Spend two weekends working with Red Bastard,
aka Eric Davis!!
Bouffon I
Saturday & Sunday, 10-5pm
Monday, 6-10pm
November 2nd, 3rd and 4th
Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th St, Manhattan
$415
The Shape of Fun: Body, Architecture & Theme
Saturday & Sunday, 10-1.30pm
Monday, 6-9.30pm
November 9th, 10th and 11th
Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th St, Manhattan
$265
$665 if you sign up for both!
SIGN UP TODAY!
aka Eric Davis!!
Bouffon I
Saturday & Sunday, 10-5pm
Monday, 6-10pm
November 2nd, 3rd and 4th
Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th St, Manhattan
$415
The Shape of Fun: Body, Architecture & Theme
Saturday & Sunday, 10-1.30pm
Monday, 6-9.30pm
November 9th, 10th and 11th
Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th St, Manhattan
$265
$665 if you sign up for both!
SIGN UP TODAY!
Class Descriptions:
Bouffon I
Unleash your inner Bouffon in an explosion of fun that turns life’s Sh!t into comedy gold!
How is Bouffon different than Clown? The World laughs at the Clown, but the Bouffon laughs at the World!
Imagine a wild-eyed pack of outsiders. These outsiders have ecstatic pleasure to mock anything and everything. Ridiculous, mischievous, confronting and poetic, these tricksters ride the line between comic fun and uncomfortable truth.
In this class, students will discover the attitude and spirit of the Bouffon through:
- Ensemble play & Complicity
- Choral work
- Finding the fun in becoming and mocking
- Navigating rich thematic territories.
- Discovering hot spots that make the audience say “ouch!"
Come join us. Fun, freedom and mischief await!
The Shape of Fun: Body, Architecture & Theme
What is the shape of fun? How do we use shape and rhythm to fascinate our audience? Charm them? Make them laugh? Disgust them?
Hunt for dynamic and fascination personas by changing your body’s architecture. Evoke provocative and ridiculous themes! What does it take to keep the mask of this new form alive in the space?
Students in this class will explore:
TECHNIQUE
RAPPORT
THEME
Bouffon I
Unleash your inner Bouffon in an explosion of fun that turns life’s Sh!t into comedy gold!
How is Bouffon different than Clown? The World laughs at the Clown, but the Bouffon laughs at the World!
Imagine a wild-eyed pack of outsiders. These outsiders have ecstatic pleasure to mock anything and everything. Ridiculous, mischievous, confronting and poetic, these tricksters ride the line between comic fun and uncomfortable truth.
In this class, students will discover the attitude and spirit of the Bouffon through:
- Ensemble play & Complicity
- Choral work
- Finding the fun in becoming and mocking
- Navigating rich thematic territories.
- Discovering hot spots that make the audience say “ouch!"
Come join us. Fun, freedom and mischief await!
The Shape of Fun: Body, Architecture & Theme
What is the shape of fun? How do we use shape and rhythm to fascinate our audience? Charm them? Make them laugh? Disgust them?
Hunt for dynamic and fascination personas by changing your body’s architecture. Evoke provocative and ridiculous themes! What does it take to keep the mask of this new form alive in the space?
Students in this class will explore:
TECHNIQUE
- Tension
- Fixed point
- Contrasting Dynamics of Space/ Weight/ Time
- Engaging rhythms.
- shapes that “pop”
RAPPORT
- Do you compel or repel the audience?
- How can you manipulate us?
THEME
- What themes does the shape evoke, or
- Starting from theme, what shapes can express that theme in a fertile way?
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Teacher Bio:
Eric Davis is a multi-award winning performer & director with over 20 years of teaching experience in clown and bouffon. His critically-acclaimed bouffon show, Red Bastard, won dozens of 5-star reviews as well as awards for Best Theater, Most Outrageous Show, Commitment To Community and multiple Best of Fests across the globe, including Edinburgh International Fringe Festival where it was named Top 5 shows in the UK. To date he has performed for over a million audience members world wide in addition to creating original roles for Cirque du Soleil’s IRIS and ALEGRIA. For more info about the man and the beast, go to: redbastard.com |
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