RocHaha Presents: “The Comic Impulse” WORKSHOP
Taught by Julia VanderVeen Great for actors, performers, and humans who are clown-curious or already clown lovers. Open level, 3 hours, 18+
Time & Location
Sep 28, 2024, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Rochester, 142 Atlantic Ave, Rochester, NY 14607, USA
About The Event
RocHaha Presents: “The Comic Impulse” WORKSHOP
Taught by Julia VanderVeen
Great for actors, performers, and humans who are clown-curious or already clown lovers. Open level, 3 hours, 18+
Sat, Sept 28 10:00 am - 1 pm
In an effort to make this festival accessible, we've opted to offer sliding scale tickets. Every ticket dollar goes directly to supporting artists involved in the festival; thank you for your contribution!
Workshop Prices
$60: Standard
$80: Supporter
$40: All are Welcome
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Workshop will run three hours. No previous clown or performance experience required. Open to adults ages 18+. Places are limited; please register early to secure your spot. Workshop fees are non-refundable.
As we grow up and become socialized, we push down many of our impulses so we can fit into society, so people will like us. The work of discovering your clown is the process of embracing your vulnerability and excavating the parts of you that are most interested in pleasure and in fun. In this workshop, we will work on unlearning some of those social norms and getting back to the play and impulse of our bodies. When we see people playing hard, and see their appetite for pleasure, that is when we begin to see their clown peeking out.
Julia VanderVeen is a New York based actor and physical comedian. She has trained extensively in Clown and Bouffon, and apprenticed under head of physical theatre at Yale University, Christopher Bayes. As an actor, Julia has worked all over the United States, and performed in places as remote as Alaska, and as tropical as the Mediterranean; appearing in Hairspray on Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Seas.
Julia has been creating clown material for the past ten years. Currently, she is developing two all female Bouffon shows: one entitled Stand Back and Stand By about the January 6th insurrection at Washington’s Capitol Building, and one entitled Supreme Cream about the Supreme Court overturning women's rights to abortions in the US. She lives with her husband, her two cats, and her ambitious plant collection.