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Clown Workshop at Gotham City Improv May 5-6
Posted April 23, 2007
Note: Keland and Ambrose are very funny men and experienced teachers. Take
this workshop before Keland moves to Chicago this summer.
Clown Workshop May 5-6
CLOWN WORKSHOP AT GOTHAM CITY IMPROV
Taught by Keland Scher and Ambrose Martos, clown
professionals who have acted and instructed around the
world including performances with Cirque du Soleil,
Big Apple Circus, Slava's Snowshow, and more!
Through the experience of imagination, creativity,
innocence, and play, we invite the actor to discover
or rediscover his or her sense of gravity and levity,
range of breath, physical awareness and emotional
connection. By reconnecting with developmental
patterns formed in childhood, combined with the
pleasure of the clown nose, the actor learns there is
comfort and joy in openly giving and receiving on the
stage. We allow our students the freedom to find joy
in the unknown. Playing in the unknown is how the
magical, fantastic space between audience and actor is
created.
Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6
12:00-4:00 both days
Tuition for the full weekend is $150.
SPECIAL OFFER! If you're able to pay for the Clown
Workshop in full before the first day of class, you're
entitled to a savings of $25! That's a full weekend
course for only $125 if you pay by May 4th! More
details regarding class content and enrollment can be
found at www.gothamcityimprov.com.
Call to sign up now! (212) 367-8222
GOTHAM CITY IMPROV
48 West 23rd Street, 8th Floor
(between 5th and 6th Avenues)
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TEACHER BIOS
Keland Scher has been teaching for 8 years and
recently accepted a post as an assistant professor of
theater and movement at Chicago's Roosevelt
University. He has worked as a professional actor on
Shakespeare, classical pieces, original devised
ensemble creations and contemporary pieces,
improvisational theater, buffoon, and clown work for
such companies as the Cincinatti Shakespeare Festival,
the Alliance Theater (Atlanta), Out of Hand Theater
(Atlanta), and the Big Apple Circus. He has taught for
York University (Toronto),Cirque du Soleil, Emory
University (Atlanta), and the Big Apple Circus. Keland
has professionally coached, choreographed and directed
theater for the past 6 years. He received his MFA in
acting and received a diploma in the teaching of
movement for actors from York University. He also has
a certification in embodied developmental yoga from
the School for Body-Mind CenteringR (Amherst, MA). He
has also studied with Avner Eisenberg (Celebration
Barn), Kenny Raskin (Cirque du Soleil), Jeff Wirth,
Mike Kennard (Mump & Smoot).
Ambrose Martos began his clown training at the
Ringling Bros. Clown College in 1997 where he studied
with Bill Irwin (Fool Moon), Barry Lubin (Big Apple
Circus), Dick Monday (New York Goofs) and Larry Pisoni
(Pickle Family Circus). He also trained in NYC with
Philippe Gaulier, Richard Crawford (The Flying
Machine), Dave Storck (Gotham City Improv) and Chris
Bayes. Ambrose toured North America in 2006 as a
principal clown with Cirque du Soleil's "Quidam". In
August, he and his physical comedy trio Happy Hour had
their show "It Takes 3" produced by the Gilded Balloon
at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2005, he
performed in the award-winning Off-Broadway hit
"Slava's Snowshow" at the Union Square Theater. He was
a finalist in the 2006 Andy Kaufman Comedy Competition
and once had his roller skating disco act described as
"brave comedy" by ABC's Diane Sawyer. He is a member
of The Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit.
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