WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

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In the world of Clown, the clown is the joke.

The Clown is completely vulnerable, wearing his or her thoughts and feelings on the outside of the skin for all to see. Through great generosity and courage, we allow the audience to see our personal ridiculousness. Not to say a joke, but to be the joke. When you learn to do this, you will not be liked. You will be loved.

In this class, you will search for and build your inner clown through exercises and play, focusing on impulse, emotion and physical expression.

MAXIMUM PLAY: Going Farther

This playful workshop focuses on 1 valuable concept:

GOING FARTHER.

For me, this concept is one of the most exciting and rewarding aspects of performance. To surprise the audience and yourself by going farther than anybody expected. How far is too far? Farther than you think! Let's take it to the limit- and beyond.

Together we will explore how to go:

Farther with physicality.
Farther into an emotion or attitude.
Farther into expressing a concept
Farther in how you engage an audience.

Provided we stay within these rules:

1. You don't hurt yourself
2. You don't hurt the audience.
3. You don't hurt the space.

Anything is possible. It's time tor surprise ourselves. To end up someplace no one expected. Who knows what will happen!

INTERESTED TO TAKE A WORKSHOP FOR FREE?

Host a workshop in your home city and you can take the workshop for free! Send us an email for more info.

Host Obligations:

Instructor Fee: (to be paid upon completion of workshop)
Instructor Travel and Accommodation:
Workshop Space
Enrollment Size: 12-20- students.

Space Requirements:

Wooden floors (no cement floors)
Heating or Cooling appropriate for the season.
Mirrors or reflective surface (these can be brought in)
Storage space for people to leave props/ costumes over night.
Noise positive zone. (No neighbors who will complain about noise to us.)

WANNA FOOL AROUND?

Mockery, mischief and mayhem await you as the creator of Red Bastard teases out your inner BOUFFON.

Find your critical fun as we seek laughter through explosive parody, strange bodies, and a nudge from the devil himself.

In the world of Bouffon, the audience is the joke. This pack of grotesque outsiders engage and parody the audience with great joy, intelligence and charm in order to expose hypocrisy and flaws. To play as Bouffon is to celebrate paradox! They are disgusting, yet beautiful. They hate you, yet they flatter you.

A ferocious social satire is about to explode, liberating the energy in the room with an immense pleasure to play.

In this workshop, participants will explore:

Pleasure to Parody
Creating complex physical characters and bodies
Playing upon contrasts of theme and rhythm
How far is "too far"
Connecting with the Audience