googlea57ec952780bc208 Clown Workshops wih Jon Davison in London and Internationally
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Ha pasado mƔs de un aƱo desde que pudimos reunirnos y compartir payasadas en persona. Pero ahora hay algunos planes provisionales en marcha para algunos talleres en 2021 en todo el mundo, en:

 

Almetyevsk (TartaristƔn), Rusia

Iași, Rumanƭa

Praga, RepĆŗblica Checa

BerlĆ­n, Alemania

Asheville (NC), Estados Unidos

Montevideo, Uruguay

Weekend Workshops at London Clown School

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Venue: Bold Elephant, 21 St.George’s Road, London SE1 6ES

Cost: £130 for one weekend 

Time: 10am-4pm Saturday and Sunday

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Weekend Workshop in Newcastle

31st Aug-1st Sep 2024: Clown Dynamics

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Venue: Newcastle Circus Arts,
John Marley Centre, Muscott Grove, Newcastle upon Tyne NE15 6TT

Cost: £130 for one weekend 

Time: 10.30am-4.30pm Saturday and Sunday

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To book your place, email  info@jondavison.net for details on how to enrol

Maximum: 18 participants per workshop

 

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London Clown School

Three-Week Course

Dates: 13th-31st May 2024 

Venue: Longfield Hall, 50 Knatchbull Road, London SE5 9QY

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Email info@jondavison.net for details on how to enrol

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Payments 

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Please send an email to info@jondavison.net (or the workshop organiser if stated) and I will send you details of how to pay.

 

Cancellations

 

I do not usually refund payments made (either whole or part payments) but I can offer you:

  1. The chance to use your payment towards a course or workshop at a later date within one year of the original courser.

  2. If the workshop fills up and there is a waiting list, you may receive a refund if your place is taken by someone on the waiting list.

 

These options are only applicable if you are unable to attend a course through some unavoidable or unforeseen circumstance, and can only be taken if requested at least 48 hours before the start of a course or workshop. If you cancel within 24 hours or do not turn up without notification then you should pay any outstanding fee.  

 

This policy is to protect the viability of courses, whose costs and numbers of participants need to be confirmed in advance.

 

I try to keep all prices as low as possible (I haven’t forgotten how difficult it can be to be a student). That’s why there is a single price, with no discounts or concessionary rates.

Help Organise a Workshop Near You

 

  • Would you like to do a workshop with Jon Davison near you?

  • Why not collaborate in organising one?

  • Choose the length of workshop – most typically either a weekend (Saturday and Sunday) or a five-day (Monday-Friday) – and how many hours a day (six hours is a good maximum)

  • Decide on a venue for the workshop – ideally a clear space of around 10 metres x 10 metres or similar.

  • Agree on a minimum and maximum number of participants – between 12 and 16 is ideal.

  • Agree on a price per participant that will cover Jon’s fees, travel and accommodation as well as venue hire (remember to include either you as a free participant or taking a commission).

  • Collaborate with Jon on publicising the workshop, managing the venue and answering enquiries. Also on finding accommodation for Jon.

  • Collect payments from participants.

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ā€œJuguĆ© mi primer pequeƱo solo y logrĆ© aplicar algunos de los ingredientes de tu mĆ©todo.

Ā”Fue divertido! Ā”Y funcionĆ³! Los comentarios que recibĆ­:

ā€¢ ParecĆ­as muy relajado en el escenario

ā€¢ Siempre hubo risas

ā€¢ Ā”Fue tan estĆŗpido!

ā€¢Muy divertido

ā€¢ La audiencia siempre se sintiĆ³ segura y reconocida.

Entonces, querƭa agradecerles y que su mƩtodo produce algo placentero tanto para el artista como para la audiencia ". (Tobi Tambornino, Alemania)

 

ā€œGracias por el brillante curso. Fue maravilloso en todos los sentidos: un desafĆ­o personal sin ningĆŗn terror adjunto, una mente abierta, un miedo conquistador. Creo que todos deberĆ­an hacer un curso de payasos para entenderse mejor a sĆ­ mismos y a los demĆ”s. Y particularmente el tuyo ". (Dra. Dea Birkett, Ringmaster y lĆ­der de Circus250)

 

"Ā”Jon es un maestro brillante!" (Dani Tonks, Wild Play Lab, Londres)

"Jon es el mejor maestro que he tenido y yo soy una persona muy exigente. Es como la lluvia que cae suavemente sobre la tierra, humedece suavemente la hierba y anima a cada planta a crecer a su propio ritmo. Nunca juzga a las personas y da mucha libertad. Hace andamios y te encontrarĆ”s progresando y logrando mĆ”s de lo que esperabas. La forma en que me inspirĆ³ definitivamente aumentĆ³ mi confianza en mĆ­ mismo y estimulĆ³ mi creatividad. Ahora me conozco mejor y me amo mĆ”s. Por Ćŗltimo, pero no menos importante, Ā”toda la felicidad y la tonterĆ­a que experimentarĆ”s en su curso de payasadas es la medicina para la vida! Ā”Todos nos divertimos mucho! " (Jingxian Mei, Clown Foundation Course 2018)

"Cuando comiences un curso de payasos, no sabrĆ”s lo que descubrirĆ”s ... con Jon Davison, Ć©l lo hace completamente sobre tu viaje, te apoya y es un verdadero guĆ­a. Tiene ideas especĆ­ficas y Ćŗtiles, que comunica claramente, incluso mĆ”s. , tiene una capacidad genuina para facilitar tu aprendizaje. La gente dice que es un maestro de payasos genio. Yo tambiĆ©n digo esto, aunque solo he experimentado otros 8 maestros de payasos. No quiero dejar nunca la London Clown Schoolā€¦ por eso estoy tan feliz de seguir haciĆ©ndolo mal (esta es una broma de payaso malo)! " (Justine Smith)

"Si puedes hacerlo y estabas pensando en ir, simplemente vete. Es increĆ­ble". (DĆ­a de Caitlin - Curso de payasos de Nottingham)

"Me encantĆ³ cĆ³mo le quitaste el Ć©nfasis al payaso individual, lo que siempre me ha parecido una manera difĆ­cil de entrar. Fue fascinante ver cĆ³mo llegamos a muchos de los conceptos centrales de clown de una manera mucho mĆ”s intuitiva y sentida". (Rebecca Stevens Royal Central School of Speech and Drama)

"Muchas gracias por todas las risas y las experiencias hasta ahora ... es una clase maravillosa y estoy muy agradecido con usted y el grupo por la alegrƭa de todo esto. Gracias por compartir sus magnƭficos dones y enseƱanza" ( Mark Denham - estudiante de London Clown School)

"Ā”Gracias de nuevo por un gran taller! Esta fue mi primera experiencia como payaso. El taller me hizo explorar y descubrir tantas cosas nuevas como actriz y sobre mĆ­ misma como persona. Aprender a reĆ­rme mĆ”s de uno mismo y simplemente dejarme ser mĆ”s estĆŗpido, por tonto o simple que parezca, es muy gratificante. Cuando te sientes idiota en el escenario, el pĆŗblico lo siente, se rĆ­e y has hecho tu trabajo. RecomendarĆ­a este taller a cualquiera que desee extender su estilo de actuaciĆ³n, o simplemente experimenta el arte de hacer payasadas, no te arrepentirĆ”s ". (Jazzara Jaslyn, actriz, Ciudad del Cabo)

"Ā”QuĆ© taller tan ridĆ­culamente divertido e informativo!" (Nathalie Codsi, estudiante de payaso de Brighton)

" El taller fue fantĆ”stico, una de las mejores cosas que he hecho desde que lleguĆ© a Inglaterra ... Ā”Definitivamente me estoy riendo mucho mĆ”s y mucho mĆ”s fuerte desde el taller!" (Dror Latan, estudiante de Circomedia)

 

ā€œMuy divertido y una muy buena experiencia de aprendizajeā€ (Katherine Steer, estudiante de payaso de Brighton)

ā€œRealmente disfruto su enfoque de enseƱanza ... SentĆ­ que me sentĆ­ bien en la sesiĆ³n (ya que estaba un poco nervioso), pero hacia el final sentĆ­ que estĆ”bamos profundizando mĆ”s. Ā”Fue un buen gradiente! " (Jenny Haufek, artista y estudiante de payaso de Brighton)

"Algunos de los talleres mƔs esclarecedores y agradables que he hecho (y soy adicto a las cosas)" (Jonathan Richardson, productor de House of Idiot Comedy Club y estudiante de London Clown School)

 

"Jon Davison es un gran maestro de payasos" (Lucy Hopkins, artista y creadora de teatro fĆ­sico independiente)

 

"Ā”Ā”OjalĆ” estuviera en Londres para hacer esto, el hombre es un genio !!" (Klara Van Wyk, estudiante e intĆ©rprete de payasos, SudĆ”frica)

 

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Taller de fin de semana en Brixton, Londres

25-26 de septiembre de 2021  

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Hora: 10 a. M. A 5 p. M. SƔbados y domingos

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Lugar: Oficina de ideas tontas

18 Valentia Place, Londres SW9 8PG

https://www.bureauofsillyideas.com/

 

Costo:  Ā£ 130  

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Para obtener todos los detalles y cĆ³mo reservar, envĆ­e un correo electrĆ³nico a info@jondavison.net

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Ā”Estamos de vuelta!
Ā”El primer taller presencial despuĆ©s de aƱo y medio online!

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El fin de semana estĆ” dirigido tanto a los que han realizado un taller con Jon Davison como a los nuevos en su docencia.

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Este taller se sumerge en la dinĆ”mica fundamental del clown, cĆ³mo hacer que usted y sus amigos parezcan estĆŗpidos para que nos amemos y nos reĆ­mos de usted.

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Al convertir nuestro habitual miedo al ridĆ­culo en el placer de reĆ­rnos de nosotros mismos, podemos utilizarlo para hacer reĆ­r a los demĆ”s y experimentar la libertad del payaso. ĀæCĆ³mo hacen los payasos lo que hacen, cĆ³mo tu estupidez te convierte en un Ć©xito y cĆ³mo se produce lo increĆ­blemente ridĆ­culo?

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Cuando miras de verdad, la mayorĆ­a de las cosas son ridĆ­culas: nuestros cuerpos, nuestros movimientos, nuestras ideas, nuestras emociones, nuestras palabras, nuestras relaciones, el universo. El Ćŗnico objetivo de las payasadas es convertir el fracaso en Ć©xito, el miedo en risa, el sufrimiento en alegrĆ­a. No necesitamos cambiarnos a nosotros mismos, solo mirar todo desde otra perspectiva. Es algo humano, asĆ­ que cualquiera puede hacerlo.

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El payaso a veces estĆ” envuelto en un misterio, pero en realidad es un modo de actuaciĆ³n muy simple. Este taller utiliza ejercicios sencillos enraizados en la respuesta de la risa para acceder a las payasadas de la manera mĆ”s directa posible.

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Clown Workshops with Jon Davison – Method, Aims and Objectives

 

What happens when you clown in front of others, alone or with others?

 

The workshops are aimed at all students, teachers, and practitioners of the performing arts whether or not you specialise in clowning.

 

The workshops are mostly about relationships, between you and others, whether you or they are clowning, or witnessing the clowning. The relationships form dynamically and change rapidly in real time, buffeted about by actions, responses, laughter, the absence of laughter, and our feelings about ourselves and others.

 

The workshops are concerned with laughter, and the unique relationship the clown performer has with it - when it is present and when it is absent. But it is not concerned directly with the question of HOW to be funny. Nor is it concerned with the question of WHY something is funny. These are not inane questions but they are dealt with amply by others elsewhere.

 

Laughter is the fulcrum upon which clowning balances. Laughter does amazing things to us, physically, emotionally, spiritually, intellectually. Whilst we are immersed in it, it seems to relieve us of the burdens of norms, expectations and even meaning itself. What a relief!

 

But it is never under our control. To pursue such domination is a pointless task. But neither is it advisable to discard it, out of fear of not attaining it. Clowns who MUST be funny and clowns who DON’T HAVE to be funny are a turn off.

 

In workshops we will focus exclusively on what we do and how we feel about it, and we respond to our own and others’ actions. When you really look, most things are ridiculous: our bodies, our movements, our ideas, our emotions, our words, our relationships, the universe. We don’t need to change ourselves, just look at everything from another perspective. It’s a human thing to do, so anyone can do it.

 

The exercises we will use are my latest attempt to condense the training into the simplest and most accessible form I can. My concern has always been to simplify. Clowning is sometimes spoken about in mysterious tones, with allusions to depths of meaning. Those may be valid conclusions to draw. But they don’t, in my experience, serve as starting points on the journey. We cannot aim directly for such grandiose or abstract goals.

 

The exercises might sometimes seem so simple as to appear mechanical. By focusing on the simple tasks, we can become more aware of our responses on all levels. Simple meditation techniques work in a similar way. Furthermore, these emotions, sensations and thoughts will make up much of the content of a clown performance, in the absence of an authored, fictional character or narrative (and mostly I regard clowning as inhabiting this ‘fiction-less’ world). Once we start to come to grips with this material, we can see how clowns can create many different kinds of dynamic relationships between themselves, and between themselves and the public.

 

We will experiment with how you, as a performer, respond to that response from the onlooker. How do you behave, feel or think when the spectator laughs, or does not laugh? Indeed, how do you behave, feel or think upon the mere appearing in front of that audience whose expectations are already formed? Such self-explorations are at the heart of any genre of performance. Focusing on how you, as a performer, respond to your own presence in front of a responding audience, can enrich your work in whatever direction, style or genre you choose, and enable a coming to terms with some of the common struggles that many performers will face throughout their careers.

 

The workshops are suitable for anyone interested in clowning, whatever your experience. Clowning is something many of have done throughout our lives in informal or social situations, and our experiences will differ widely according to our backgrounds, cultures, and identities. We already know a lot about clowning before we ever set foot in a class or on a stage. All of this knowledge is welcomed into the workshop, without the need for aesthetic unity or discipline.

There are many clown teachers. There are many methods. They do not agree.  Here is a quick way to get an idea of my approach:

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Words I use: funny, laughter, do, action, task, object, clown, clowns, clown-like, clown-ish, gag, number, act, exercise, pretend, simple, fake, real, why, feel, emotion, think, human, surprise, impact, intrude, disrupt, contradict, shame, love, audience, script, wrong, stupid, look, friend, plan, experiment, science, attention, drama, dynamics, mechanics, conversation, skill, repertoire, fear, ridiculous, conditioning, cultivate, aware, speak ...

 

Words I don’t use: spontaneous, authentic, sacred, self, inner, mask, truth, the clown, improvisation, play, game, high stakes, universal, difficult, wisdom, transform, art, collaborate, physical, spiritual, problem, status, ensemble, dark, tragic, contemporary, traditional, rule, creative, imagination, fiction, message, personal, mime ...

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