WORKSHOP

The clown, omnipresent, is bigger than life, an exaggeration of reality, one can even say that he or she comes from another planet. Her presence alone can intrigue the public who is breath taken when the clown simply appears on stage or wherever he may happen to appear.

Time expands with clown, and thus we can find a larger dimension of exhistance in which moments can be actually stopped and reality magnified to such an extent that we can see ultimate human truth. So far away from the "norm", the clown is unable to live at the pace that this world demands.

Always behind, ahead or apart from everyday reality, the clown finds logic within his own absurdity. For a moment, lost in his own universe, the clown can bring the outside world into his own terrestrial sphere. Simplicity becomes extraordinary, ugliness becomes beautiful, beauty becomes ridiculous, banality becomes interesting. All of the above belong to the paradox of the clown. Through his own errors and misfortunes the clown is the mirror of the hidden side of society. As an outsider, the clown asks "who am I ? What does the world say that I must be? How can I be a part of it even though I don't really fit in?

Often anarchististic, messy, dissordered, infantile, there are few rules for clowning and even if there were, the clown would break them because that is the nature of the clown. He wouldn't even know how to follow them if he tried to and why should he want to? And if there were really a "system" that would be the end of originality which is also at the source of the clown. The clown is such an individual and so different with his own strangeness, that all we can do is to search for his/her authentic way to get there.

There is often a duality within the clown, for there is his performance and who he is. The audience may laugh at what he is doing and above all because of his person. This is also what makes the clown stand-alone in the world of performance. In the work on the stage, interactively and throughout improvisation, we quest to recognise and to define these moments

STAGE/ WORKSHOP
Dirigé par / directed by Laura Herts
UN CHEMIN VERS LE RIRE
Où est le clown ? Tout simplement à l’intérieur de nous-même

Créez votre propre univers comique Découvrez-vous Prenez vos imperfections pour une force Acceptez l’absurdité et le ridicule qui est en vous et donnez-leur une dimension théâtrale	REALIZE YOUR YOUR OWN COMIC UNIVERS DISCOVER YOUSELF ACCEPT YOUR IMPERFECTIONS AS YOUR STRENGTH USE YOUR OWN ABSURDITY AND RIDICULOUSNESS GIVE THEM A THEATRICAL DIMENTION
Omniprésent, le clown est une exagération de la réalité. On pourrait même dire qu’il vient d’une autre planète. Sa seule présence intrigue. Le public est captivé dès son arrivée, sur scène ou ailleurs. Avec le clown le temps se dilate. Il nous offre une nouvelle perception de l’existence : chaque instant est suspendu et exagéré, à tel point qu’on peut y voir la nature humaine dans sa vérité la plus ultime. Loin de la norme, le clown est incapable de vivre au rythme que ce monde exige. Toujours derrière, en avant ou hors de la réalité quotidienne, il trouve une logique dans sa propre absurdité. En un moment, alors qu’il est perdu dans son univers, il peut entraîner le monde extérieur dans sa sphère. L’ordinaire devient extraordinaire, la laideur devient belle, la beauté ridicule et la banalité intéressante. Tout cela fait partie intégrante du paradoxe du clown. A travers erreurs et mésaventures, il est le miroir de la face cachée de la société. C’est un outsider qui demande : qui suis-je? Comment le monde veut-il que je sois? Comment puis-je en faire partie, alors que je suis un marginal? Souvent anarchique, bordélique, désordonné, infantile, il y a peu de règles pour le clown. Et s’il y en avait, il les briserait, car c’est dans sa nature. Il ne saurait les appliquer, même s’il essayait. Et au fond, à quoi bon? Car s’il y avait vraiment une méthode, ce serait la fin de l’originalité, source du clown. Il y a souvent une dualité chez le clown : sa représentation et ce qu’il est. Le rire du public est provoqué par ce qu’il fait, bien sûr, mais surtout par ce qu’il est. C’est ce qui lui donne sa place à part dans le monde du spectacle. Dans notre travail, de manière interactive et à travers l’improvisation, nous cherchons à reconnaître ces moments.	The clown, omnipresent, is bigger than life, an exaggeration of reality, one can even say that he or she comes from another planet. Her presence alone can intrigue the public who is breath taken when the clown simply appears on stage or wherever he may happen to appear. Time expands with clown, and thus we can find a larger dimension of exhistance in which moments can be actually stopped and reality magnified to such an extent that we can see ultimate human truth. So far away from the "norm", the clown is unable to live at the pace that this world demands. Always behind, ahead or apart from everyday reality, the clown finds logic within his own absurdity. For a moment, lost in his own universe, the clown can bring the outside world into his own terrestrial sphere. Simplicity becomes extraordinary, ugliness becomes beautiful, beauty becomes ridiculous, banality becomes interesting. All of the above belong to the paradox of the clown. Through his own errors and misfortunes the clown is the mirror of the hidden side of society. As an outsider, the clown asks "who am I ? What does the world say that I must be? How can I be a part of it even though I don't really fit in? Often anarchististic, messy, dissordered, infantile, there are few rules for clowning and even if there were, the clown would break them because that is the nature of the clown. He wouldn't even know how to follow them if he tried to and why should he want to? And if there were really a "system" that would be the end of originality which is also at the source of the clown. The clown is such an individual and so different with his own strangeness, that all we can do is to search for his/her authentic way to get there. There is often a duality within the clown, for there is his performance and who he is. The audience may laugh at what he is doing and above all because of his person. This is also what makes the clown stand-alone in the world of performance. In the work on the stage, interactively and throughout improvisation, we quest to recognise and to define these moments
	Prochain stage clown - next workshop clown les 16 et 17 janvier 2010 à Montpellier

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