

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Playful Body - Formation 12h Training (ENG)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 04 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am – Sun, 05 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: ***Marijana est une invitée spéciale venue tout droit de Croatie. La formation sera dispensée en anglais. Infos en français plus bas.**

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✨ 12-hour training over one weekend, held at the edge of a forest in Frelighsburg (Eastern Townships – 1 hour from Montreal). 
✨ Accommodation available ($35/night) - Carpooling available

This training is based on Ira Seidenstein’s method of Four Articulation for Performance. It invites performers to rediscover play, curiosity and presence through the physical language of clowning. Using movement, rhythm and impulse-based improvisation, participants explore how the body reveals emotion, humour and vulnerability. Through guided exercises for duos and group, we will develop authentic clown moments rooted in awareness, honesty and connection. The training blends elements of contemporary circus, acting and non-verbal theatre, helping artists unlock creativity, refine timing and build a stronger relationship with the audience. This workshop is suitable both for professional and less experienced performers.

🔹Objectives/Objectifs pédagogiques

-Develop stronger body awareness and physical presence on stage
-Learn to follow impulses and use spontaneity
-Explore the foundations of clown logic : playfulness and vulnerability
-Improve comedic timing through movement, rhythm and interaction
-Build authentic connection with partners, groups and audiences
-Create short improvisations and clown situations with emotional honesty
-Strengthen physical expression and non-verbal storytelling skills
-Gain confidence in using the body as the primary instrument for humour
-Discover personal clown qualities
-Integrate elements of circus, acting and physical theatre into one coherent performance language

🔹Who is this training for ? 
Professional and amateur artists interested by physical comedy

🔹Price
Sliding-scale fee based on your financial capacity

🔹Language 
English

🔹Schedule/Horaire
10h à 17h les deux jours

🔹Artist
Marijana Matokovic is a professional actress, puppeteer, clown, director and teacher from Croatie, with over 50 theatre and circus productions across cities, theaters and independent companies. She worked as an Interactive Performer and coach on AIDA Nova and AIDA Cosma (Carnival Corporation cruise company). She is a clowndoctor for ten years and trainer with Red Noses Croatia, performing in hospitals, elderly homes and disability programs, and teaching physical theatre, clowning and circus skills to diverse communities. Marijana teaches clowning and contemporary circus at the Academy of Arts in Osijek (MA Non-Verbal Theatre) and leads international workshops and masterclasses for performers, dancers and clowns worldwide. She has directed 15 theatre and circus shows for children and adults, created numerous solo acts, and written adaptations of classic fairy tales as well as original stories staged in professional theatres. She loves to combine different skills within her work, from juggling, mime, dancing, singing, puppeteering with clowning. Her awards include Best Director (Maslačak), Best Children’s Show (Mali Marulić) and Best Clown Show (KUF). She is an ISAAC Associate and runs her own theatre–circus company in Croatia called Teatar CIRKUS Punkt, a place where theatre and circus meet.

✨ Inscription
https://www.zeffy.com/fr-CA/ticketing/nez-chantillon-printemps--2026

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🔹Brimbalante, c'est quoi?🔹

Nous sommes (brimbalante.com) un centre de formation et de création en art clownesque et disciplines connexes. Un OBNL établi dans la magnifique contrée de Frelighsburg, (1h de Montréal, 1h20 de Sherbrooke). Nos formations, spectacles et résidences de création se déroulent dans une yourte géante et baignée de lumière (32 pieds de diamètre, 809 pieds carrés) à l'orée d'une forêt, et à distance de marche du noyau villageois. Fondée par La Nab, Brimbalante a pour mission de ré-enchanter le monde au moyen des arts de la scène.


✨ Accessibilité

Le travail du clown est en général assez physique, quoique certains ateliers spécifiques sont plus restreints sur ce plan. Cela dit, si vous présentez une limitation importante sur le plan physique, il peut s'avérer possible de participer à certaines de nos formations. Nous souhaitons pouvoir vous accueillir adéquatement, alors il serait important de communiquer avec nous afin de bien comprendre votre réalité et d'être transparent·e·s quant à nos infrastructures et aux dynamiques d'enseignement. La voix peut être sollicitée comme outil d'expression. Elle n'est pas toujours présente dans les exercices demandés, le corps et les émotions demeurant au premier plan.
Les formations que nous offrons peuvent être rendues accessibles aux personnes sourdes si un·e interprète est présent·e, et que cette personne comprend que la musique est parfois utilisée par les formateurs·trices, et que les autres participants peuvent recourir à la voix et aux mots.
🪜 Escaliers : Cinq marches pour accéder à la yourte
🚽 Toilettes : Accès à une toilette avec rampe d'appui à 5 min de marche (il faut passer par l'extérieur)
🦽 L'accès aux fauteuils roulants n'est malheureusement pas possible pour le moment
👀 Handicap visuel : Veuillez communiquer avec nous
🧠 Neurodivergence : Les personnes vivant avec une d.i. légère sont bienvenues
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- **Event Categories**: art, theatre, workshops, entertainment, performances, comedy, nonprofit, carnivals, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 20

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.zeffy.com/fr-CA/ticketing/nez-chantillon-printemps--2026?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=cowansville-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Cowansville
- **state**: QC
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Brimbalante - Art clownesque
- **lat**: 45.060729719939
- **long**: -72.838582992554
- **full address**: Brimbalante - Art clownesque, 17 Chemin Garagona, Frelighsburg, QC J0J, Canada, Cowansville

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Brimbalante - Art clownesque (https://allevents.in/org/brimbalante-art-clownesque/24596765)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 04 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Brimbalante - Art clownesque, 17 Chemin Garagona, Frelighsburg, QC J0J, Canada, Cowansville
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Brimbalante - Art clownesque
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, theatre, workshops, entertainment, performances, comedy, nonprofit, carnivals, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Playful Body - Formation 12h Training (ENG) ?
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