Playspace Studio, directed by Alan Clay, was first established in Auckland, New Zealand in 1983, and re-established in Sydney, Australia, in 1998. Playspace clown training has a physical and emotional focus, and encourages a theatrical and irreverent approach to the art form. Graduating students are now working professionally in many places in the world.
"Alan's workshops are consistently described as challenging but fun.
Alan keeps you on the edge of the unknown in his teaching work, so you are
always comfortable, but always discovering new things. As the work
progresses, this process leads to a sense of freedom which produces
better and better performing work.
Photo from the
January 2009 Clown Retreat.
Clown Retreat
Wanganui, New
Zealand.
Wednesday July 14th to Sunday July 18th (5 days) 10am to 4pm each day.
Clown is empathic, 'feeling with' the audience, and it is also playful, open to the impulses in each moment, and this workshop will train and develop these skills through improvisation exercises.
Each day will start with a yoga warm up and participants will work physically to free themselves from patterns and to connect with their emotions. Street theatre has informed and assisted the development of modern clown, and participants will take simple exercises out into the street environment to assist in the development of interactive audience skills.
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Last updated 28 Jan 2010
