| Workshops for performers, companies, artists, and corporations |  | Bouffon WorkshopsBouffon Workshops- Audrey leads workshops for expereienced performers, theater companies, writers, clowns, and those interested in exploring this unique artform. Introductory and material development workshops available! Bouffon Workshops
| ONE OF US! A Bouffon Emersion Workshop |
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| Bouffon Particpants from NY Clown Theatre Festival 2012 Workshop Photo by Jim Moore |
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| Spend two days embedded in the world of the bouffon! Learn to translate your observations and frustration with society, systems, and stereotypes into playful dynamic theater work. Through pre-table work and physical play you will develop a unique core character from the inside out. Working in packs you will practice the skills, tools and tactics of bouffon and begin to find your endless voice. Come to birth a new character or deepen and existing bouffon. |
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| Be prepared to move, play hard, and become ONE OF US! |
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| Your bouffon mythology from Audrey: |
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| Cursed with the mis-fortune of a grotesque appearance, and compulsion to push the limits of decency and morality, you are deemed less than human. You are beaten and driven from your home. Outside of the village, you band together with other bouffon creating your own bizarre community. Forever tormented by the rejection, you are obsessed with the society from which you were unjustly cast, and spend your time observing the villagers, their hypocrisy, and personal private vices. |
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| Once a year, foolishly, the villagers invite you and your friends back to the village for a festival, so they can secretly mock and ridicule your physical imperfections. Seeing the perfect opportunity to enact your revenge, you all offer to bring a show. Reveling in the perverse attention and using wit, parody and charm the you devise the most clever ways of slipping seeds of doubt, guilt and truth under the skin of the villagers, in hopes it will resurface later to destroy their precious society. |
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| Click here to see more images from the most recent workshop from Jim Moore's Vaudvisuals.com |
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" I really enjoyed the Buffon workshop this past weekend. I'm totally up for working with you on that material, in any way. I've always admired your work, and I'd be really excited to explore this work more.  "
-Croft Vaughn, workshop participant
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Croft on the Streets of Williamsburg |
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| AUDREY CRABTREE is a master teacher and award winning creator, performer and producer of original work. Since 1992 Audrey has been teaching professional theater practitioners in universities, theatres and studios. Her original collaborative work has won a Drama Desk Award, a NY Innovative Theater Award, Best Comedy in San Francisco Fringe Festival, and the Spanish language HOLA and ATI Awards. |
She is a director/founder of the NY Clown Theatre Festival, Co-artistic director of Ten Directions along with Lynn Berg, creating over 13 original productions including the acclaimed Bouffon Glass Menajoree.. Her bouffon, Graspy McTakeItAll, was originally commissioned for the International Globesity Festival and now performs variety programs in NYC and the plays, Detritus, Robert Honeywell’s Lord Oxford. |
Audrey as Graspy McTakeItAll in "Lord Oxford"
Photo by Ken Stein
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| Audrey has written and performed parody with NPR, Minnesota Public Radio, political and social humor Brave New Workshop and was featured in ComedyCentral’s satirical Lets Bowl! Audrey studied bouffon with Sue Morrison and Giovanni Fuscetti, and has continued working and training in the form leading the year long weekly Bouffon Workout. Currently, she is in development on projects working in bouffon with young adults in the foster system and physically and mentally handicapped adults. |
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|  | Developing New Material Through Improvisation-Mexico CityI am headed to Mexico City to work by my amazing clown friend Gaby. We are going to build a clown duo, work with some kids, and plant seeds for a Clown Festival in Mexico City. I love working with people to bring ideas, images and play into performance.. join us March 9, 10th, and 11th. 6-9pm! Developing New Material Through Improvisation-Mexico City
| Gabriela Munoz of CLOWN ME IN is organizing these workshops with me in Mexico!
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DESARROLLO DE Nuevo MATERIAL A TRAVÉS DE IMPROVISACIÓN
Objetivo:Aprender a utilizar la chispa de la espontaneidad y presencia física para desarrollar material original y dinámico para actos cómicos y de clown .
Este taller lúdico empleará la improvisación básica y avanzada, historia y técnicas de escritura para desarrollar el carácter, las situaciones y explorar temas. Aprende y practica técnicas de desarrollo para capturar tu creatividad y refinar material crudo en un “perfomance” listo para ser visto. Los participantes practicarán las técnicas como individuos y en grupos y mostrarán el material en la sesión final.
Dirigido a actores, Bouffons, payasos, escritores, directores, músicos, promotores y los curiosos son bienvenidos.
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| DEVELOPING NEW MATERIAL THROUGH IMPROVISATION |
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| Learn to use the spark of spontaneity and your physical presence to develop original dynamic material for performance in comedy and clown. This playful workshop will employ basic and advanced improvisation, story and writing techniques to develop character, situations and explore themes. Learn and practice development techniques to capture your creativity and refine this raw material into performance ready work. Participants will practice the techniques as individuals and in groups and show material in the final session. Actors, bouffons, clowns, writers, directors, actors, musicians, movers and the curious are welcome. |
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| Fecha: 9, 10 y 11 de Marzo de 6pm a 9pm |
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| Costo: $800 antes del 5 de marzo. |
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| Contact: gaby (at) clownmein.com |
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|  | Business Coaching for Artists and PerformersCoaching for Artists and Performers- Certified coach, Audrey Crabtree, will help you focus on the things you want in your life. Work one-on-one, in small groups or as a currently working collaborators. Business Coaching for Artists and Performers
| Coaching for Artists and Performers |
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| Give your time and energy to the things you want in your life. Learn to take practical steps to get that project off the ground, transform procrastination and inertia into action, and put more focus on your goals, and the people and activities that give you joy. |
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| Audrey creates a supportive relaxed environment blending individual and group exercises to identify personal goals, potential blocks, and develop strategies to help you get more done. The work will focus on what is most relevant to you; personal, logistic or artistic. |
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| One on One coaching, workshops and team coaching available. |
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| Goal setting |
| Planning |
| Creative Development |
| Collaborative Cooporation |
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| Audrey Crabtree is a certified coach, corporate workshop designer and presenter, and collaborative artist. She has worked with Fortune 500 executives, small business owners and independent artists to help them identify their goals and create the lives they want to lead. |
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