Inviting all movers, shakers and magic makers for a weekend embracing the Clownlife: Exploring the worlds of Clown and Ritual in Winlaw BC (along the Slocan River). This will be a camp style Journey of Self-Discovery and Ridiculous Red Nosed Expression.

We are thrilled to extend this invitation to you for a truly unique and transformative experience! The Art of Clowning is not just a performance expression; it’s a philosophy and way of life filled with connection, expressive freedom, humour, authenticity, and the courage to be hilariously you.

The way of the Clown challenges us to be authentically ourselves, to embrace vulnerability, and to find the humour and poetry in the polarities of life. It’s about connecting with others on a deep, human level and daring to step outside our comfort zones to experience a way of playful wholehearted living and having fun with delving into the worlds of performance expression.

To support and enhance our journey we will be playing with non-secular rituals, nature connection, communing with the world beyond and working with Zuma’s Clown Arcana Tarot Deck Archetypes to inform our Clown lens of Perception. To find out more about Zuma’s research and work check out www.clownlife.org

WHAT YOU WILL GET FROM THE EVENT:

• Facilitated Exercises for Performance development in Clown and Comedy
• Being seen and seeing others
• Play and expressions of the wild self
• Games
• Immersive Rituals in Nature
• Working with Archetypes and Perception
• Sharing honestly with vulnerability and sensitivity
• Seeing the humour in your world
• Having a ridiculously fun time
• Performance Cabarets
• Daily Check in’s with open and closing ceremony
• Creative flow practice with Painting, movement and free-writing
• Full Mind, Body, Heart, Soul nourishment
• Nature Connection, River swims and Hang outs
• Tons of Laughter

What our Facilities Provide:

• Workshop outdoors and an indoor wooden saloon (with concrete floor)
• Flat spots for camping
• Secluded forest river bed
• BBQ
• Propane cook top
• A River to swim in (no hot showers)
• Roaming wild turkeys
• The elements, wild four legged friends and winged creatures
• Composting Loo

What you bring:

• All Camping Equipment that you may need for your own comforts.
• All plates, cups, bowl, cutlery and additional serving and cooking utensils. We do have some stuff for back-up but please plan to bring what you need.
• Coolers and ways to keep your food cold.
• Food for the days.

ABOUT THE TEACHER:

Zuma Puma is a Canadian/British performer and the visionary of Clownlife.org, a business merging the worlds of Clown and Personal development, founded in London, UK in 2016. She has 16 years of Clown training from across the globe and has been living in London UK where she established a successful career in Clown and Ritual theatre work, since 2012. Her guidance has positively impacted thousands of Clownlife participants internationally over the years. To accompany her dedication to Clowning, Zuma is a Neuro Linguistic Programming Master Practitioner, Certified Embodied Dreamworker, Creative Coach and Ritual Theatre researcher, she enjoys drawing on this work to inspire the expansion of her facilitation in Clowning. Zuma is also an award winning performer and the founder of The International Lost Cabaret (A Performance Collective with regular shows in London, Bristol, Paris, Sydney, Melbourne and Edinburgh Fringe). She has toured 5 countries with her Critically acclaimed hour long solo show Don’t Do it, Don’t Do it, DO IT as well as having performed in many environments over the years from large theatres to the streets. Essentially she loves to make things happen and has a wealth of experience in the worlds of performance, ritual and personal development.