This course is for you if you are interested in diving into the world of clowning, practicing techniques, and putting your ridiculousness into practice.

 

Through exercises, improvisations, and games that address listening, observation, and stage presence, the course works with failure and playfulness as guiding threads for the existence of the red nose. The course celebrates the scenic and philosophical presence of the clown: the ability to laugh at one's own failures and the freedom to go against the rigid and inflexible logic in which the world operates.

 

•⁠  ⁠Presence;

•⁠  ⁠Listening;

•⁠  ⁠Group connection;

•⁠  ⁠Dwelling in the ridiculous;

•⁠  ⁠Improvisation;

•⁠  ⁠Availability;

•⁠  ⁠The clownish nature;

•⁠  ⁠The encounter with individual comedy

 

​FOR WHOM?

This course is for artists seeking to learn about and delve deeper into the red nose technique. It is also for people from other fields interested in learning the language of clowning and having the opportunity to recognize themselves as laughable beings.

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*This course is for those over 18 years of age.

**Certificate provided.​​​​

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Joana Barbosa

Actress, Mother, Clown, Psychologist, Director and theatre teacher. Specialized in Jacques Lecoq's method of Physical Theatre at the London International School of Performing Arts. Master's and PhD candidate in Theatre Pedagogy at the University of São Paulo, where she is developing academic research on clowning. She has taught courses in Italy, Switzerland, Poland and in various cities in Brazil. She is the founder and director, along with Paulo Candusso, of the Casa 11 Clown Training School in São Paulo. Member of the Laje Group. Since 2020, she has been touring with her solo clown show "Pia Mater - In Search of a Possible Motherhood." Author of the children's book "When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Clown." Her artistic work discusses topics such as clowning, autofiction, parenthood, feminism, and mask-making instruction.

 

Paulo Candusso

Actor, father, clown, and teacher. Graduated in Social Communication and postgraduate from the London International School of Performing Arts, a school based on the physical theatre pedagogy of Jacques Lecoq. Since 2005, he has researched the language of theatre, clowning, and masks. He is a founding member of the Laje Group in São Paulo. Founding partner and teacher at the Casa11 Clown Training School in São Paulo. He has performed at national and international festivals and cabarets. He worked for many years as a clown in Brazilian hospitals. He is part of the Clowns Without Borders Brazil network. He acts in TV programs and commercials.