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THE STORYTELLER AND THE CLOWN – an exploration of the roots of love, fear and longing – part 2

In the second part of this three-part exploration we will focus on loving ourselves into existence.

As Rumi puts it so eloquently “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

What are these barriers and where did they come from? Behind each of us are the patterns and the modelings of our first love teachers  – our parents!

They will always be with us. The question is: what did we inherit from them and is it still helpful?

We each have our own stories to tell here. Hand these stories to a company of clowns and anything could happen: new insights, unthinkable possibilities, love without limits.

In this time of estrangement, separation and fear come share the stuff that still matters, the things that still connect us, the heart in hiding that longs to play.

This course is part 2 of a three part course.

You are welcome to join at any stage with or without previous experience of storytelling or clowning.

The group is limited to 14

Facilitators: Vivian Gladwell and Ashley Ramsden

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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 the Bataclown 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 in2006 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.

Ashley Ramsden

Ashley Ramsden is the founding director of the School of Storytelling, the longest established centre of its kind in the United Kingdom.

He has toured with his remarkable storytelling programmes on all five continents, has appeared at major storytelling festivals in the UK, South Africa, Scandinavia and America.

He is as much at home telling in the Sydney Opera House or alongside the London Symphony Orchestra as he is in your front room. Ashley’s unique methods of teaching voice and the skills of the storyteller have received international acclaim.


Course fee: Tuition only

This course – 13-18 Mar 2022 = £410 OR

            • £380* if you attended part 1

Upcoming dates for part 3:

  • Course 3 – 5-10 Jun 2022 – £410 OR
            • £380* if you attended one previous course
            • £350** if you attended two previous courses
*£30 reduction for attending 2 courses
**£60 reduction for attending 3 courses

To book: £180 non-returnable deposit secures your place.

Accommodation and meals:

To book your accommodation and meals at Emerson go to http://www.emerson.org.uk/calendar

To contact Emerson email bookings@emerson.org.uk

Date and times:
The course begins Sunday – 18h15 (with supper)
Ends Friday – after lunch – 14h30

Venue: Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex

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