WEEKEND WORKSHOP

Robert Rodgers (formerly an acrobat and clown in Cirque Du Soleil) is teaching a weekend course on clowning. In this safe and fun environment, Robert will transform you and your (newly discovered) clown into a whole new level of performance. Have you ever wondered why Charlie Chaplin is so watchable and still so beloved? It’s the complete sense of honesty in movement and voice.

We will work on finding the essence of you and what makes you funny. Everyone is funny in different ways. We all have a voice. Sometimes we think we know what the funny is, but if you show yourself, who you truly are, we get to the individual truth of what is funny through your eyes... A clown is someone who finds the innocence of a child or the nativity to the world while balancing the contradictions of who we are individually. If you understood or grasp the notion of this, you can tackle anything and it will change your way of any artistic work that you trying to convey whether through improv, acting, clowning or even life. Through simplicity, physical grace and honesty you will set the foundation to grow in a new way.

This 12 hour workshop will be split up into two days.

We will cover:

White and Red clown roles

Master servant roles

Baffoonery

Contradictions in clown character

How you are perceived

Finding the loser in you

Your Lovely thing

Physical eloquence

Getting into trouble

Creating chaos

Listening to the audience

Take this opportunity to learn the power of clown and how to apply it to improvisational work, plays, screenplays or clown routines!

Details:

This weekend workshop will be on October 8 and 9, 2022.

From 11-6 Saturday
11-4 on Sunday

The class is at FMP1, Franz-Mehring-Platz 1, 10243 Berlin.

This course will be taught by Rob Rodgers (biography below), and costs 180 EUR, payable to:

Robert Rodgers / Berliner Sparkasse / DE13 1005 0000 1068 0212 30 / BELADEBEXXX / Finanzamt & Steuernummer: Pankow 31, 495/00 232

Please put “Clowning workshop” in the transfer note so I’m aware which workshop or workshops you’re paying for.

Also, please email scratchtheater@gmail.com to let me know you have paid, as sometimes the payment can take a couple days to go through and I want to be sure you get your spot in the course! Also, let me know if there are any questions.

I’m looking forward to meeting you!
Rob