THE WISDOM OF IMPERFECTION –
clown level III
with Vivian Gladwell and Sarah French
August 12- 16, 2015
Ipswich, MA
Clowning is the art of making mistakes and there is an art to
paying attention to the unexpected, to accidents and those unintended
things we do. Sometimes our striving for perfection blinds us to
what the world is trying to tell us. Great wisdom can be found in
making peace with our shadows and our shortcomings and clowning
celebrates all our humanity even those part of it we are desperately
trying not to be.
This level III course brings a fresh new way of looking at impros
by focusing on the many strategies we use for avoiding mistakes.
The course gives a greater focus on theatrical and improvisational
techniques and will feel very different from previous levels. For
example, impros are repeated to bring actors to work in less familiar
and/or comfortable areas.
Level 3 moves the work one step closer to performance and is an
ideal preliminary to Towards Performance and/or Social Clowning.
Class size is limited to 12. Please register early.
Course fee - $550
Deposit - $180
Times: This course begins Wednesday at 10.00 and
ends Sunday at 13.00
Each day will be from 10.00 to 18.00
 Sarah
French
Sarah French was a practicing psychotherapist before turning, with
relief and joy, to the paradoxical world of Clown. Sarah sees clowning
as an invitation to celebrate full being. She has practiced clowning
around the world with Jef Johnson, Vivian Gladwell, and the wild
dolphins of Hawaii, who are all research partners in a lifelong
study of play. Sarah facilitates playshops on her own and with other
collaborators. She holds an MSW from New York University and lives
in Brooklyn, NY.
 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 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).
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