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Are you clown curious? Tired of not knowing what your body is up to? Needing to access and appreciate your truest self?
Whether you are a seasoned performer looking to go deeper into presence and audience connection or an adult human who just wants to access the wonder that is your birthright, a clown practice will return you to your center and show you just how essentially lovable you truly are.
In this three-hour, body-based journey into presence, connection and laughter through the art of clown, you will get:
a somatic (body-based) entry into feeling more present, alive, and ready onstage
in-the-moment coaching to help you become more responsive to what is happening around you
lots and lots of chances to PLAY, to return to a childlike wonder
a more direct line to YOU and what makes you lovable to watch (spoiler alert, you don't have to DO anything to achieve this)
techniques to prevent “breaking” (the commitment to stay in what you're doing and go deeper when your audience is laughing)
the joy of making others laugh from a deeply true part of yourself
Bring yourself, clothes you can move in, water and a snack. Your Clown Mother will provide the rest.
Length: 3 hrs
Offered: Quarterly
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Walk in as your pedestrian self, leave as a fully embodied, playful, curious being.
Clown returns us to our center, to our childlike wonder, to the power of vulnerability and the joy of authentic laughter.
Each solstice and equinox event is a new, 90-minute, somatic (body-based), guided, immersive experience at the beautiful PulsePDX, with lights and ambient sound by DJ Dave Basement.
Details of themes to follow as the call of the change of seasons emerges.
Please wear clothes that you feel comfortable moving in, bring layers and water, and be prepared to move barefoot.
Length: 90 min
Offered: Quarterly
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events
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offerings 〰️ events 〰️
Are you clown curious? Tired of not knowing what your body is up to? Needing to access and appreciate your truest self?
Whether you are a seasoned performer looking to go deeper into presence and audience connection or an adult human who just wants to access the wonder that is your birthright, a clown practice will return you to your center and show you just how essentially lovable you truly are.
In this three-hour, body-based journey into presence, connection and laughter through the art of clown, you will get:
a somatic (body-based) entry into feeling more present, alive, and ready onstage
in-the-moment coaching to help you become more responsive to what is happening around you
lots and lots of chances to PLAY, to return to a childlike wonder
a more direct line to YOU and what makes you lovable to watch (spoiler alert, you don't have to DO anything to achieve this)
techniques to prevent “breaking” (the commitment to stay in what you're doing and go deeper when your audience is laughing)
the joy of making others laugh from a deeply true part of yourself
Bring yourself, clothes you can move in, water and a snack. Your Clown Mother will provide the rest.
Length: 3 hrs
Offered: Quarterly
Walk in as your pedestrian self, leave as a fully embodied, playful, curious being.
Clown returns us to our center, to our childlike wonder, to the power of vulnerability and the joy of authentic laughter.
Each solstice and equinox event is a new, 90-minute, somatic (body-based), guided, immersive experience at the beautiful PulsePDX, with lights and ambient sound by DJ Dave Basement.
Details of themes to follow as the call of the change of seasons emerges.
Please wear clothes that you feel comfortable moving in, bring layers and water, and be prepared to move barefoot.
Length: 90 min
Offered: Quarterly
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Clown Mother (Anne Zander - she/her) is a queer, neurodivergent mother, clown, character creator and a "completely ridiculous... completely vulnerable" international touring artist whose two solo shows - "MOTHER" and "JUICEBOX" - have brought audiences to laughter and tears from coast to coast (BroadwayWorld). She will hold you in her (figurative) mother's embrace and then gently push you out of the nest.
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DJ Dave Basement (David Wester - he/him) is a morbidly hilarious sketch writer/performer, professional film editor and certified "Genius of Comedy" (Portland Mercury) who is also gifted at sound and light design. His sonic and visual support will lift you out of the world you are familiar with and into a land without ascribed meaning.
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PulsePDX is an ADA Accessible, mirror-free, club-lit, deeply inclusive dance fitness studio that is large enough for 50+ students! Their philosophy is that movement is for all bodies, ought to seem like a reward and not a punishment, should be fun and feel good, brings people together, benefits more than just the body, and is better with mirror balls.
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Are you clown curious? Tired of not knowing what your body is up to? Needing to access and appreciate your truest self?
Whether you are a seasoned performer looking to go deeper into presence and audience connection or an adult human who just wants to access the wonder that is your birthright, a clown practice will return you to your center and show you just how essentially lovable you truly are.
In this three-hour, body-based journey into presence, connection and laughter through the art of clown, you will get:
a somatic (body-based) entry into feeling more present, alive, and ready onstage
in-the-moment coaching to help you become more responsive to what is happening around you
lots and lots of chances to PLAY, to return to a childlike wonder
a more direct line to YOU and what makes you lovable to watch (spoiler alert, you don't have to DO anything to achieve this)
techniques to prevent “breaking” (the commitment to stay in what you're doing and go deeper when your audience is laughing)
the joy of making others laugh from a deeply true part of yourself
Bring yourself, clothes you can move in, water and a snack. Your Clown Mother will provide the rest.
Length: 3 hrs
Offered: Quarterly
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Walk in as your pedestrian self, leave as a fully embodied, playful, curious being.
Clown returns us to our center, to our childlike wonder, to the power of vulnerability and the joy of authentic laughter.
Each solstice and equinox event is a new, 90-minute, somatic (body-based), guided, immersive experience at the beautiful PulsePDX, with lights and ambient sound by DJ Dave Basement.
Details of themes to follow as the call of the change of seasons emerges.
Please wear clothes that you feel comfortable moving in, bring layers and water, and be prepared to move barefoot.
Length: 90 min
Offered: Quarterly
offerings
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events
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offerings 〰️ events 〰️
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Are you clown curious? Tired of not knowing what your body is up to? Needing to access and appreciate your truest self?
Whether you are a seasoned performer looking to go deeper into presence and audience connection or an adult human who just wants to access the wonder that is your birthright, a clown practice will return you to your center and show you just how essentially lovable you truly are.
In this three-hour, body-based journey into presence, connection and laughter through the art of clown, you will get:
a somatic (body-based) entry into feeling more present, alive, and ready onstage
in-the-moment coaching to help you become more responsive to what is happening around you
lots and lots of chances to PLAY, to return to a childlike wonder
a more direct line to YOU and what makes you lovable to watch (spoiler alert, you don't have to DO anything to achieve this)
techniques to prevent “breaking” (the commitment to stay in what you're doing and go deeper when your audience is laughing)
the joy of making others laugh from a deeply true part of yourself
Bring yourself, clothes you can move in, water and a snack. Your Clown Mother will provide the rest.
Length: 3 hrs
Offered: Quarterly
-
Walk in as your pedestrian self, leave as a fully embodied, playful, curious being.
Clown returns us to our center, to our childlike wonder, to the power of vulnerability and the joy of authentic laughter.
Each solstice and equinox event is a new, 90-minute, somatic (body-based), guided, immersive experience at the beautiful PulsePDX, with lights and ambient sound by DJ Dave Basement.
Details of themes to follow as the call of the change of seasons emerges.
Please wear clothes that you feel comfortable moving in, bring layers and water, and be prepared to move barefoot.
Length: 90 min
Offered: Quarterly
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Clown Mother (Anne Zander - she/her) is a queer, neurodivergent mother, clown, character creator and a "completely ridiculous... completely vulnerable" international touring artist whose two solo shows - "MOTHER" and "JUICEBOX" - have brought audiences to laughter and tears from coast to coast (BroadwayWorld). She will hold you in her (figurative) mother's embrace and then gently push you out of the nest.
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DJ Dave Basement (David Wester - he/him) is a morbidly hilarious sketch writer/performer, professional film editor and certified "Genius of Comedy" (Portland Mercury) who is also gifted at sound and light design. His sonic and visual support will lift you out of the world you are familiar with and into a land without ascribed meaning.
-
PulsePDX is an ADA Accessible, mirror-free, club-lit, deeply inclusive dance fitness studio that is large enough for 50+ students! Their philosophy is that movement is for all bodies, ought to seem like a reward and not a punishment, should be fun and feel good, brings people together, benefits more than just the body, and is better with mirror balls.
What students are saying
“Anne’s teaching gives me access to a grounded, primal, less judgmental version of myself. I’ve learned the importance of simplicity, failure, connection with the audience, and connection with myself in a way that’s changed my experience of performing.”
“Anne will push you out of your comfort zone, and will also make you feel completely comfortable doing so. I'd highly recommend.”
“Anne was able to quickly create a psychologically safe space in which she also gave direct, in-the-moment feedback that I could implement in real time. Not a single moment of the class was wasted and I felt very comfortable taking risks.”
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
There is no physical contact between participants and/or facilitator/participants without explicit consent. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
All offerings are 18+ unless otherwise indicated.
All offerings are no experience necessary, unless otherwise indicated.
Masks are welcome.
This space is explicitly inclusive of all races, sexualities, genders, body sizes, and disabilities.
All offerings are ADA accessible. If you have further access questions, including accommodation requests, please reach out to team@annezander.com.
This is an explicitly harassment-free space. Any violation of guidelines agreed to in terms and conditions will result in ejection.
No refunds.
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