Upcoming Workshops

Master Clown teacher, Jan Henderson provides workshops to
Enrich Your Life, Empower Your Strengths, and Embrace Your Inner Clown!

Introduction to Clown

May 2024, Specific date TBA

Advanced Clown:
Extreme Joey & Auguste

May 2024, Specific date TBA


Introduction to Clown

I can’t recommend this workshop enough. I learned a lot more than clown technique - it’s the foundation of my whole creative process, and a design for living. Jan is a true master.
— Trevor Anderson, Trevor Anderson Films

Dates: Early May, Thurs. - Sun.
Hours: 10 am – 6 pm
     (32 hours of instruction)
Location: University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Investment: $650
     Includes: a $150 deposit
     Early Bird: $600 ‘til April 1st

Min. class size: 10
Max. class size: 12

Noses provided!

Stressed by the state of the world? Need some fun? Get in touch with your most authentic, creative, playful self. Unleash your Inner Fool - the one that has grown up within you, and which society doesn’t allow you to express!

For performers and non-performers:

Clowning is both a highly regarded part of actor training, and a catalyst for creative awakening for people from all walks of life.

Permission to:

• Live in the Moment
• Shoot from the Heart
• Thrive on Change
• Laugh at Failure
• Break every rule but Your Own!

The best atmosphere for learning I’ve ever experienced.
— Marianne Copithorne, AD, Freewill Shakespeare Festival
Jan Henderson’s workshop provided a safe space for playful and profound exploration. I discovered my clown, and re-discovered my capacity for joy!
— Sue Reid, retired physician
Fabulous course, amazing, wonderful! The single best thing that has ever happened to me.
— Chris Bullough, actor

Extreme Auguste - Julie Debeljak-Waddell


Advanced Clown: Extreme Joey & Auguste

Dates: Late May, Thurs. - Sun.
Hours: 10 am – 6 pm
     (32 hours of instruction)
Location: University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Investment: $650
     Includes: a $150 deposit
     Early Bird: $600 ‘til April 1st

Min. class size: 10
Max. class size: 12
Prerequisite: Some clowning experience recommended. Consult with Jan

Extreme Joey was exactly what I needed. Jan creates a space where anything can happen and everything’s freeing and joy filled! Take this course - it’ll change your life positively in ways you can’t even imagine.
— Christine Abrams, teacher, clown
Jan’s Extreme Joey & Auguste workshop was one of the best experiences and trainings I have found. Explore the extremes in your self, find your power. This workshop is unlike anything you have taken before, and it is magical.
— Chaslee Schweitzer, Asst Professor of Voice, University of Oklahoma City

In the European tradition of Clown duos, the clever, confident leader is called the Joey, and the lovable, bumbling follower is called the Auguste. Your Core Clown may identify more as one than the other, but every clown persona contains a fluid mixture of both energies.

Dare to be Fabulous as your Powerful Extreme Joey:
• High-Status, Gorgeous, Sexy
• Minions falling over themselves to Wait on You
• Absolute Selfishness, Beauty and Power - without Guilt
• Unbounded Self-Trust
• Limitless Stage Presence

Dare to Fail Magnificently as your Lovable Extreme Auguste:
• All Heart - always in Joy or Heartbreak, Panic or Bliss
• Living to Play and to Please
• Innocent, Gullible, Impulsive, Digressive
• Creating Endless Problems and Glorious Mistakes

Working in duos, you’ll experience the rich material that flows from the Extreme Joey & Auguste relationship.

Extreme Joey - Julie Debeljak-Waddell


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