STATE OF PLAY: a clown gathering 30 Nov/1 Dec expired Free |
Edge Hill University in partnership with School of Arts and Media, University of Salford and The Performer’s Playground welcomes you to a 2-day symposium on clowning to be held at Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, on Friday 30 November and Saturday 1 December 2018, with events also taking place in the School of Arts and Media, University of Salford.
About the symposium STATE OF PLAY is an opportunity for anyone interested in the art of the clown to meet, connect, play and ask crucial questions about the condition of clowning today. STATE OF PLAY takes the evolving relationship of clown and circus as a starting point to ask broader questions about the relevance of clowning in today’s society. What are the new environments for clown performance today? Where are clowns employed and for what purposes? What training exists and what more is needed? What contributions can clown theories make to professional practice? Are clowns able to be politically effective or are they simply entertainers? Registration for STATE OF PLAY: https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/events/2018/11/30/state-of-play-a-clown-gathering/ Summary of Symposium Schedule Friday 30 November 10.15-12.00 Panel: ‘Tools of the Trade: issues in clown pedagogy’ Iva Peter Dragen: Memory as Acting Tool: Clown vs Actor Mattia Marrioti: Social acceptability, idiocy and clowning in actor education Lucy Amsden: Play in clown and bufón in Ecole Gaulier 14.00-16.00 Workshop demonstration with Ronlin Foreman 16.30-18.00 Workshop with Flloyd Kennedy – Voice of the Clown (literally!) 19.30 The Idiots Take the Stage, a clown cabaret hosted by Manchester Clown Lab and featuring award-winning Garry Starr Saturday 1 December 9.30-10.30 Panel: ‘Clowns for Today: clowning and contemporary society” Olly Crick: Commedia Dell’Arte and the Collective Fool Richard Talbot: Virtual Clowning for Dementia 10.30-12.00 Workshop with Jon Davison - Who are the best clowns? The clown as defined by social identity 13.00-14.30 Workshop with Maggie Irving - Clown status: playing and subverting norms in class and on stage
Date:
Nov. 30, 2018 -
Application link:
http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/events/2018/11/30/state-of-play-a-clown-gathering/
Dec. 01, 2018 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Timezone: Greenwich Mean Time (Lisbon, London)
Location:
Edge Hill University
St Helen’s Road L39 4QP Ormskirk United Kingdom Edge Hill University |