The intensive creation workshop "Fruit Cake and Crazy Nuts" (5 days), based on my methodology "Art therapy for the development of the performing arts and personal growth" is an exploration of the clown, an invitation to investigate and discover your personal clown and the prosody of your body. This method will help participants learn about clown archetypes and improvisation techniques, revealing the tricks of the profession. The body is the "designated place", where humor, play and emotions are expressed rhythmically (prosody), creating a magical and poetic dialogue with the audience. It will start from an instinctual work, through experiential exercises and art therapy modules, to arrive at the staging of numbers created during improvisations. At the end of the 4-day itinerary, the artists will present a cabaret performance, originating from the work done during the entire seminar.

METHOD:

Warm-up exercises, meditations, experiential exercises, games on exclusion and self-exclusion. Meditations, improvisations and an Art-Therapy workshop, through which creating your charatcher (clothing, voice, attitude, biography).

N.B.: It is mandatory to have coloured 50x60 Bristol cards (the choice of colours is free and personal), scissors, branches, leaves and glue. It is also mandatory, for each participant, to have a towel and a red nose. The use of loose clothing and comfortable anti-slip socks is recommended.

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DETAILS:

Duration: five days - 8 hours per day, for a total of 40 hours.

Maximum number of participants: 10

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​TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:​

• A clean, well-lit room, with smooth floor surface, ideally wooden or tiled.

• 12m x 10m is the minimal room size dimensions required.

• An audio sound system, appropriate to the dimensions of the space, to which it is possible to connect computer or tablet.

• One mirror of minimum dimensions: 40x60.

• A Table and 10 chairs.

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