CELEBRATING OUR HUMANNESS WITH CLOWNING AND MOVEMENT in Tucson, Arizona
Friday January 17, 2025 - Sunday January 19, 2025
Saturday January 18 – Monday January 20, 2025 in Tucson, Arizona
How do we know that we are alive? We breathe. We move.
How do we become more free and authentic? We pause. We listen.
This workshop will wake up your imagination and connect you to your movement sense.
Follow your own dancing feet with courage! into the world of the clown where we can
explore, lose our balance, welcome problems, and risk opening a door to unknown
spaces.
Along the way we will form connections with fellow travelers and find new kinds of
inspiration.
Facilitators: Angie Foster and Griff Goehring
No previous experience with movement arts or clowning is required.
Group size limited to 12 participants.
Workshop Location: Floor Polish Studio, 701 North Main Avenue, Tucson, Arizona
Daily Schedule: Tuesday: Evening 6:30-8:00 pm Introductions and Orientation
Sat. and Sun.: 9:00 am-4:00 pm (with a lunch break)
Mon.: 9:00 am-1:00 pm
Fee: $300 USD.
Deposit required to reserve a place: $150.00 USD.
Click here to book this course or enquire
Register and pay in full by December 1st to receive a $50 early bird discount.
To Register or for more information contact Griff Goehring: griffgoehring@gmail.com
Facilitators:
Griff Goehring
Griff Goehring has been dancing her way through the world since she stumbled into a creative dance
workshop in 1972. Immediately realizing that everyone needs to dance, at least once in their lives, she
began her lifelong quest to get everybody moving. She believes that if one can move, one can dance.
People just need to be pointed in the right direction and given the freedom to find their own way to
express themselves.
Griff was introduced to clowning through Nose to Nose of North America in 2017. She immediately saw
many parallels between her philosophy of dance and the art of social clowning. She collaborated later
that year, as well as in 2019 with Nose to Nose UK.
Griff studied and worked professionally with Barbara Mettler, an American dance pioneer, from 1973-1986 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. She earned her Master’s Degree in Dance/Movement Therapy from Antioch New England Graduate School. In 1996 she established Green Mountain Creative Dance Center in Brattleboro, Vermont. Griff was an adjunct professor of dance at Hampshire College in Massachusetts from 2006-2017. In 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013 she formed “summer dance companies” with students from her classes. These companies performed improvised group dances in various venues. Since 2007 Griff has worked with Mettler Studios, Inc. of Tucson, Arizona offering Teacher Training workshops and
dance improvisation retreats.
Griff believes that freedom is the basis of creative expression. Yet our humanity demands that we live in right relationship with each other. Dance improvisation shows us how to bring these two truths together.
Angie Foster
Angie Foster is a Clowning Facilitator, Actress, Director, and teacher. She trained with Vivian Gladwell and is on the team of Nose to Nose of North America. She has facilitated clowning workshops in the Philadelphia area and at the Rudolf Steiner College in Sacramento, California as well as Threefold Education Center in Spring Valley, New York and elsewhere in the country. She teaches co-workers regularly at Kimberton Hills, Beaver Run, and Soltane communities.
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