THE CLOWN WITHIN Workshop by Joana Barbosa (Brazil)

THE CLOWN WITHIN

This 3 day workshop is an introduction to the smallest mask in the world: the clown's red nose! Through exercises, dialogues and games it presents to the student the wonderful and poetic universe of clowns. During this journey the student wiill start the exercise of seeking the child within himself/herself and search his own personal way to make comedy.

Joana Barbosa is a mother, clown, actress, theater director and psychologist. In 2014, she founded founded the drama school "Casa  11" in the city of São Paulo, where she works as a pedagogical  coordinator and teacher. She is specialized in the Jacques Lecoq method  at the London  International School of Performing Arts (LISPA). She has already  performed and taught courses at different brazilian institutions, as  well as in Europe in countries like England, Spain, Poland, Switzerland  and Scotland. Joana has a master's degree in Theater  Pedagogy from the University of São Paulo (USP). She is member of Grupo  Laje.  Currently, she dedicates herself as a clown teacher and  performing her solo clown show named "Pia Mater", a show that addresses the theme of motherhood and puerperium.