Bouffon workshops by NYC award winning clown Eric Davison aka Red Bastard @Cecil St Studios 27th, 28th, 29th March 2010
Eric Davis currently resides in New York. His original creations have won him both critical and audience acclaim. He performs and teaches internationally.Lauded as one of the premiere clowns of our time, Mr. Davis is setting the worlds of comedy and theater on fire with his contemporary and original creations.
A master improviser, clown and bouffon, his work ranges from subtle and realistic to the absurd. His work has been described by critics as “genius” “subversive” and “very, very funny”.
In 2007, Mr. Davis was nominated for a Golden Nose for Clown of the Year in New York. In addition, he was a Finalist for the NY Comedy Festival’s Andy Kaufman Award, and the award winning director and co-writer of The BouffonGlass Menajoree which was nominated for Best Director, Best Script, Best Ensemble and Best Production by the NY Innovative Theatre Awards.
Mr. Davis is a Founder and Co- Director of the NY Clown Theatre Festival, an international festival celebrating and promoting the art of contemporary theatrical Clown.
Performance Credits include the clown in Cirque du Soleil’s highly celebrated production: Quidam, as well as being contracted for developmental workshopof Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza, under the direction of Tony Winner, David Shiner and Cirque’s 2009 Touring Production.
Mr. Davis has trained in Pochinko clown technique and Bouffon with masters Sue Morrison as well as Phillipe Gaulier. He has also been a practitioner andteacher of improvisation, movement, Lecoq technique, and mask for over 15 years.
THE WORKSHOP-An introduction to bouffon
This workshop has been designed to allow for a fun dip into the world of Bouffon with a limited time commitment. Great for people who are curious and are having their first experience with Bouffon.
In the world of Bouffon, the audience is the joke. Bouffons show no vulnerability. Their great joy is to parody the audience, its values and flaws. This pack of grotesque outsiders engage and parody the audience with great joy, intelligence and charm. To play as Bouffon, is to celebrate contrast & paradox! They are disgusting, yet beautiful. They hate you, yet they flatter you. The Bouffons are the ultimate manipulators!
A Joke, told by a Nightmare. Are you ready? A ferocious social satire is about to explode, liberating the energy in the room with an immense pleasure to parody and to play.
In this workshop, participants will explore:
* Connecting with the audience,
* Parodying societal maladies and hypocrisy,
* Creating a physical character.
* Playing upon contrasts of theme and rhythm,
* Being 100 % present and captivating.
Things to bring:
Bring clothes you can move in, preferably all black or all white. They should be able to be flexible enough to stuff padding in to (we are going to change the shapes of our boddies)
A laundry bag's worth of clothes: extra clothes or padding that they can stuff themselves with (a lot of it).
A couple pair of panty hose (large as they can get.)
6 tennis balls.
A pair of scisors.
Duck Tape.
Old newspapers (as more padding stuffing)
Think of a couple of people you may know in your life or a couple of archetipes that you could have some fun to take the piss out of.
Not reqiured, but If you can evantually bring a bedroom mirror, it will help us a lot, since the studio we understand doesn't have any available.
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Place:
Cecil Street Studio, Melbourne
Dates:
27+28+29 March
Times:
-Sat 27 March: 10 am to 14:15
-Sun 28 March: 10 am to 14:15
-Mon 29 March: 14:45pm to 19:00 pm
Price: 300 AUD, general. 250 AUD for students and unemployed (with ID)
Reservations and mode of payment:
To reserve a spot, a deposit fee of 50 AUD is required. Which may be paid via bank transfer.
Lawrence Eric Davis. Account Type: Westpac Choice, Branch Name: 1 King William St. Adelaide, BSB/Account No.: 735000/7515530, SWIFT Code: WPACAU25.
Make sure you put your NAME + the word "Melbourne" in the MEMO
If you happen to be in Adelaide during the fringe festival, you can also pay the deposit fee in person to us.
The balance will be paid in cash on the first day of the workshop
For more Info:email:
David Berga management
info@davidberga.cat
