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Physical Theatre/Clown Workshop
or A Very Mini HAHA
led by Catherine Mueller
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Four hours is not that long, but in this workshop, based on a series of exercises designed by Christopher Bayes, we will begin at the beginning to address, expose and explore some of the most basic components of the clown. Would you like to get funnier, more alive, and be able to take greater risks on stage? This is the way. The fun way. Prepare to get bigger, more beautiful, stupid and simpler than you already are. Open yourself up to the great theatrical possibilities that stem from your deepest fears, tragedies and celebrations. This work gives the performer greater access to his dreams, impulses, and humor, thereby freeing possibilities for poetic, highly theatrical and potentially bizarre worlds to emerge. The clown touches something very new, very deep and yet very familiar in us all, acknowledging in both performer and audience the need for a good cry, a great laugh, a profound sigh, or a triumphant yawp.
Sunday, May 2, 2-6 PM
Ensworth High School, Black Box Theater
7401 Highway 100
$40 in advance; $50 at door.
SPACE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED
Please dress in comfortable clothes, ready to move.
To ask questions, get directions or arrange payment, please contact Marin Miller at 646-884-3100 or marinmiller@yahoo.com.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Originally from Nashville, TN, Catherine Mueller is the Co-Artistic Director of The Glass Contraption, a Brooklyn-based physical theater company that creates original works of theater drawing from the traditions of clown, bouffon, commedia and vaudeville. She has studied clown, bouffon, mask, and movement with Christopher Bayes, Philippe Gaulier, Gregor Paslawsky, Felix Ivanov, Per Brahe and many others. She apprenticed under Master Clown and Director Christopher Bayes, currently Head of Physical Acting at Yale School of Drama. She has taught workshops in clown/physical theater at various universities (including Sewanee and UTKnoxville's MFA in Acting Program), secondary schools and arts outreach programs in the US and South Africa. She has also worked as an actor in numerous national network commercials and voiceovers, original solo-performance projects, and other fun stuff. For more information, please visit www.glasscontraption.org.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT STUDYING CLOWN WITH CATHERINE
"Loved the workshop - more, more I want more!"
"I really enjoyed the workshop. The work was joyous and funny and very real. The openness Catherine talks about was very present in her and, therefore, available to all of us. Her ability to communicate a strong passion for what she does, both in her work and in conversation, while being able to laugh about it makes it all the more fun."
"Catherine is fantastic. She really gets it, knows her stuff AND knows how to teach it."
"Excellent, skillful work."
Special thanks to Sarah Shoemaker and The Ensworth School of Dance.
Posted: 3/25/10 at 9:09pm
Physical Theatre/Clown Workshop
or A Very Mini HAHA
led by Catherine Mueller
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Four hours is not that long, but in this workshop, based on a series of exercises designed by Christopher Bayes, we will begin at the beginning to address, expose and explore some of the most basic components of the clown. Would you like to get funnier, more alive, and be able to take greater risks on stage? This is the way. The fun way. Prepare to get bigger, more beautiful, stupid and simpler than you already are. Open yourself up to the great theatrical possibilities that stem from your deepest fears, tragedies and celebrations. This work gives the performer greater access to his dreams, impulses, and humor, thereby freeing possibilities for poetic, highly theatrical and potentially bizarre worlds to emerge. The clown touches something very new, very deep and yet very familiar in us all, acknowledging in both performer and audience the need for a good cry, a great laugh, a profound sigh, or a triumphant yawp.
Sunday, May 2, 2-6 PM
Ensworth High School, Black Box Theater
7401 Highway 100
$40 in advance; $50 at door.
SPACE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED
Please dress in comfortable clothes, ready to move.
To ask questions, get directions or arrange payment, please contact Marin Miller at 646-884-3100 or marinmiller@yahoo.com.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Originally from Nashville, TN, Catherine Mueller is the Co-Artistic Director of The Glass Contraption, a Brooklyn-based physical theater company that creates original works of theater drawing from the traditions of clown, bouffon, commedia and vaudeville. She has studied clown, bouffon, mask, and movement with Christopher Bayes, Philippe Gaulier, Gregor Paslawsky, Felix Ivanov, Per Brahe and many others. She apprenticed under Master Clown and Director Christopher Bayes, currently Head of Physical Acting at Yale School of Drama. She has taught workshops in clown/physical theater at various universities (including Sewanee and UTKnoxville's MFA in Acting Program), secondary schools and arts outreach programs in the US and South Africa. She has also worked as an actor in numerous national network commercials and voiceovers, original solo-performance projects, and other fun stuff. For more information, please visit www.glasscontraption.org.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT STUDYING CLOWN WITH CATHERINE
"Loved the workshop - more, more I want more!"
"I really enjoyed the workshop. The work was joyous and funny and very real. The openness Catherine talks about was very present in her and, therefore, available to all of us. Her ability to communicate a strong passion for what she does, both in her work and in conversation, while being able to laugh about it makes it all the more fun."
"Catherine is fantastic. She really gets it, knows her stuff AND knows how to teach it."
"Excellent, skillful work."
Special thanks to Sarah Shoemaker and The Ensworth School of Dance.
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