Clowns Without Borders South Africa (CWBSA) will be
conducting a three-day workshop in Durban in order to expand their database of
KwaZulu-Natal artists wishing to develop their clowning skills.
Clowns Without Borders South Africa (CWBSA) is an artist-led
humanitarian organisation dedicated to improving the psychosocial condition of
children and communities in areas of crisis through laughter and play. Since
its inception in 2004, Clowns Without Borders South Africa has implemented more
than 800 interventions with performances and arts-based workshops for over 400,000
children and families.
Using physical comedy, music, storytelling, and dance, CWBSA
performances are offered freely by professional artists from throughout
Southern Africa to provide momentary relief to large numbers of children and
adults. They help transform places of grief and emotional suffering into celebrations
of laughter, joy and hope, whilst also raising awareness of important issues
facing communities relating to the experience of those affected. These include
HIV prevention, gender sensitivity, poverty, and nonviolent conflict
resolution. The organisation's work has reached numerous other countries
including: Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, South
Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Sweden, Lithuania, Ethiopia, and Zimbabwe. CWBSA
maintains a spirit of peace, joy, compassion and loving kindness in all of our
endeavours.
Funded in part by a generous subsidy from the National
Lotteries Commission, the workshop will be led by CWBSA Artistic Director,
Jayne Batzofin, who has seven years of experience developing her clowning skills.
Although Batzofin thoroughly enjoys these intensive play sessions, her
repertoire includes circus, theatrical as well as hospital clowning.
The workshop will cover the basics of theatrical clowning as
well as the methodology behind the work provided by CWBSA.
Although no previous clowning experience is required,
participants must have a vested interest in a performance field eg music,
singing, dancing, circus, acting, and storytelling. The workshop will highlight
the social upliftment that CWBSA provides.
On completing the workshop, participants will be placed in
the CWBSA Artist database, and could be called upon for to participate in
future CWBSA tours of the province.
The workshop will take place from October 27 to 29 at the Rhumbelow
Theatre,.42 Cunningham Road off Bartle Road, Umbilo, Durban. The workshop will
run between 09h30 to 16h00 on all three days. The workshop cost is R150 for the
three days, however bursaries to cover workshop cost and local transport
(public transportation within 100km radius of Durban city centre) are available
upon request.
Bookings are required as space is limited. To book, email
Jayne at jayne@cwbsa.org. Participants are asked to supply a brief biography/CV
and head-shot.
To find out further information please visit www.cwbsa.org or e-mail linda@cwbsa.org
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