Season’s Greetings
Clowns Without Borders – Spain – PSF
We always talk about how good it is to stay positive, to say “YES” , to open up and accept to play with the other…
this time of the year, i fully experienced it…
I was with Al Jana performing in Tripoli
5 Spanish guys approached us and said that they were from the Clowns Without Borders PSF team and would like to perform for the kids…
YES pls…
30 min later…
we couldn’t stop laughing… amazed by their world of surprises, their great live music, circus techniques, positive energy etc etc etc
such a colorful day … that ended with their suggestion… that i play with them in the next shows around Lebanon…
and 2 days later… we started really experiencing the power of saying”yes” …
i joined them in different performances in Beirut and the South and …
from now on… we will keep playing together around the world!!!!
Mabsutin Fikun 🙂
lots lots lots of love
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Albert Grau |
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Oriol Liñan |
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Moisès Tiana Sí |
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Christian Olive |
One last thank you, would be for Diego Ibarra the photographer who was all the time present taking photos and videos ( obviously not these ones on my blog- you can check his blog by clicking on his name) and David Guerrero who was the guide, the photographer and briefly the too good to be true person 🙂
You may call it a coincidence
You may call it a good luck
still…. i would surely call it…
The YES effect
Clown your own business
On the 16th of March 2012, Clown Me In joined effort with Mynditude and delivered a tailor made event to Kraft’s leaderhsip team in Lebanon with the theme of Paul Arden’s book “It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be.”
Can’t share many pictures with you, as it’s against the policy of the company… but hey, i can assure you that we had lots of fun with a great positive team of around 14 people…
When i first saw them, i thought… “oh no!!! are they really gonna play!”
first impressions make me laugh sometimes…
Proyecto Indonesia – Clowns Without Borders USA
LA MÍNIMA HACE LA DIFERENCIA!
Project Indonesia: In about a month Gaby will be collaborating with CWB USA in order to continue the work started in Indonesia in 2008. Any donation to keep this rolling is highly appreciated and it DOES make a difference. If you are interested you can contact me on: gaby@clownmein.com
“Clowns Without Borders offers laughter to relieve the suffering
of all persons, especially children, who live in areas of crisis including refugee camps, conflict zones and territories in situations of emergency. We bring levity, contemporary clown/circus oriented performances and workshops into communities so that they can celebrate together and forget for a moment the tensions that darken their daily lives. We also seek to raise our society’s awareness of affected populations and to promote a spirit of solidarity.”
Thank you!!!
“Clowns Without Borders offers laughter to relieve the suffering
of all persons, especially children, who live in areas of crisis including refugee camps, conflict zones and territories in situations of emergency. We bring levity, contemporary clown/circus oriented performances and workshops into communities so that they can celebrate together and forget for a moment the tensions that darken their daily lives. We also seek to raise our society’s awareness of affected populations and to promote a spirit of solidarity.”
Thank you!!!
En un mes estaré viajando a Indonesia a trabajar con un grupo de payasos en Jakarta, Jogjakarta y Mentawai.
Este proyecto en específico empezó en 2008 con clowns Without Borders USA. Este año como continuidad del proyecto, nos invitan a 5 payasos de diferentes partes del mundo a seguir la labor al mismo tiempo que trabajar con diferentes comunidades en situaciones vulnerables.
CWB necesita donaciones para poder así seguir creciendo. La meta es juntar $2,000 USD, esto no es para mi ni ningún otro payaso, ni siquiera para este viaje en específico, sino para que la organización pueda invitar a otros artistas a próximos proyectos y que estos encuentros sucedan.
Cualquier donación es MUY bien recibida e importante (la mínima hace la diferencia).
Gracias por leer esto y si quieren y pueden, ESCRÍBANME A GABY@CLOWNMEIN.COM para darles los datos de mi cuenta o para hacerlo directamente a través de CWB aquÍ:
https://npo.networkforgood.org/Donate/Donate.aspx?npoSubscriptionId=1003518
Igualmente si saben de alguien a quien le interese esta causa, por favor mándenle este mail!
Aquí les dejo la página de Clown Without Borders:
http://www.clownswithoutborders.org/
Gracias!
Clown Me In hits the roads of Lebanon
Sunday the 11th of March 2012, Clown Me In decided to go on a social journey and hit the roads of Rawcheh and Manara…
a first experience … and surely not the last one…
meet us every other Sunday…somewhere in Lebanon to play together
here’s a 1min video …
A Clown Me In workshop – Lebanon
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poster by Pascale Chehade – picture by Farah Kassem |
What’s in a Clown Me In workshop??!!!
We will simply discover how to unlock our clown, say yes, dig into our most ridiculous fears, most absurd fantasies, most impressive talents and our deepest dislikes… and we will laugh and play with our clowns
The aim is simple, discovering and accepting the Clown that lies beneath each of us, and let it coexist with oneself in society
so, so , so
If you feel like laughing a bit in the midst of everything that’s happening around us?
If you need to dig more into yourself? Meet a new group and experience something new?
Then Clown Me In is inviting you to its new workshop between the 20th and 24th of February 2012 at Awrad Organisation – Sin el Fil- Beirut – Lebanon
between 6.30 and 9.30 pm
for more info and registration : sabine@clownmein.com
The workshop is led by Sabine Choucair ( that’s me )
About Clown Me In
Clown Me In is a clown theatre company founded Sabine Choucair from Lebanon and Gabriela Munoz from Mexico, two physically trained actors who studied in London. Clown Me In uses clowns to touch and play with the vulnerability and laughter of human beings and their edge, observing mostly the human dynamics and the reality inside each one of us.
The result!
Después de varios meses de pre producción y de tener una pastelería en mi casa… finlamente, ya acabados y “recien salidos del horno” estos pasteles, pudimos tomar las fotos.
El concepto era algo que yo tenía en mente, el ojo es de la hermosa Marion Sosa (www.marionsosa.com) y el arte y diseño de vestuario de Valentina Muñoz (valentinavalentine.blogspot.com). Fue sin duda una sesión maravillosa, divertida y muy natural, lo digo con una sonrisa de oreja a oreja.
After several months of “making” cakes, my flat seemed to become a bakery.. well finally, we got everything together for the shooting and this is result. I had been playing with the concept for quite some time now and decided to collaborate, yet again, with wonderful artists, Marion Sosa (photo) & Valentina Muñoz (art & costume deign). It was indeed a great shoot. Stayed tuned as there´s plenty coming up… 🙂
Clowns in the time of revolution
In the last post I published before going to Egypt, I expressed my excitement of playing with the post-revolution clowns and see how they will look like…
Little had I known that I will be playing with clowns in the time of revolution!!!!
I got to Cairo on a Friday… and the Tahrir demonstration broke out…I thought “oh ok, this is all gonna end tomorrow”. But it didn’t…
I’ve been trying to put this intense experience in words … but in vain, so I thought of “storybuilding” the experience through my facebook and twitter updates
20 Nov
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starting a Clown Me In workshop with Al Warsha theatre group today …in Cairo….and Tahrir square is still burning!!!!!
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disastrous situation at Tahrir square!!!!…
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Egypt is so quite and empty. no sounds, no cars… Nobody’s walking on the streets… we only hear the echo of the Tahrir’s demonstration…
21 Nov
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Revolution from dreamzzzzzzzzzzzz
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last night’s clown workshop got obviously cancelled! Cairo is revolting and demonstrating again! follow the second by second news on #tahrir – twitter
22 Nov
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We had an interesting revolutionary Clown Me In workshop last night in Cairo… 10min away from Tahrir square
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One more hour and the #Tahrir will be even more packed. Ppl are arriving after work!
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Are we gonna clown Tonight at the official space of the workshop or at tahrir square? Question to be answered in an hour
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@johannesmosskin keep us updated! Will know if the clowns are joining u in a hour or not! Will let u know
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The clown workshop looks like that till now!!! In a while it’s gonna be more crowded Hahah viva la revolution
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@fletchergull thinking if we will be clowning at the workshop space or at tahrir square? Answer in an hour!
23 Nov
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clowns in the time of revolution!!!! #ylvp… how r u ppl?
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We clowned the revolution today at tahrir square and used the anti tear gas thing I stad of the red noses
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Dalia’s clown nose at tahrir
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The Egyptian participants go to tahrir everyday and get suffocated from the tear gas then come to the clown workshop and work like crazy!!!
24 Nov
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Latest chant in tahrir that I find amazing
الشعب يريد الغاز القديم
What is not mentioned in the previous statuses … is the fact of loosing each day at least 4 participants… who they would either be sick in bed because of the tear gas or demonstrating at tahrir.
For that reason and for many other reasons, Hassan el gritly ( the director of Al Warsha theatre group) and I, debated a lot about whether we should cancel the workshop or not… despite everything, there was always this need to keep a bit of a normal life in the midst of revolution and “war” and at the same time, it just wasn’t very natural and we … knew it and felt it!
I thought a lot about the value of clowning in a revolutionary society. And about the one improv session were the clowns freely transposed the life of tahrir square on stage!
I remember at this very moment I felt the need and the energy to just go with the group to Tahrir square…
Sometimes we need to live it 100% wherever it is… and during that time… it was only Tahrir square where the clowns wanted to be….
so off we went.
Viva la revolution … vival el Clowns…
EGYPT!!
Egypt – 2 big events
A picture from the window of the Swedish Institute in Alexandria where Sabine is attending the follow up of the YLVP program.
The Young Leaders Visitors Program (YLVP) is an intercultural leadership program supporting the development of young leaders through a combination of personal growth and practical experience, focusing on social media as a tool for positive change.
The first part of the workshop was held in Sweden in May 2011 and here we are back again all of us in Alexandria and soon to Cairo for the 2nd and last part.
Clown Me In – Cairo….
Finally it is happening
Sabine will be giving a Clown Me In workshop at the venue of Al Warsha Troupe in Cairo/EGYPT, for different actors and performers ….From the 20th till the 24th of November 2011….
So looking forward and excited to see how the post-revolution clowns will look like …
nos vamos a Colombia!
Perhaps, perhaps, quizás…
dentro del Clown Encuentro 2011.
La cita es el Viernes 4 de Noviembre en el Teatro Varasanta a las 20 hrs.
para mayores informes,
Clown Me In 