Dance & Clown
A one-day workshop with Jean-François Gilède where contemporary dance meets clown. Explore gesture, gaze and rhythm, and let a character emerge from the body.
Dance & Clown Class
Move. Play. Let a character emerge.
Dance & Clown is a one-day workshop where contemporary dance meets the playful world of clowning. Join Jean-François Gilède at Zani Clown and Comedy School for a day of movement, imagination, and unexpected discoveries.
Drawing on the creative process behind his solo Rouge à l’âme, Jean-François will share tools for exploring the body, developing presence, and bringing characters to life. Through guided physical exploration, improvisation, and transformation, you’ll experiment with gesture, gaze, and rhythm to discover your own ways of moving and playing.
At the heart of the workshop is a question: how can a character emerge from the body? Between dance, absurdity, and poetry, you’ll have space to follow your curiosity, expand your movement vocabulary, and let surprising characters take shape.
Having completed clowning levels 1 and 2 at Zani, Jean-François returns to share an artistic practice that brings together contemporary dance, theatre, and clowning.
Originally from Toulouse, France, Jean-François Gilède is an interdisciplinary artist who brings together contemporary dance, theatre, and clowning. He completed clowning levels 1 and 2 at Zani Clown and Comedy School.
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