Escola de Clown Internacional
"La Cova que Riu"
escoladeclown@gmail.com telf. +34 693972230
Cervià de les Garrigues, 25460 Lleida, Catalunya
Who benefits from taking a clowning course?
Well, frankly, and in my experience, anyone, without a doubt!
Of course, if they have the desire to delve into the "unknown," and if they give themselves permission to show their true self 😉, but with my help, they always succeed!
There are two different motivations for people who want to take a clowning course.
One path is internal, to reclaim their heart 💓. The other is an external mission to share their heart with others. Both require courage, both need a beautiful "...oops!" 😉
In the first group are the people who are aware of the benefits the course will bring them, even if they don't want to pursue this profession. The benefits are spiritual, emotional, physical, and psychological. Sometimes, these people make significant changes in their lives after taking a clowning course 😉
In July I will offer a workshop in July designed especially for them which will be pressure-free to "act" or "go on stage," and the activities will be primarily group or paired. 🤗
The second group includes all those who truly want to experiment and explore the world of clowning. They want to learn the mechanisms for developing comedic timing and authentic presence, discover techniques for connecting with an audience, and understand how to create material that resonates with their own imagination and personality. Some of these people have a genuine (and beautiful) calling to bring joy to others or to create beauty, poetry, and magic 💓.
These workshops will be called:
"THE CLOWN'S CRAFT"
An endless path of creation and service to others.
The path of the poet, the philosopher, and the meditator in motion.
The art of BEING in radical presence.
The "state of grace" that is funny without intending to be.
The joy of becoming a bridge for others, reminding them of their true nature.
Transparency as an objective, to reflect both the beauty of humanity and the absurdity of the world we live in.
These workshops are for you if:
You take clowning very seriously, but not so much your ego 😉
If you've never taken a clowning course but feel the itch of: "what if this were for me...?" 🤔...
If you're looking to learn clowning in a way that goes beyond the ordinary, that goes much further, much deeper and at the same time very high, to the lightest level. Without suffering, without drama, without psychology, only with the sweetness of your own magic. Guided by a non-judgmental leader, this course is for you on your journey to self-discovery 💓, to that inner world you hid because you deemed it "inadequate," but which you can now see filled with light—your own light.
If you want to experience clowning in an amazingly "easy" way 😉.
If you've taken other clowning courses but haven't quite found that "place" where you feel confident, open, and receptive 😉.
If you want a deeper understanding of clowning techniques, their relationship with the audience, and how to create unique material based on your skills and personalities.
If you have a message to share and are looking for a magical or fun way to express it 😉.
If you're an artist and want to feel freer in your expression, both verbal and physical, and develop your confidence and creativity.
Clowns can use objects or instruments in their performances, and may also possess skills such as magic, music, dance, etc., but these are not essential. A clown knows that he is his primary "instrument," and therefore must hone his craft to achieve the purest and most coherent result possible. It's an inner work of awareness and self-observation that is reflected on the outside.
On this path, we relearn to stop doing, in order to BE. From there, we choose precisely what we want to offer 🤗. But it's vital to first be a blank canvas, to be the best mirror 💓.
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I am Clara Cenoz and I have "only" 28 years of experience teaching clowning courses to people all over the world, in Spanish and English. To learn more about me
NEXT COURSES IN INTELLIGENT CLOWNING
June: 1st and 2nd Levels
No experience required. If you can't attend in June, write to me or sign up for the newsletter to receive information about courses in summer and autumn
1st: FUNDAMENTALS OF CLOWNING 8th-13th June (arrival on the afternoon of the 7th, departure on the afternoon of the 13th)
2nd: WHAT CAN MY CLOWN DO? 22nd-27th June (arriving on21st in the evening, leaving on 27th in the evening)
5 to 6 hours of class per day, in the circus tent or in the cave 😉
Price: €330, €305 if you book before April 30.
The price includes accommodation if you choose to stay at "La Cova que Riu" (details here).
Course: Fundamentals of Clowning
June 8-13 (arrival on the afternoon of the 7th, departure on the afternoon of the 13th)
5 to 6 hours of class per day, in the circus tent or in the cave 😉
Price: €330, €305 if you book before April 30.
The price includes accommodation if you choose to stay at "La Cova que Riu" (details below).
Concepts and states we will work with:
What is the state of neutrality and innocence?
How to "unlearn" to enjoy life more, and how to regulate our "level of intelligence."
Making "emptiness" our best friend 🤗. Letting go of our inner "critic."
What is your truth in every moment?
Experimenting with our fun, recognizing our limits and transcending them.
What do we like to do and what do we dislike? Exploring these activities and discovering their hidden potential.
Understanding what is "right" and "wrong" and how we can play with these concepts to create humour.
The "golden rule" for success, or for generating laughter: the honesty to admit the ego's failure.
Looking at the audience: how to look at them and how to treat them. The mechanics of the mirror.
Taking away the greatest possible treasure: being loved and recognized by the audience when we stop "doing" and allow ourselves to be "seen."
Simplifying thought to convey humour clearly.
Techniques for improvising and interacting with people in the street.
How to maintain a connection with our joy at all times, and how to recover it when we lose it.
Learning to recognize our inner light, so we can share it whenever we want.
Emotions: how does a clown experience them? Learning to play with them.
Feeling freer and freer by accepting and "using" everything that happens in the present moment to our advantage: our sensations, impulses, and our reactions to the outside world.
Complete trust in letting go.
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Course: WHAT CAN MY CLOWN DO?
So what can I do as a Clown?
A creation course, based on the principles of the 1st week.
Stop acting, start being: How to be truly funny being true to yourself.
Do you know when you shine? Let's find out together!
One way of "embodying" your clowning is to experiment with different activities, movements, attitudes, costumes, emotions, rhythms, objects, etc, to find out when, where and what gives you your biggest enjoyment, so that we'll "see you" more.
Funnily enough, the opposite also works: those activities, costumes, props, etc, that give you no pleasure, or even provoke rejection in you, can end up being the ones you enjoy the most, as you will learn to play with your own dislikes.
Because our clown is freer, and bigger, than we are in our limited personalities, we can embrace a more ample variety of characteristics of our "selves", and even "push forwards" the ones that we tend to hide or ignore in our daily lives. Even though, to start, it's good to see what you naturally express, and increase it, and then go for what you think "you are not".
I will help you understand your unique "level of control", and you will experience the freedom and pleasure that derives from trespassing that boundary.
If you want to be a complete clown, you may experiment with different aspects, and types of numbers/ gags/ shows: crazy, tender, sensitive, heart based, ridiculous, expansive or small, slow or fast, vulnerable, confident, political, poetic, etc etc etc.
When you've "got" your clown, even if it's s just a little bit, the question arises: so now, what do I do???? And I can tell you for sure: there is definitely an infinite number of things you can do, or create 😉. Why? Because clowning is SO wide, so free, that basically you can do what you want, as long as you respect the very few basic rules.
You may feel lost at the beginning of your clown creation. I went through that. It took me years to understand how it works. And after that, your only problem will be to choose between all the possibilities that you can imagine 😉.
So here I am to make that process easier and much shorter for you. I'll help you recognize your moments of treasure 💓, and inspire you to investigate in all the places I can see that you may shine 😉. I'll offer you ideas and will listen to yours. I'll try to discover what your message for humans is, and I'll suggest unique ways for you to share it. I'll strongly encourage you to love and empower yourself in as many ways as possible. So you will go back home with, at least, one very clear concept in your mind: clowning can be very easy. And your pockets will be filled with ideas for clown numbers 😉. And your heart will be filled with confidence in your new found talent 💓.
Clowning should be easy. And simple. But, like everything else, we make it complicated 😉. I work on "simplifying" our thinking in order to be better clowns, and more in touch with our hearts.
In the end, though, it won’t be me, but YOU who will demonstrate all this to yourself, ( as we will go to two different places, to interact as clowns with other people ) that you only need to "trust", to connect, and to genuinely wish for the audience to have a good time.
And, when you get people's attention, you will know what to offer them, without feeling that awful pang of "what do I do now??" ....
Also, to your absolute delight, you will discover that most people are as willing to play and to love as you are.
Because that's every Clown's heart desire: to be accepted, loved, and that people enjoy what we give them. Basically, to be everybody's s friend, and to be able to PLAY with them.
I'll soon announce the Level 2 course following this one 🤗
This course offers, in addition to an intense personal journey, a complete immersion in nature. The surroundings of "La Cova que Riu" inspire a calm that allows you to feel free and breathe deeply with your gaze fixed on the mountains.
The "bauma," or cave, warmly welcomes you into its embrace, inviting you to silence or to enjoy the music that caresses its undulating walls...
Peace is palpable in every stone...and our being expands with it, in the vastness of the space 💓
NEW CLOWN COURSE DATES 🎉🎉🤗!
I'm back with new Clown courses
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In this video, you can see what a Clown course can do for you.
SERIOUS CLOWN COURSE 😉
In this video, you can see the location and meet me.
We have moved to Lérida!
CLOWN COURSES ARE BACK
🎉🎉🤗!
We are 2 km from Cervià de les Garrigues (towards l'Albí), in Lleida.
I'm Clara. I've been teaching clown classes for 27 years, including 17 years running the International Clown School in a forest in Girona, and previously for a year and a half in Barcelona (there are videos of students and feedback on the YouTube channel 😉).
