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Nouveau Clown Institute (Spain) Oct
Posted June 25, 2009
Note: Posted as gleaned.
Jango Edwards has been performing for 40 years and has inspired a new comic performance movement called the Nouveau Clowns. During 25 years of teaching Clown Theory workshops and master classes (the Fools School), he has created an international team of associate and assistant teachers to work with him and a worldwide database of more than 1,000 students and performers who have attended one or more of his classes.
Jango has been looking for a permanent location to establish a clown university, to be called the Nouveau Clown Institute (N.C.I.). After visiting the Roca Umbert Fàbrica de les Arts in Granollers he feels that this could be the place; close to Barcelona, where he now lives with space to expand, as the Factory of the Arts develops, and alongside other artists. The Institute opens on Sunday, October 4, 2009.
The first year of the academy will comprise two intensive learning programmes of one month each; the first in October of 2009 and the second around March/April of 2010. These two introductory sessions will be developed as a framework towards the inaugration of the academy's one year curriculum proposed to commence in the fall of 2010.
The initial N.C.I. Clown Theory Master Classes (October 2009 and March 2010) will be for up to 30 students. Applicants should be professional and Jango will personally interview them before acceptance. There should be a balance between students from Catalunia and international students. The fees will be kept as low as possible for this first year, depending on how many students there are and the other financial assistance that the Institute receives.
The curriculum will include physical training combined with theatrical and improvisational games and exercises, lectures, audio-visual demonstrations, one-on-one training, Internet research assignments, an introduction to "Clown Theory" plus the Comic Formulas, and rehearsals for the weekly performance presentation.
The teaching faculty will be between four and six instructors; two permanent master teachers Jango Edwards and Raffeale de Ritis who will oversee the activitities for the whole month; assistant teachers, who can vary; and a different guest teacher each week.
The first of two one-month "Clown Master Class and Comic Formulas," courses will run October 4– 31. Classes will be held six days per week from 10am–6pm, Monday thru Friday totaling 120 hours. In addition, on Saturdays students will be in the media rooms to attend special viewing assignments of films and videos and each student will receive one-on-one sessions with a master teacher.
The October instructors confirmed at the moment are as follows:
- Raffaelle De Ritis
- Jango Edwards
- Leo Bassi
- Monti
- Pipo Sosman
- Tom Greder
- Johnny Melville
- Virgina Imes
- Grada Pesken
- Andreas Squaretoes
- Magic Andreu
- Clara Cenoz
- Isabel & Tony Murchland
- Peter Gadish
- More to follow
Please help us help the world with a smile. The first one-year session of two four-month semesters will begin in the fall of 2010. We will have a limit of 100 student enrollment and a
faculity of over 30 teachers.
If you are interested in sharing with others as teacher, lecture or a specialized skill please contact the school at nouveauclown@gmail.com.
Clowns of the world unite! Our policy is max info to max students from max clowns. It's all heart and mind and there is no competitions between true clowns we are all equals and never enemies. Paint your nose whatever color but always keep your heart free. Anarchy without chaos.
Find out more at clownfish.es/nci.htm.
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