Presenting an excellent professional development opportunity...

In a partnership with IndyFringe, NoExit is bringing international performer and educator Eric Davis to Indianapolis for a workshop in physical theatre.

Bouffon: The Anti-clown, a workshop with "The Clown of Our Generation," Eric Davis.

About the workshop:

In the world of Bouffon, the audience is the joke. Bouffons show no vulnerability. Their great joy is to parody the audience, its values and flaws.

This pack of grotesque outsiders engage and parody the audience with great joy, intelligence and charm. To play as Bouffon is to celebrate paradox! They are disgusting, yet beautiful. They hate you, yet they flatter you. The Bouffons are the ultimate manipulators! A joke— told by a nightmare.

A ferocious social satire is about to explode, liberating the energy in the room with an immense pleasure to parody and to play. In this workshop, participants will explore:

Connecting with the audience, Parodying societal maladies and hypocrisy, Creating complex physical characters, Playing upon contrasts of theme and rhythm, Being 100 % present and captivating.

Where: The IndyFringe Building
When: Oct. 30 & 31, 12:30-4:30 pm.
How much: $50

SPACE IS LIMITED!!!!!!!!!!

Send your registration form (available from georgeannadsmith@gmail.com) and $25 deposit today!

Make checks payble to NoExit Performance, Inc.
Send to:
Georgeanna Smith
5845 N Parker Ave
Indpls., IN 46220

About the Mr. Davis:

Mr. Davis currently resides in New York. His original creations have won him both critical and audience acclaim. He performs and teaches internationally.

In 2010, Mr. Davis won the Golden Nose for Clown of the Year in New York. In addition, he was a Finalist for the NY Comedy Festival’s Andy Kaufman Award, and the award winning director and co-writer of The Bouffon Glass Menajoree which was nominated for Outstanding Director, Outstanding Script, Outstanding Ensemble and Outstanding Production by the NY Innovative Theatre Awards. He is most recently the co-writer and director of Kill Me Loudly: A Clown Noir.

Mr. Davis is a Founder and Co- Director of the NY Clown Theatre Festival, an international festival celebrating and promoting the art of contemporary theatrical Clown. (www.bricktheater.com) September 3-26, 2010.

Performance Credits include the clown in Cirque du Soleil’s highly celebrated production Quidam, as well as being contracted for developmental workshops of Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza, under the direction of Tony winner David Shiner, Ovo, and their upcoming project in L.A.’s Kodak theater.

Mr. Davis has trained in Pochinko clown technique and Bouffon with masters Sue Morrison as well as Phillipe Gaulier. He has also been a practitioner and teacher of improvisation, movement, Lecoq technique, and mask for over 15 years. Eric has great pleasure to play.

For more information on Eric Davis, visit http://www.redbastard.com.