Searching For Your Clown

Clown is the search for oneself. To be comfortable within one’s own skin. In society, we are very often putting up a facade, we wear different masks with different people, and we have to. It’s how we survive. Clowning gets us to be more comfortable being ourselves in different situations. To follow our impulses, and to begin to separate that from the impulse that was learnt - the impulse of being polite, of being correct, of being a part of society. What happens when we allow these self-impulses to take hold? Lots of personality, creativity and originality I imagine.

4 weeks course to help us be ourselves on stage

Open to LaSalle NAFA and ITI grads but not limited to them

Workshop highlights:

Feb 4th (Week 1) - Clown presence - Warmups that focus on openness, vulnerability, joy of discovery, movements, contra movements. Self introductions, coming to stage. Duo work, solo work.

Feb 11th (Week 2) - Clown techniques: Warm ups, a talent show.

Feb 18th (Week 3) - Clown team dynamics: clown car

Feb 25th (Week 4) - The perfect number - devising a showcase together. 1 hour devising, 1 hour feedback, 1 hour devising. 

About Eugene:

Studied Clown under Lecoq, Avner the Eccentric, Jon Davison, Virginia Scott with MTS and Christopher Bayes