Course in theatrical clowning

Tired of being so serious all the time? Do you want to release your energy and stop being afraid of judgmental glances? Or do your friends constantly tell you you're so funny you should be on stage? We've prepared a signature course in theatrical clowning just for you!

What's included in the course:

- training to develop attention, flexibility, and rhythm

- learning to work with states and emotions (tension, relaxation, irritation, joy, etc.)

- making jokes, making funny faces, and laughing (learning to allow ourselves and others to do so)

The result of our classes will be a performance of well-developed routines that we'll develop together with you, based on your input.

We invite you to discover this fascinating genre and find your clown, which means finding yourself.

Classes will be held once a week on Sundays. Each class is three hours long, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

The course's instructor is professional theater and film actor, clown, and acting teacher Bogdan Osokin.

Here's what Bogdan himself brings to the course: "I'd like to focus on the concept of 'intelligibility.' I often use this word in various contexts: both when working on plays and roles, and simply when communicating with people and colleagues. There's a quote: 'A clown is a clear pose and an eloquent gesture!'" For me, clarity is a well-formulated intention, which helps in various situations:

- setting a goal

- asking the right question

- defining personal boundaries without offending anyone

- getting to know someone

- making friends, etc.

How can clowning help with this?

Clowning is one of the most complex genres of performing arts, and it's often difficult because the actor consciously limits the number of expressive means they can use to achieve the desired effect on the audience. It's a kind of theatrical animation. Good clowns only need one word, gesture, or turn of the head to make the audience feel what they want. And, of course, clowning is poetry, and poetry is maximum meaning in a minimum of words.

I would like to direct people's attention to themselves, and together with them, try to figure out what's what. Together, they learn to distinguish false desires from real ones, fears from doubts, their own opinions from those of others.

I believe that the selection of expressive means for a clown is also There's an inner work that helps you remove all that's unnecessary and retain only what's important. It's the ability to not waste energy, but to accumulate it, formulate it, and direct it where it's needed, at the right moment.