During the summer of 2025, Sven Verelst and Ell Circo D'ell Fuego are once again joining forces for an in-depth Summer Course Clowning.
About the Summer Course Clowning
Summer Course Clowning participants are not afraid to work on their sense of humor.
They learn to look at each other, give each other feedback, and work together toward an open workout in front of an audience.
Would you like to be the first to discover all the details about the 2025 edition? Let us know.
Fancy joining the Summer Course Clowning, but still have some questions? Sign up for one of our online info sessions. A few days before the session we will send you a link to participate.
We also provide one live info session in ECDF’s training room in SPRK, Antwerp. During this session, Sven will invite you to a free Clowning workshop. So if you register for this, we are counting on your presence.
on Sunday 27/04/2025 at 14:00 in the ECDF training room in SPRK, Antwerp
We start with the basics: our very own unique universe. A world where everything works the way we want it to. We take time to consciously and deeply explore our desires, longings and vulnerabilities. Without condemning them. From within, we move toward inspiration and creativity. Which we learn to put down on stage. Clowning is working: turning humor and vulnerability into a theatrical force. Why do we laugh? Clowning is relief. The challenge: playing who you are, not who you would like to be. And then, of course, there’s the audience. We learn to listen and connect. Giving attention to get attention. What if they don’t laugh? What if we hit our limits? What if we fail? Can we work with that too? And how does the audience respond then?
Week 1: The Entry of the Red Nose
We will start with awareness and finish with disarmament. We will be working on fundamental principles that we will build on for the rest of the month. And we will examine the difference between what is adapted to social norms and what is poetic.
Week 2: Freedom for Imagination
We enter our own universe and give our childishness the space it needs. Everything works the way we want it to. Everything is possible!
Week 3: Exploring and Experimenting
In the previous week we have opened the gates of our universe. This week, we will start exploring. We will examine our ideas and take our place on the stage.
Week 4: Time to Create
We will be looking for a balance between spontaneity and technique. How do we transform our ideas? How do we maneuver from fantasy to humor that strikes a chord?
Want to become a clowning student?
Places are limited and we will work together intensively for 4 weeks. Therefore, we feel it is important to put together as diverse a group as possible. Are you interested? Let us know by sending a motivation letter to info@ecdf.be
You can choose to pay 50 euros extra. That money will go go to a social fund that is made available to candidate participants who qualify for the social rate.
Would you like to participate, but it is not possible for you to pay 875 euros. Contact us via info@ecdf.be to find out if we can use the resources from our social fund to make your participation possible.
Photo: Ysabel Jongeneelen
Photo: Ysabel Jongeneelen
Photo: Ysabel Jongeneelen
Photo: Ysabel Jongeneelen
Photo: Ysabel Jongeneelen
About the teacher
Sven Verelst traveled all over Europe to attend various international clowning courses. In between, he stopped in Brussels to train at the renowned theater school Lassaad. He works on several shows and is active as a Cliniclown. Since 2009 he has been teaching basic courses in Clowning, Introduction to Humor and Physical Theater at Wisper and Ell Circo D’ell Fuego. All the knowledge he gathered over the past 15 years, he balances in this summer international clowning boothcamp, the third edition meanwhile!
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