Epic Imbalance: 3 Day Intensive Clown Workshop

Name: Epic Imbalance: 3 Day Intensive Clown Workshop
Start: 2025-04-11T18:00:00+03:00
End: 2025-04-13T16:30:00+03:00
Location: Experimenta Art Co.

Schedule

Fri, 11 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm to Sun, 13 Apr, 2025 at 04:30 pm

UTC+03:00

Location

Experimenta Art Co. | Athens, AT

Epic Imbalance: 3 Day Intensive Clown Workshop
by Gozde Atalay
The seminar addresses itself to performers, therapists, educators or any person who is interested in exploring new paths of expression and their creative potentials.
Schedule:
11th of April Friday 18:00-22:00
12th of April Saturday 10:00-16:30
13th of April Sunday 10:00-16:30
Total: 16 hours
Max 14 participants
Cost: 135 euro (VAT is included)
Booking is essential because of limited spaces until 11th of MARCH!
For booking & info, please contact:
[email protected]
+306906859697
Venue:
Experimenta
Konstantinoupoleos 138, Metaxourgio
10' walking distance from Metaxourgio METRO station
15' walking distance from Kerameikos METRO station
*Red noses provided.
The clown journey starts when you immerse yourself into the unknown aspects of your personality, connecting with your untamed‘other’inside – the one who enjoys the chaotic and unpredictable nature of life.
The clown follows his/her impulses and is eager to find his/her own unique solution for any problem that emerges through his/her poetic journey. He/she is a playful being existing in the HERE and NOW, full of surprises for us and for himself/herself. The clown does everything with pleasure and a sense of joy!
In this workshop we will develop the ability to accept chaos, failure and the completely unknown as vital elements within our creative process. We will awaken our bodies, our playfulness, our awareness, our simplicity and we will free ourselves from fear and judgment through games, movement exercises, improvisation, method of three sec. and collective singing. We will bring out our hidden, unlived qualities and create a playful dialogue with them. The red nose, which is the smallest mask in the world, will guide the individual clowns to emerge.
“Think about yourself at least once in your life otherwise you may miss the best comedy in this world.”
― Charlie Chaplin
Gozde ATALAY KOKKORIS is a physical theater facilitator, director and actress born in Turkey and based in Athens. She has been performing since 2000 and graduated from the department of Istanbul University in 2004.
As a clown, she first trained in 2009 at EMCA (Municipality Circus School) in Spain, also engaging actively with other circus techniques. From 2011–2012 she taught in the social circus school for children “Cabuwazi” in Berlin.
As a physical theater performer, she studied with Hernan Gene and Gabriel Chame Buendia at “Chame and Gene Estudios Teatrales" in Madrid and with Thomas Prattki at the London International School of Performing Arts, where she completed the new full-time professional development program in 2014–2015 with a scholarship. She also trained with Mario Gonzalez, Giovanni Fusetti, Matej Matejka and Patrick Van Den Boom.
At the moment she is touring with her new show "Nomad" in Europe. She performed at the Ballhaus Ost in Berlin and at the Camden People’s Theatre in London in the show ''No Way Out'' with the company Flight of Escales from 2018–2019. She directed “Queens” at the festival Mujeres Que Cuentan in Santander in 2017, performed "Nasreddin Hodja Tales'' at the 3rd Storytelling Festival of Athens 2016 and “A Quiet Voice” in the International Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2014. From 2012–2013 she was a performer in ZirCouplet -Variete Shows in Berlin and in a street performance for the International Festival Carnival of Cultures Berlin 2012-to name just some of her performances. She is currently working with the company La Volada on a new show. Since 2006, she has been living and working in several countries, where she is performing, directing and teaching in various international projects. https://gozde-atalay.com