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with Ali Bowler and Angela Hopkins 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 insight...
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WITH VIVIAN GLADWELL 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 ...
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5 day residential - taught in English and Italian. COURSE DESCRIPTION This course offers the opportunity for six English speaking participants (previously from Germany, UK and the US) to join six Italian participants to explore and celebrate their cultural differences through clowning. Expect good food, human warmth, laughter and late nights. The playfulness and authenticity of clowning offe...
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Clowning (oder auch Narrenfreiheit) ist ein Zustand der Spielfreude und die Einladung, im Hier und Jetzt zu sein. Unter der professionellen Anleitung von Vivian Gladwell (Nose-to-Nose) und Schauspielerin Joy Winistoerfer bist DU ein ganzes Wochen- ende lang eingeladen, Dich auf die Suche nach Deinem inneren Clown zu begeben und dabei in einer angenehm heiteren Atmosphäre über Dich, Dein Scheite...
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Casamance, South Senegal, West Africa Join us for this pioneering course in Senegal and experience West African culture, music and dance. A 9-day workshop (excluding Christmas day) to cultivate links with the local culture through performance in the local village or school. Held on the seafront in lush Casamance in southern Senegal, between rice fields and the beach. Our workshop space is a ro...
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19-21 January 2018 / 16-18 February 2018 WITH VIVIAN GLADWELL 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 toward...
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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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