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Dancing Fools
A 5 Rhythms Movement & Art of Clown Workshop
with Andrew Holmes & Sharon Usher

We’re good at gathering experience. We like to figure it all out, so we can get things covered, perfecting our grand theory of life..

Trouble is.. stuff just keeps surprising us. And actually we’re most alive when we haven’t got a clue what’s coming next.

What if we were to stop trying to make sense of things, and welcome the unexpected ~ make our practice stepping into the unknown, with curiosity and a sense of humour? And play with our usual nonsense, when it comes, so instead of weighing us down, it opens us up..

Because after we step, and before we land, that’s where we find..
well, everything.

The 5 Rhythms are a simple, profound form that invites us to find the unique dance of our own energy. The art and practice of clown is improvised theatre that comes from inside. In this workshop we’ll use them both to jump over the edge of our certainties, and re-discover ourselves in the flailing and the flapping and the flying of our spontaneous humanity. 

Our time together will include both dancing and clowning. We will dance to drop out of our thinking and into our bodies, to open the more instinctive, spontaneous side of ourselves, and to deepen our connection with creative source. We will bring that spontaneity and creativity to live, improvised clown exercises and performances that come from the truth of the moment, individually and with others. 

Online dancing is surprisingly effective at helping us to drop into trust and connection. And clowns are delightfully engaging online. The format opens new possibilities - the close up view of the human face is intimate and revealing, and we can play with the boundaries of the little rectangle, composing images within the frame, 'leaving' and then popping back..