INTRO TO CLOWN
Theatre Workshop with Janice Jo Lee
Thurs July 3, 2025, 6:30-9:30PM
Blair Hall, Conrad Centre, Kitchener
Ages 15+, No Experience Necessary
You Must Register in Advance, $25 at
https://janicejolee.ca/event/6134637/724295784/intro-to-clown-workshop-kitchener
WORKSHOP
Clown is a style of theatrical comedy where the performer is fully embodied, follows their joy, is vulnerable, fully commits to the bit, is not afraid to flop, raises the stakes, and believes in themselves with their whole heart that they are brilliant. Everything is for the audience, to see them, and be seen. Clown training empowers performers to shed self-judgement, take risks, build confidence and be a conduit of joy.
Performers will improvise, use their bodies, their voices, write their own text, and create movement choreography. As an ensemble, we will experiment, stretch, and flop and arrive at listening and trust, where we move as one.
DIRECTOR
Janice Jo Lee (she/they) is a queer, Korean multidisciplinary artist born in Tkaronto. She is an educator, theatre maker, musician, and spoken word poet. They have directed workshops and creation labs with their project Play Play Clown Theatre since Fall 2022 at Sweet Action Theatre. Janice directed devised theatre creation labs for MT Space, Le Project N’we Jinan, and Randolph Kids. They have facilitated arts and anti-oppression programming professionally for 15 years. Janice was the founding artistic director of the KW Poetry Slam, was the City of Kitchener Artist in Residence 2015, and was voted Best Performing Artist by readers of the Community Edition from 2016-2019.
Upcoming: Directing Play Play Clown Theatre’s “Hope in Hot Times” Hamilton Fringe July 17-26, 2025.
Testimonials:
“Janice makes training content extremely accessible for people of different learning styles, ways of life and performance backgrounds.How the content of each session applies to performance techniques is very clear and nothing seems too abstract or generalized. Play Play is always a safe, valuable and memorable time that I trust to continually elevate me as an artist.”
“I think its really lovely to explore the micro parts of clown and performing --- I love the focus on the body and how this connects emotionally through creation! It brought more awareness to my body as a performer, which was very helpful as someone who gets stuck in their head!”
“Janice speaks with precision and kindness -- her instruction is always clear, yet she somehow finds a way to leave room for exploration and discovery in all of her lessons. She is attuned with what an individual performer needs and is willing to spend the time to push people to their best. She makes class fun, yet has a dynamic approach to teaching that promotes curiosity and play within her students!”
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