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The Garden of Smiles
The innocence of the Clown
"The Garden of Smiles" is a course for all those who wish to awaken their most childlike and instinctive side through the mask of the Clown.
The "Garden of Smiles" symbolically represents the inner universe of the Clown, who is not a character.
He is not a character and does not act. The Clown is a childlike poet who "lives" in a "state of pure innocence." Reaching this state requires continuous exploration that, fortunately, lasts a lifetime.
The dimension of play, entertainment, and fantasy will help us reach this "state of innocence" and express our emotions without the filter of our judgment.
It is about accepting and showing what happens within us with honesty and humility, transforming it into precious and enjoyable play materials.
Accepting our emotions and integrating all our parts, is the beginning of a journey of reconciliation with ourselves and with others, that allows us to understand life in a lighter and more courageous way, even in defeats. We will put everything at the service of the game, to get to the final goal: laugh at ourselves and make others laugh.
During this session we will enter our "garden" and we will discover our hidden smiles to help them grow and to cultivate new ones.
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METHOD:
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A basic body and mind warm - up.
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Space exploration plus techniques of meditation and relaxation.
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Games and exercises to create empathy, listening and complicity among the participants.
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Experiential exercises on the state of innocence of the clown.
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Laboratory of Art therapy.
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Clown Biography.
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Themed improvisation games.
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N.B.: You must wear comfortable clothes and socks. Bring a red nose, a towel and a picture of when you were a child.
DETAILS:
Duration two days - 6 hours a day for a total of 12 hours.
Maximum number of participants: 15
​TECHNICAL NEEDS:
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A clean, well-lit room with smooth floor surface, ideally wooden or tiled. 12m x 10m is the minimal room size required.
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An audio sound system, appropriate to the dimensions of the space, to which it is possible to connect computer or tablet.
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One mirror of minimum dimensions: 40x60.
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A Table and 15 chairs.
About me
Art therapist and clown, from Rome served for 17 years as an officer in the national police force where she evolved from public security tasks to psychological studies linked to local organizations. But she was not happy. She knew she needed to find out more about life and change it! At the same time, she began to study the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, (University of Rome "La Sapienza") a special program for "critique of Theatre and entertainment". She began to dive into the art world of theater and cinema discovering that the stage was the habitat that attracted her and the clown art she loved the most.
