John Ingram Leo: News

Clown Workshops at EARTHDANCE, Western Mass.

May 21, 2010

I'll be teaching "Clown in Contact" & "The Performer's Presence" at this years:
Western Massachusetts Moving Arts Festival @ Earthdance, August 6 - 8
with Angie Hauser, Martin Keogh, and Leigh Evans

plus Cynthia McLaughlin, Eric Huther, Felice Wolfzahn, Heather Kuhn, Jennifer Hicks, John Leo, Julia Handschuh

Contact Improvisation, Performance Improvisation, Contemporary Butoh plus Action Theater, Site Specific improvisation, Voice, Clown, Somatic forms, and much more!

This festival has something to offer everyone: a chance to study a variety of improvisational dance and theater forms intensively, with local and national teachers. If you've never been to Earthdance before, WMMAF is a great introduction. Morning intensives are an opportunity for deep study, while the afternoon schedule offers a multiplicity of classes to explore. Evening events include a performance by festival faculty and a jam with live music. Faculty will include: contact improvisation with Martin Keogh, performance improvisation with Angie Hauser, contemporary Butoh with Leigh Evans, and Clown in Contact and The Performer's Presence with John Leo. For a full list of classes with descriptions and faculty bios, please see http://earthdance.net/festival10.htm

Come for the whole festival, or for an individual class or event! Arrival: Thursday evening, August 5, departure Sunday afternoon August 8. While you are here, enjoy Earthdance's hiking trails, spring fed pond, and delicious food.

Hope to see you this summer at EARTHDANCE! Register Now.

EARTHDANCE | Workshops, Residencies, Retreats | www.earthdance.ne t | the berkshires, plainfield, ma | 413.634.5678

Posted by John Leo. Posted In : Workshops

CLOWN: a two-day intensive, taught by John Leo

May 11, 2010

There's a few more slots available!

"John challenges students to continually go deeper in their self-awareness, to use their emotions intelligently, and to use this power to connect with an audience." Edy Rodewald, former student

From fancy to flop to flight, the world of Clown is full of extremes. In solo, duo, trio, and group work, we'll examine status, minimum to maximum, letting go to the moment & keeping it simple. Come play in a safe, but challenging class ...

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Multimedia Me

May 10, 2010

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John's Journal Guatemala CWB

April 30, 2010

Guatemala April 2010

CWB returns to Guatemala and also ventures into El Salvador to work with children and their communities that were hit by Hurricane Stan and Storm Ida. The group will collaborate with Poyecto Payaso and Save the Children.

John’s Journal April 15, 2010

Two days ago I was in alone in a hospital room (bacterial infection in the gut and dehydration) hooked up to an IV, making an hourly pilgrimage to the bathroom- a ten days worth of Guatemala and ...

Posted by John Leo. Posted In : clown