Several of you expressed interest in more bouffon workshops and we are planning to do just that. Check back here for more opportunities to learn and play with us.
What we offer:
INTRODUCTION TO BOUFFON
In the realm of bouffon, the audience is the joke. Their greatest joy is to make fun of the audience, its values, and flaws. This pack of grotesque outsiders engages in a direct relationship with the spectators using intelligence, charm, and an ecstatic sense of play. To play as bouffon is to celebrate contrast and paradox. They hate you, yet they flatter you. Hideously deformed yet beautiful, wickedly insane yet prophetic, bouffons explode with joy and mockery and create ferocious social satire. No one is safe. In this workshop participants will explore:
-Discovering the body and mind of your bouffon
-Playing upon contrasts of state and rhythm
-Connecting with the audience
-Being 100% present and captivating
-Parodying societal maladies and hypocrisies
FROM OBSERVATION TO PERFORMANCE: THE ART OF SOCIAL SATIRE
Take your bouffon into the street in this advanced workshop where workshop participants form an ensemble and identify a specific social theme to research. The workshop culminates in a day of roving street performances for the public.
In this workshop participants will explore:
-ensemble creation
-bouffon as satirist: the cycle, the spiral, exaggeration
-bouffon vs. spectator status play
-bouffon as prophet, seer of the sublime
(This workshop is designed for participants who have completed the Intro to Bouffon workshop)
Contact: Nathaniel Justiniano, Nakedempirebouffon@gmail.com
