clown for improvisers w/ jacqueline russell

This is a six week course with sessions running 7:30-9:30pm on the following Wednesdays:

October 28; November 4, 11, 18, 25; December 2.

Classes are for students aged 18+

Please register with your preferred name so we know who will be in the class and what to call you!

Do you crave more physicality in your improv? 
Do you yearn to explore new ways of accessing impulse? 
Are you curious about the art form of clown? 

Clown for Improvisers will take you through a series of exercises and explorations designed to enhance and expand your improv tool kit. In this intermediate level course students will cultivate the freedom to be zany and go for the unknown. Individual and group activities will give participants the chance to practice listening, following impulses, and discover embodied play. Together we will surprise ourselves!

Instructor: jacqueline russell

In the early 1980s Jacqueline Jean Russell (she/her) crashed onto the earth, did a somersault, and stuck the landing with a Taa-Daaaaa! Her first stage appearance was as the devil in Even the Devil is Afraid of a Shrew (a seminal feminist text) at the age of six. The moment she did something to make the audience laugh her heart rippled with joy and she has been chasing that feeling ever since.

Jacqueline is a director, performer, creator, arts educator, and clown from Mohkínstsis (Calgary) on Treaty Seven territory. She has taught workshops in clown, physical theatre, and creation across the country, from Comox to Montreal.  Jacqueline’s research interests include embodiment through pleasure and play, disability theatre, and anti-oppressive theatre practices. She is the Head Hag of Wee Witches, a creative coven of Mad/Sick artists dedicated to crafting collective small delights.

Jacqueline has taught for the School of Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Calgary, the University of Lethbridge, Brandon University, Ambrose University, and Inside Out Theatre. @wee_witches jacquelinerussell.ca