Clowndance for Clowns (and everyone else)

I'm running a FREE three day Clowndance workshop intensive in Leicester in July, and I'm looking for participants to join me...

The course will introduce key ideas and approaches drawn from my research and professional practice, which exists at the meeting points of contemporary dance and theatrical clowning. We’ll explore the state of playfulness in our bodies, find complicity and make mischief with each other and the audience, mess about with the non-verbal and the abstract, and discover practical techniques for building choreography into comedy, and comedy into choreography.

The course is suitable for performers and practitioners working in clown, comedy, theatre and dance, and is also open to students (age 18+). The workshop is accessible and inclusive of all bodies and brains. If you are interested in interdisciplinary performance, want to bring playful fully-embodied physicality into your practice, or just feel the need for a few days of joyful silliness, then this is for you!
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I really enjoyed this workshop... The solo performances were the product of a freeing process, they were a peep hole into the joy of play.

I always felt engaged and really happy and curious about what was next.
(participants' feedback on previous Clowndance workshops)

Dates and Times:
Tuesday 2nd - Thursday 4th July, 10:00 - 16:00

Location:
PACE Building, De Montfort University, Richmond Street, Leicester, LE2 7BQ
The building is equipped with accessible, professional-standard studios: click here for venue details

Booking:
The course is FREE, but places are limited and booking is essential
Email me for more details and to book your place. ​

The course is free to attend as it forms part of my ongoing doctoral research. I will ask for your consent for the sessions, including your contributions, to be written up here on my research website and in my PhD thesis. This may include photos, videos and written reflection. All student participants will be anonymised using pseudonyms, and you can withdraw your consent at any time. Full ethics information sheets and consent forms will be given to all participants. Participants must be over 18.