“The clown is the celebration of everything we try to avoid in real life”

The clown's nose, "the smallest mask in the world," is the mask which unmasks. Through the clown, we can discover our inner qualities of openness, of spontaneity, of play. The clown helps us fly with our imagination, while holding our feet firmly on the earth. This work regards the theatrical clown, not that of the circus, giving great attention to the internal process, and helping us to deep and gentle human communication. This clown dresses eccentrically and wears a red nose, but has nothing to do with juggling, acrobatics, or comical gags. This clown is simply a door to our human innocence, happy to play with whatever emerges. We will work with play, with improvisation, and with the empty stage, to find the clown within. That which makes this workshop so special and joyous is the mixture of participants, part Italian and part non Italian, a mixture of cultures, ages and life stories. Communicating with each and all often becomes a desperately comical enterprise, bringing out the clown in each of us. And all this in a natural setting, warm and protected. With Italian food.

This workshop is open to all, with or without previous clown experience.