Excellent workshops at NWFC! I had wanted to meet her ever since our Michigan vacation did not include a border crossing to Canada [no passports].
She said, “Character is an ongoing process that you need to keep relevant in today’s world.” She doesn’t ask us to write out our clown’s life story. She had us up and moving around in warm-ups. Another great reminder to be centered, strong, grounded and PHYSICAL.
She said, “Get tickets to everything! Creativity breeds creativity. The best clowns pool everything from outside. Clowning should be put together on the principals of ART: form, color, line, texture, tempo, etc.”
We generated ideas about clowning, and then we built a three ring Venn diagram with overlapping circles of Mental, Auditory, and Physical categories or M.A.P. for short. At the still center is a place for the clown to be funny.
She shared the Rule of Too: Too big, too small, too… whatever. EXaGGGGGeRRRRRRation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! okay, good reminder.
She said that we are trying to reach “Level Seven: Moisture”, be it sweat, tears or the pee-pee dance. Great reminder!
She worked us on the physical levels: ground, low, middle, high and air. Fantastic reminder!! The old dance and kung fu training came back to mind and body.
For her CLOWN stands for
- Comedy
- Laughter
- Open
- Work
- Nerve
Oh, yeah, it’s gonna be work! Great and satisfying work that the ppl need and love me for.
