​Advanced Clown Warm-Up with Layna Fisher
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Saturdays, 11-1pm 
February 2nd - March 9th
​ Alchemical Studios, 50 West 17th St, Manhattan
$195

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Class Description:

Hey you, look at all the wondrous things you learned with your big soft brain and flower heart. There's like a thousand amazing bad ideas in there! Confetti! Do you need to make a fantastical mess with your sparkly friends? Do you want to keep your connection to the comic world warmed up and ready to go? 

Advanced Warmup Class lets you explore the Pandemonium concepts in a guided practice. Each class in this series of five has a selected theme to explore, such as: the Big Idea! or Whoops! We start with Warmup, and jump into exercises that help you to practice and celebrate the pleasure of performance in your body so that you stay in hot pursuit of your fun. 

 Feeling honed, communal and connected, you will spill out into your weekend curious and full of play. After the series, you will feel ripe and ready to make something altogether brand new.

Students will need to have exposure to Chris Bayes’ Clown pedagogy, and need Pandemonium's approval to join.

Teacher Bio:

Layna Fisher is a theater-maker, director, and producer with a specific emphasis on clown/variety, site-specific performance, physical theater, and the creation of original works. Her artistic approach centers around creating spectacles in public spaces, devising theater pieces, and fostering community connections through art. She believes in harnessing individual uniqueness to construct and embody the stories we carry, fostering a stronger bond with ourselves and others.

Layna has taught performance around the US including NY, Orlando, Wisconsin and LA. Internationally, she has taught in Doha, Qatar, and for several years in Sierra Leone - where she created and taught workshops and built theater projects. Several of the programs worked with former rebels seeking healing through the arts.

As a performer, she specializes in Shakespeare, Commedia, and devised pieces. She has been a member of esteemed groups such as Studio 42, Stolen Chair, Telluride Rep, Faux-Real, and her own company: Lawnfish Productions. Through her company, she produced her acclaimed solo show 'Truncated,' as well as 'sKin,' 'Subversions,' and 'Squirrel Variety Show.'

As a Director, recent credits include: Assistant Director alongside Chris Bayes for the Yale and NYTW production of 'For the Honey You Gotta Say When;' The Cintas Fashion Show 2023; the 40th Anniversary live production of 'Thriller;' and a multicultural flash mob for SWVL's IPO.
Producer credits include: Tribeca FIlm Festival, Sierra Leone International Film Festival, Doha TFF Film Festival, Howl Arts Festival, Underground Zero Arts Festival, Ariel Dorfmans ‘Widows’ with Hal Brooks, and many devised theater pieces in and around NY.

She has held residencies with The Field, Chashama, and the Atlantic Center for the Arts. She has extensive training with Raina Von Waldenburg and Christopher Bayes, the Actors Center, and the Pit. In 2022/23, she successfully completed the Pandemonium Teacher Training program and apprenticed under Chris Bayes. She previously attended the performing arts high school Dr. Phillips, as well as AADA, and the Oxford School of Drama.

To ask questions, email admin@thepandemoniumstudio.com