IF YOU STUMBLE, MAKE IT PART OF THE DANCE – HILLSDALE, NY, USA
Saturday September 20, 2025 - Sunday September 21, 2025
with Laura Geilen
September 20 & 21, 2025
A two day workshop
Clowning as radical self-acceptance and a doorway to freedom and joy
Let’s face it. Sometimes we just can’t keep all the balls in the air.
Clowning is about the transformation that can come from a state of total, unconditional acceptance of our most authentic selves: warts, scars, fumblings and all. It offers us a space of respite from our self-doubts, worries and fears by offering ways to engage and play with them.
Through movement and games, entrances and exits, being and reflecting we will explore what happens when we let go of perfection, reason and judgment and instead embrace the unknown, the present moment, the illogical and the absurd.
Hold yourself aclownable. The world needs it.*
For more information contact Laura Geilen – laura@nosetonose.info 518-929-5392
*Caution: Clowning may be habit forming. Side effects may include joy, self-discovery, liberation and laughter.
The group is limited to 12 participants.
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
Anyone with an interest in discovering clowning. Beginners and professionals alike are welcome.
PREREQUISITES:
No prerequisites
COURSE DATES
20-21 September 2025
TIMES:
Saturday and Sunday, September 20 & 21, 10am to 5pm
VENUE: Metabee Farm and Arts, 551 Harlemville Rd, Hillsdale, NY 12529
COURSE FEE
$250
ACCOMMODATION:
We can provide you with a list of possible accommodation options and prices in proximity to the venue.
MEALS:
Bring your own – Communal lunches.
For enquiries please email Laura at laura@nosetonose.info
FACILITATORS:
Laura Geilen
Laura Geilen studied dance at the Boston Conservatory of Music and has a degree in Human Development from Leslie University. She completed the Curative Education and Social Therapy training while living in a Camphill community. She has training certificates in childbirth education, Spacial Dynamics, CircusYoga and Nose to Nose Clowning. She has taught movement education and circus arts in Waldorf schools and therapeutic movement in Camphill for over 20 years.
She has collaborated with the acclaimed Walking the Dog Theater (www.wtdtheater.org), with Kevin and Erin Maile O’Keefe of CircusYoga (www.circusyoga.com), and with Berkcirque (www.berkcirque.com).
Laura runs a number of summer circus arts programs and leads clowning workshops in many settings as a member of the team of Nose to Nose of North America. In all her work she enjoys bringing people of all ages and abilities a renewed experience of their creativity, authenticity and aliveness through the transformative power of play.
To read her article on clowning and special needs click here: http://naclownworkshops.blogspot.com/2012/02/clowning-special-needs-and-clowning-as.html
For more information about our way of teaching clowning and our style of work you can read the website articles.
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