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WORKSHOP – INTRODUCTION TO BOUFFON
In the realm of bouffon, the audience is the joke. Their greatest joy is to make fun of the audience, its values and flaws. This pack of grotesque outsiders engages in a direct relationship with the spectators using intelligence, charm, and an ecstatic sense of play. To play as bouffon is to celebrate contrast and paradox. They hate you, yet they flatter you. Hideously deformed yet beautiful, wickedly insane yet prophetic, bouffons explode with joy and mockery and create ferocious social satire. No one is safe. In this workshop participants will explore:
-Discovering the body and mind of your bouffon
-Playing upon contrasts of state and rhythm
-Connecting with the audience
-Being 100% present and captivating
-Parodying societal maladies and hypocrisies
This workshop is in preparation for Naked Empire Bouffon Company’s inaugural production, San Francisco Blows, a grotesque satire of the queer community, that will premiere at Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory August 20-29th. It is free, but space is limited. You must RSVP with Artistic Director, Nathaniel Justiniano by Saturday, May 23rd in order to attend. Unfortunately, we will not be able to accommodate walk-ins.
This is also an audition opportunity. We are seeking a female physical theatre performer to be our 5th cast member. As this is a production ‘by, for, and about’ the queer community, the actress must identify as non-straight. She does not need previous experience with bouffon but must be comfortable with improvisation and intense physical performance. Each performer will be a co-creator of this new work. Actresses of color and of all ages are highly encouraged to audition. Please contact Nathaniel Justiniano for more details.
When: Sunday, May 24th, 12p – 6p (w/ a 30 min break)
Where: Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory, 1519 Mission St. (between South Van Ness and 11th St)
What to bring: Water. Snacks. Although there will be a break there isn’t really any local fast food in the area. Padding. Please bring at least one grocery sized bag or larger of pillows, extra large movement clothes, stretchable fabrics, etc. Articles will get dirty and sweaty, but shouldn’t be ruined. The more, the better.
Contact: Nathaniel Justiniano, 615.720.0703, luvthatgoat@yahoo.com
Naked Empire Bouffon Company was founded in 2009 by Nathaniel Justiniano and combines social activism with grotesque satire in original, actor-created bouffon performances for the stage and street.
Nathaniel Justiniano has been a professional actor and director for 10 years and he is a DIY Artist-in-Residence at Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory, one of the city’s most popular new centers for queer and activist performance. He holds an MFA in Ensemble-Based Physical Theater from Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theater, North America’s center for the research, training, and performance of the actor/creator, where he collaborated or led the creation of nineteen new productions for the stage in a two and a half year period. In 2007 he co-created Pax Americana, a satire of war as seen through the lens of United States history and EUOI!, a bouffon experiment in ecstatic ritual. More recently, he performed with the SF Buffoons in their productions of The Hasheesh Eater and Spunk, a satire of gold rush-era San Francisco. Mr. Justiniano has also been a professional community organizer and educator for GLBT youth empowerment programs for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the LA Gay & Lesbian Center, as well as a program manager for community-based theater initiatives out of the National Conference for Community & Justice and Cornerstone Theater Company.
In the realm of bouffon, the audience is the joke. Their greatest joy is to make fun of the audience, its values and flaws. This pack of grotesque outsiders engages in a direct relationship with the spectators using intelligence, charm, and an ecstatic sense of play. To play as bouffon is to celebrate contrast and paradox. They hate you, yet they flatter you. Hideously deformed yet beautiful, wickedly insane yet prophetic, bouffons explode with joy and mockery and create ferocious social satire. No one is safe. In this workshop participants will explore:
-Discovering the body and mind of your bouffon
-Playing upon contrasts of state and rhythm
-Connecting with the audience
-Being 100% present and captivating
-Parodying societal maladies and hypocrisies
This workshop is in preparation for Naked Empire Bouffon Company’s inaugural production, San Francisco Blows, a grotesque satire of the queer community, that will premiere at Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory August 20-29th. It is free, but space is limited. You must RSVP with Artistic Director, Nathaniel Justiniano by Saturday, May 23rd in order to attend. Unfortunately, we will not be able to accommodate walk-ins.
This is also an audition opportunity. We are seeking a female physical theatre performer to be our 5th cast member. As this is a production ‘by, for, and about’ the queer community, the actress must identify as non-straight. She does not need previous experience with bouffon but must be comfortable with improvisation and intense physical performance. Each performer will be a co-creator of this new work. Actresses of color and of all ages are highly encouraged to audition. Please contact Nathaniel Justiniano for more details.
When: Sunday, May 24th, 12p – 6p (w/ a 30 min break)
Where: Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory, 1519 Mission St. (between South Van Ness and 11th St)
What to bring: Water. Snacks. Although there will be a break there isn’t really any local fast food in the area. Padding. Please bring at least one grocery sized bag or larger of pillows, extra large movement clothes, stretchable fabrics, etc. Articles will get dirty and sweaty, but shouldn’t be ruined. The more, the better.
Contact: Nathaniel Justiniano, 615.720.0703, luvthatgoat@yahoo.com
Naked Empire Bouffon Company was founded in 2009 by Nathaniel Justiniano and combines social activism with grotesque satire in original, actor-created bouffon performances for the stage and street.
Nathaniel Justiniano has been a professional actor and director for 10 years and he is a DIY Artist-in-Residence at Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory, one of the city’s most popular new centers for queer and activist performance. He holds an MFA in Ensemble-Based Physical Theater from Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theater, North America’s center for the research, training, and performance of the actor/creator, where he collaborated or led the creation of nineteen new productions for the stage in a two and a half year period. In 2007 he co-created Pax Americana, a satire of war as seen through the lens of United States history and EUOI!, a bouffon experiment in ecstatic ritual. More recently, he performed with the SF Buffoons in their productions of The Hasheesh Eater and Spunk, a satire of gold rush-era San Francisco. Mr. Justiniano has also been a professional community organizer and educator for GLBT youth empowerment programs for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the LA Gay & Lesbian Center, as well as a program manager for community-based theater initiatives out of the National Conference for Community & Justice and Cornerstone Theater Company.
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