Clown 1
"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 Class
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.
Character Research is for professional artists.
Other Workshops
Slapstick is aimed at artists in good physical shape wishing to discover modern slapstick which is a physical humor taking place in a comic conflicting context.
Initiation to Clown is for anyone who has an interest in the art of clown and who wants to be introduced to Francine Côté’s method, but who has little to no training or professional experience in theatre, circus or dance.
What happens when long-form improv crashes joyfully into the beautiful disaster of clown? In **ClownProv**, Isaak Kessler invites performers to explore a bold, physical, and deeply playful approach to spontaneous comedy. This workshop focuses on audience connection, physical impulse, rhythm, failure, surprise, and the joyful tension between structure and chaos.


