"You don't create your clown... you just let him come. Then, you
accept him with affection and share him with others. A work of
simplicity, sincerity, vulnerability and joy of play." -Francine
Côté
CLOWN 1 – Character Research is for professional artists. It
aims to help you discover your clown character with the method
of Francine Côté which develops in five axes: simplicity,
honesty of play, joy, openness (physical and emotional) and
lightness.
Everyone has a clown in them, but not everyone is necessarily
ready to reveal it, accept it and love it to then share it with
the public. The art of clown requires the actor to have an
emotional commitment, great generosity and self-knowledge. You
have to laugh at yourself first before you can make others
laugh. There are as many versions of clown characters as there
are human beings, but all have in common the desire to make
people laugh and are ready to do (almost!) anything to get
there.
Through a series of exercises which develop our inner joy,
openness, lightness, rhythm and sense of timing, this workshop
offers personalized in-depth work that solicits the physical and
emotional commitment of the participants. The clown needs the
gaze of the other to exist. During the workshop, the
participants will therefore sometimes occupy the role of the
actor and sometimes that of the public.