Clown and Creation Workshop with Tom Roos in Vila do Conde - Portugal
Hours: April 29th to May 11th, 2024 From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m (66 hours) maximum number of participants 15 people Price of the course: 450€. This price includes a basic accommodation in shared apartments. For registrations and questions: send an email to: tom.roos1@gmail.com, and, in five sentences, introduce yourself and tell why you want to participate in this internship.
"The art of the clown is more profound than we think: it is neither tragic nor comic. It is the comic mirror of tragedy and the tragic mirror of comedy." André Suarès (1868-1948)
This workshop is addressed to clowns, actors, dancers, teachers ..., who want to deepen their human presence to an audience, and to those who want to learn how to create a sketch for an audience. Over 40 years, Tom Roos did some research on the art of clowning, during which, along with others, he developed the concept Minimalistic Clown.
The minimalistic clown is a copy of ourselves, but more open, more naive, more fragile, more spontaneous. He is in direct contact with the audience, here and now. His world can be redefined at any moment. The line between reality and imagination is invisible.
In this workshop, in order to discover our clown, we will not put a costume. Rather we will undo our costume; undo our armor that we have learnt to wear during our education towards a serious person. We will learn to play deep in our body, we will let the impulse of movement precede the word, the impulse of action precede the thought.
As players, we see ourselves as image in movement. With our fellow players we search a rhythmical sequence of strong images, addressing ourselves to the imagination of our audience. On one hand, there is exercises in letting go, in accepting, in elimination of self- censuring, in generosity, in giving a fundamental yes to yourself, to your audience and your fellow players.
We will go for the concept ”Less is More” and seek for the economy of energy in our play. The important thing being that your audience must be able to read your play easily.
Tom Roos approaches each student individually, and helps them find their own path to clowning.
During the workshop, the artistic partner of Tom ( http://www.alowies-art.be/project-1.htm) will create live illustrations to get an image of movement and expression of the participants, it becomes a storyboard of the creative process.This concept gives an extra dimension to this artistic project.
Here are some comments from interns: “I feel nourished, I have had a great time since my return and unlike all the other courses, I have not been tired.”
“Tom, if you organize an internship in Belgium, I will sign up straight away, Senegal or Portugal being a little far away.”
“The miracle of LESS is MORE, the miracle of Tom's pedagogy, a truly great Master with his ability to capture the personality of each person and to bring out a character to work on, to grow.”
