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  NY Clown Theatre Festival Workshops
Posted July 26, 2006


Theatre clowns, physical comedians, improvisers, and any performer who desires powerful connections with your audiences, these classes are for you.

Study with world-famous teachers, performers, and directors in a variety of courses and workshops. Go to http://www.bricktheater.com for more information or to sign-up with PayPal.

Over 100 international clown theatre companies have applied to perform, and the festival will soon announce a theatre schedule that will include performances, panel discussions, films, and a giant pie fight.

Save the dates: September 1st - 24th, 2006, and experience the joy, ridiculousness, and pure humanity of the international clown community, in Williamsburg, at The Brick Theater.

The NY Clown Theatre Festival Presents:
Ronlin Foreman: Radically Funny
Two-day workshop from 10-2 pm
Sept 2 & 3rd (Saturday-Sunday)
$200
A provocative teacher and director, Ronlin Foreman is Director of Pedagogical Research and Master Clown Teacher at the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre.

Philippe Gaulier: Jeu and Clown Workshop
Four-day workshop from 10-4 pm with a 1 hour lunch break
September 7-10th. (Thursday-Sunday)
$500.00
Philippe Gaulier is a world-renowned teacher/writer and director with a distinctive approach to the world of performance. Currently based in Paris, France he runs his own international theatre school, Ecole Philippe Gaulier.

Jef Johnson from Slava's Snowshow: Unlocking the Life of the Clown
One-day workshop
September 12th (Tuesday) 6pm-10pm
$100.00
Jef Johnson is a principal clown in the company of Slava's Snowshow. As clown, he toured with Cirque du Soleil and also served as Artistic Director, performed on Broadway and internationally.

Sue Morrison: Clown Intensive Workshop
Two-day workshop from 10-2 pm
September 16 & 17 (Saturday-Sunday)
$200
Sue Morrison, Artistic Director of the Theatre Resource Centre, has been teaching, directing and collaborating on Bouffon, and Native American Clowning across the globe for 25 years.

Chris Bayes: The Greatest Trick in the World: a celebration of the stupid!
One-day workshop from 6pm-10pm
September 18 (Monday)
$100.00

Chris Bayes: The Flop: The Clown's Capacity for Tragedy.
Pre-requisite for 'The Greatest Trick in the World'.
One-day workshop from 6pm-10pm
September 19 (Tuesday)
$100
Chris Bayes is a performer and director who has also served on the faculty of the Juilliard School, the Actor's Center, Yale School of Drama, the Academy of Classical Acting at the Shakespeare Theater in Washington D.C., NYU's Graduate Acting Program, and as the Director of Movement and Physical Theater at the Brown/Trinity Consortium.

David Shiner: Physical Comedy Workshop
Two-day workshop from 10-2pm
September 22-23 (Saturday & Sunday)
$200
David Shiner is best known for his starring role in Cirque du Soleil. He has starred in the German and Swiss National Circuses, and the award-wining Broadway show Full Moon. David Shiner is currently creating, conceiving and directing a new show for Cirque du Soleil that will open in 2007.

Clown, Improv, & Clown Skills for ages 5-12
Two one-day workshops
September 9th & 23rd (Saturday) 5-6pm
$25
Each class is filled with fun improv games, basic tumbling and partner balancing. Other exciting circus skills such as juggling, stilt walking, hoop tricks, and plate spinning, just to name a few. We work with clown noses and classic clown routines, playing with kids natural abilities and new skills. There be will be new and different skills in each class so sign up for both!
Registration for all classes at http://www.bricktheater.com

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