FOOLS PROOF Weekend workshop Vancouver

Name: FOOLS PROOF Weekend workshop Vancouver
Start: 2025-10-25T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-26T16:00:00-07:00
Location: What Lab Vancouver BC

Schedule

Sat, 25 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 am to Sun, 26 Oct, 2025 at 04:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

What Lab Vancouver BC | Vancouver, BC

Image credit: painting by Mikaela Morgan
WHAT:
FOOLS PROOF
A Clown workshop with Nayana Fielkov
This workshop is an invitation to expand and develop play and presence on stage and in everyday life.
Through a series of experiential awareness building games and exercises, we will cultivate curiosity, explore emotional range and practice the bravery of sharing our willingness and openness. Through following the body and our impulses, we can be in delight with the discovery of the moment.
What's so funny?
WE ARE
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In this workshop we will:
*Laugh A LOT
*Practice emotional range in order to widen possibilities of freedom with agency
*Practice simplicity to discover honesty and detail in what is funny
*Explore extension of impulse to become familiar with the edges of what is possible
*Work with tempo, rhythm, space, tensegrity, shape and form to gain agency in the body as a tool
*Discover by witnessing and practicing what generates laughter
*Widen tools and possibilities for generating content and inspiration
*Cultivate an open un-edited available responsiveness through Play

Perfect for performers and non-performers, dancers, actors, musicians, storytellers, and anyone interested in building their personal presence and sensory awareness in performance and everyday life!
Taught in English with Gibberish subtitles.
"If I were a fool, I'd know exactly what to do"

Nayana Fielkov is a Canadian based performing artist and educator dedicated to the work of play. She brings together the mediums of clown, dance, mask and physical comedy. Nayana is co-creator and performer in multi award winning shows Falling Awake, Hotel Vortruba , A Can of Worms, UNDERBELLY, Habitats, PRESTO!, Out Of Time, and Same Same Different. She is a founding member of ensemble Theatre/Clown troupes the Poupon Parade, and The Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret.
Nayana has studied with many teachers including: David MacMurray Smith, Deanna Fleysher, John Turner, Jon Davison, Jan Henderson, Giovanni Fusetti, Peter Bingham and Ruth Zaporah. Nayana has been teaching for over a decade both internationally and throughout Canada.
nayanafielkov.ca

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TESTIMONIALS:
“I genuinely cannot speak highly enough of working with Nayana. What she creates is more than just clowning — it is a container through which you can see your life and the world in a new way (which includes a lot of laughing). If you’re on the fence about doing this workshop, I encourage anyone and everyone to take the leap. You won’t regret it. “
Albert Srasser -Student

"I felt seen, safe, and supported. I found her to be flexible,
kind, honest, and a master of her craft."
Megan Hyslop PHD

"It was exciting to see her passion and experience transfer into meaningful and direct lessons and opportunities.
Nayana was able to facilitate very strong and playful solo, small group and ensemble work built on awareness, listening and responsiveness."
Jason Donaldson Gulf Islands School of performing arts

“Nayana has the super power to interrupt your imaginary world without shutting you down. She can see the world you're in, or trying to get to, and give the right prompts to help you delve deeper into it and share it with others”.
Doreanna -Student

“Nayana listens so well to the attendees and navigates different backgrounds, approaches, wants and needs calmly and skillfully. She demonstrates the techniques with an immediate ease that demonstrates a real depth of experience. She makes people feel comfortable enough to try things beyond their boundary without pushing anyone over the edge. It was a pleasure to learn from her in the space she created.”
Rob Teszka - Magician/Student

“Nayana is a truly gifted teacher. Most essential is her skill in creating a safe and sensitive environment, necessary for building a high level of trust in the group, allowing students to stretch and deepen their work without judgment. The somatic/diaphragmatic work was mind-bending. Experiencing the mastery with which Nayana builds one skill on top of another was magical, and only comes from decades of her own immersive work —- everything flowed like a river. Excellent introduction to the phenomenology of clown.”
Sarah Lightbody -student

“I learnt so much and really enjoyed the content of Nayana's weekend workshop. Thanks for helping me overcome my stage fright! Looking forward to continuing the clowning journey.”
Rachel Dudly- student
WHEN:
October 25&26
10am - 4pm
WHERE:
The What Lab
Vancouver BC
202-1814 Pandora Street
Vancouver BC, V5L 1M5
[email protected]
HOW:
e transfer 250 plus 12.50 GST to nayanafielkov at g mail dot com
then email the same email with your name and a tiny bit of info on your background /interest in clown. What brings you here? (its okay if you are new)
Early bird 210 plus GST until Sept 15
Limited to 14 participants