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: 2024-11-24T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-11-24T15:00:00-05:00
Location: 3680 Rue Jeanne-Mance, Montréal, QC H2X 2K5, Canada

Schedule

Sun Nov 24 2024 at 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

3680 Rue Jeanne-Mance, Montréal, QC H2X 2K5, Canada | 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, November 24th 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!
WHERE: 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 has hosted her Intro to Clown, "Good Trouble" in Fall 2024 (coming back in January 2025) and will be facilitating Level 2, "Big Trouble" in January 2025!
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!