Shorts
Welcome to Clown Spirit Shorts - a collection of powerful practices and teachings drawn from our longer Clown Spirit Masterclasses. Each Short offers a focused invitation to explore an element of clowning in just a few minutes. Whether you have a little time for a quick practice or want to dip into a specific teaching, these bite-sized sessions make it easy to bring the spirit of clowning into your life. Dive in, experiment, and play - and if you feel called to go deeper, explore the full masterclasses in the archive.
(3:06) | Explore the physical expression of emotion by gradually amplifying a feeling from 1 to 10, then bringing it back down to neutral.
(6:37) | Explore the power of the clowning triangle through a simple imaginary ball exercise that builds conviction, presence & playful connection.
(4:32) | A teaching on the soul of the clown through the tension between simplicity & complexity, emptiness & the richness of being human.
(4:49) | Practice praising the ordinary by improvising joyful, ridiculous âprayersâ to everyday objects and discovering the wonder in their unique qualities.
(3:00) | A free-form movement practice inviting you to move, explore, and play with your space without rules or expectations.
(4:25) |Â Learn the playful mechanics of trips and slips -Â using small, controlled movements to create believable physical comedy without actually falling.
(8:22) | Explore articulation and double takes in mime and clowning, using clear, intentional movements and reactions to make actions and ideas visible to an audience.
(11:04) | Awaken your personal realm of play through movement, silliness, sensation, and imagination in this embodied clown warm-up.
(6:21) | Explore body shapes and movement to discover new feelings, energies, gestures, and comic possibilities through the physical body.
(8:06) | Take a simple everyday action and expand it from 1 to 10, discovering its comic, physical, and playful possibilities along the way.
(17:10) |Â A sensory clown warm-up combining movement, breath, listening, and seeing to awaken the body and cultivate simple, non-judgmental attention.
(10:36) | A teaching on how clowns think on stage through video examples, focusing on visible thoughts, double takes, and looking out rather than thinking inward.
