal reasons. Professionally, clowning might lead to performance work or as clown facilitators . The course may also be of interest to anyone wishing to use clowning for mor...
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