Alan Clay, 4 Day Connecticut Clown Wshop June

[martin ewen]

June 16/19th inclusive Alan Clay will be holding a workshop in the sleepy village of cornwall bridge in Connecticut.
I'm organising it mainly because Alan was instrumental in my career in teaching me a 10 week clown school back in 83 and I worked with him for two years following that.
He runs a studio called Playspace in Sydney.
I recommend him because I think he's got a rare ability to cut to the heart of what it is that you as an individual need to learn to further your investigations.
www.artmedia.com.au/Clown.htm
Contains more info re fees.
Its min 6 max 12 and I have around 9 interested at this stage.
Accomidation, will be a mixture of Karls church, an old farmhouse and my place and I've rented the hall.
e-mail queries to me.

[Jenny]

Hey Martin:

How much $?

[Mark Wessels]

If you follow the link to the site he posted there is more info, including fees, scroll down to Connecticut Masterclass.

Connecticut Clown Masterclass, America - June 16 to 19
10am to 4pm, in the village of Cornwall, only 2 hours from
New York by train. Cost: US$500 (earlybird, before May 16)
or US$700 with food and board, and US$600 (Full), or US$800
with food and board. Enrolments and information contact Martin
Ewen, lurk2000@mac.com  or ph America 860 672 2667.

Mark

[martin ewen]

Revision re pricing,
I'm not looking to make a profit on having people stay and feeding them so Make the earlybird with accom $600 and the full $700.

[martin ewen]

" The comic fool earns his living by an openly acknowedged failure to attain to the normal standard of human dignity."

It's shameless but if I plonk something up here every day for a week then I'll keep the thread alive.

[Butterfly Man]

The fool's characteristics traits are very much those of a "natural man". Lacking social graces and blissfully operating outside the laws of logic, he is often seen as a child or even an animal, but only rarely as a mature adult - his perceptions are too crudely structured, his use of language a parody of normal speech. Unimpressed with sacred ceremonies or the power of rulers, he is liable to be openly blasphemous and defiant; uninhibited in sexual matters, he often delights in obscene humor.

-John H. Towsen

Remind you of anyone?

[Mr.Taxi Trix]

Yo Bozos,

If you are considering this workshop, jump now. The enrollment so far is 100% people whose acts I respect, (me, no less) and it looks like a bang-up week of creativity in the Berkshire Foothills. Call Martin to see if there's space.

Knowing Martin as I do, and having heard him speak of Alan as his teacher over the years, I'm grateful we have an opportunity with the man on this side of the planet.
Jump.

[Mr.Taxi Trix]

(Now would be a good time.)

[Stretch]

I would LOVE to attend, but am much too busy this time of year. Hope to be in OZ next January and February. Maybe then?

[martin ewen]

The phrase "an embarrassement of riches." comes to mind.
We've got a clown from england who's famous for never choking.
We've got a clown from LA who's been prepared to have his anus sewed up for laughs.
We've got a clown whos a tall, craftily disguised, insecure, overcompensating blabber-mime.
We've got a clown whos confusion and failure and ability to surmount these reminds me of a hybrid of a puppy, an hour old colt, and bambi, with an advanced degree in comedy.
We have a clown who keeps a small wooden lidded box that contains the applause of thousands.
We have a clown who's profoundly influential and who's impractical dreams have a strange inevitability
We have a clown of whom I know nothing.
We have possibily a clown who's just left jango edwards last week in Europe to attend.
We have room for one or two more clowns but they might have to sleep on couches or in tents as we're getting pretty clownladen.
Still they're welcome.
We have a lovely venue and a wonderful cook.

[Butterfly Man]

This workshop changed my life ... I do yoga so often now I was thinking of become Hindu.