Play in the Everyday: Expanding the Art of Play through Clown Work

Name: Play in the Everyday: Expanding the Art of Play through Clown Work
Start: 2024-09-22T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-09-22T15:00:00-04:00
Location: MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels)

Schedule

Sun Sep 22 2024 at 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) | Montreal, QC

LET'S PLAY!
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Play is joy! Melissa will guide you on a journey to expand your imagination and find play in the mundane.
This workshop will:
- give a taste of introduction to clown/play work
- teach you how to incorporate clown elements into your performances - whether solo and/or in group
- give tools to heighten play using physicality (within your capacities)
- explore the magic of tapping into the every day small joys!
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PRE-REQUISITES: Some improv, clown or sketch comedy performance experience is beneficial but not required.
Suitable for improvisors, stand-ups looking to explore their stage presence, sketch comedians or anyone that wants to add a little more joy into their day-to-day.
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WHEN: Sunday, September 22nd from 1-3pm
COST: $20 - LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE
****SPECIAL OFFER to folks who have taken this workshop before****
2nd time registration: $15
3rd time registration: $10
4th time registration: $5
Have you attended more than 4? THIS ONE IS FREE!
If money is a barrier, please message me and I'll see what's possible.
WHERE: MAI (Montréal, arts, interculturels)
3680 Jeanne-Mance St., Tio:tia'ke/Montréal, QC
- Accessibility information for the MAI: https://www.m-a-i.qc.ca/en/accessibility/
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HOW TO REGISTER: E-transfer payment to [email protected].
Payment required upon registration to secure spot.
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Melissa (she/her) is a clown, writer, comedian and artist based in Montreal. Melissa is healthily obsessed with clown work and has run this workshop in Montreal and Toronto, ...because of said healthy obsession.
Melissa is a comedy show producer (The Service & co-producer of This & That: An Improv & Sketch Comedy Show) and was a behind-the-scenes supporter of Ladyfest Montreal ('22, '23 & '24).
She performed her clown act Real Live Doll at Montreal Sketchfest 2024, at "Voix de Ville" at the Wiggle Room in Montreal, and "Real Live Doll: A Work-in-Progress Show" in Toronto in August 2024.
She has studied clown and idiot work with Ken Hall, Isaac Kessler, Kevin Krieger, John Gilkey, Amrita Dhaliwal & Gemma Soldati.
Melissa has extensive training in improv from Second City Training Centre (Toronto), Bad Dog Theatre Company (Toronto), The Assembly (Toronto) and Montreal Improv.
Play is joy!