name = ian a. wallace
email = 44nion@gmail.com
trained by: = richard pochinko
comments = led me on a path of facing my biggest fears and ultimately became my life work, which is to
continue telling this story..................
name = Maarten van der auwera
email = clownszg@gmail.com
trained by: = Jan Henderson
comments = I was born again. I found my essence,through the three masks I made, and so gave birth to
my clown,thanks to Jan. She was my midwife,and I will always be gratefull to her for that! From than until
now,everytime I am in clown it is like being totally new. The world explodes in colour and form, emotions
and thoughts,... It makes me settle down in my heartspace, there is no other way. And through this
heartconnection,I come in contact with everyone,everything...For 15 years now,I am in the wonderfull
position of visiting children in hospitals and old,often demented people in homes,celebrating,loving and
taking care...It is an intense proces that I share with them. I give a lot,and get a thousendfold back. This
has become the basic of my work. This goes beyond theatre,it has nothing to do with "entertainment"(I
leave that,with respect,to hollywood) It has to do with being utterly human.This may all sound a bit "new
age",but this is what it is for me!
name = Sara Tilley
email = sara@saratilley.ca
trained by: = nion/Sue Morrison
comments = How hasn't it influenced me?
In the most obvious way, I was so inspired and moved by this work that I subsequently trained with nion
to teach it to others. I have used this work in my own clown performance, in straight television and film
acting, in design, and in my writing. I consider the Pochinko work to be a central source of creativity from
which any and all artistic expressions can be accessed. It has also profoundly affected me as a person.
I can say that this work is subtly present in all aspects of my life.
name = Sandra
email = Laframboise
trained by: = The Spirits
comments = the sacred clowns of the first nation
name = Michael Rudder
email = mrudder@sympatico.ca
trained by: = Richard Pochinko
comments = Richard and I met when we were both working on the musical Hair in Toronto. Through him I
came to know Ian and all of the amazing people that came together to study clown techniques with
Richard at his very beginnings as a teacher, first in Toronto on Queen Street, and later in Ottawa in an
unused part of the NAC. I spent the next four years studying fairly intensively with Richard and that
amazing group. Through the neutral mask, I came to have my first paranormal experiences since
childhood, vivid experiences of previous or other lives. Working with the character mask, I came to
understand, once again vividly, that form follows function. That the flow of life energy in our physical
forms creates our thinking patterns and emotional ranges, and molds our physical bodies, and thus our
reaction to every occasion or event, and even our physical health. Recent developments in science,
medicine and healing modalities only confirm what we learned in this rich environment in the early
seventies. The insights I gleaned from studying the circus skills such as tightrope walking and juggling
are timeless, and active within me to this day. Richard passionately sought out and investigated every
cutting edge physical or theatrical technique, and immediately brought them back into our workshop. His
gigantic curiosity and consistent generosity was a lesson in itself.
name = Timothy Edwards
email = timothyedwards@rogers.com
trained by: = Sue Morris - Clown through Mask, Richard Improvization class GBTS
comments = I did the program with sue until the final performance where I was not able to attend due to
my sister wedding. so I was christened a "Clown Stil-born". to this day if some one counts 1,2,3,4 I am
conditioned to revert to my clown mask East of East. I have tried other esoteric traditions and they all
end up the same way, loss of the master and the Dark Night of the Soul a al Saint John of the Cross. I
was introduced to clown by taking Richard's Improvization class at George Brown Theatre School and
we did work with colours and a walking through time where I met myself in the future. It is not as hokey
as you may think because in us we carry the wish or desire for the future and these manifest based on
unconsious thought in the present.
name = David Balser
email = balser57@hotmail.com
trained by: = EtienneDecroux
comments = I was directed by him at The Caravan Farm Theatre.
He allowed me to explore and release myself into the characters I was playing.
name = Robbie O'Neill
email = robbie.oneill02@rogers.com
trained by: = Richard Pochinko
comments = Richard taught me to appreciate the moment and to dare believe that there can be
innocence after experience.
(names and comments added as they are received, register at the link above)
email = 44nion@gmail.com
trained by: = richard pochinko
comments = led me on a path of facing my biggest fears and ultimately became my life work, which is to
continue telling this story..................
name = Maarten van der auwera
email = clownszg@gmail.com
trained by: = Jan Henderson
comments = I was born again. I found my essence,through the three masks I made, and so gave birth to
my clown,thanks to Jan. She was my midwife,and I will always be gratefull to her for that! From than until
now,everytime I am in clown it is like being totally new. The world explodes in colour and form, emotions
and thoughts,... It makes me settle down in my heartspace, there is no other way. And through this
heartconnection,I come in contact with everyone,everything...For 15 years now,I am in the wonderfull
position of visiting children in hospitals and old,often demented people in homes,celebrating,loving and
taking care...It is an intense proces that I share with them. I give a lot,and get a thousendfold back. This
has become the basic of my work. This goes beyond theatre,it has nothing to do with "entertainment"(I
leave that,with respect,to hollywood) It has to do with being utterly human.This may all sound a bit "new
age",but this is what it is for me!
name = Sara Tilley
email = sara@saratilley.ca
trained by: = nion/Sue Morrison
comments = How hasn't it influenced me?
In the most obvious way, I was so inspired and moved by this work that I subsequently trained with nion
to teach it to others. I have used this work in my own clown performance, in straight television and film
acting, in design, and in my writing. I consider the Pochinko work to be a central source of creativity from
which any and all artistic expressions can be accessed. It has also profoundly affected me as a person.
I can say that this work is subtly present in all aspects of my life.
name = Sandra
email = Laframboise
trained by: = The Spirits
comments = the sacred clowns of the first nation
name = Michael Rudder
email = mrudder@sympatico.ca
trained by: = Richard Pochinko
comments = Richard and I met when we were both working on the musical Hair in Toronto. Through him I
came to know Ian and all of the amazing people that came together to study clown techniques with
Richard at his very beginnings as a teacher, first in Toronto on Queen Street, and later in Ottawa in an
unused part of the NAC. I spent the next four years studying fairly intensively with Richard and that
amazing group. Through the neutral mask, I came to have my first paranormal experiences since
childhood, vivid experiences of previous or other lives. Working with the character mask, I came to
understand, once again vividly, that form follows function. That the flow of life energy in our physical
forms creates our thinking patterns and emotional ranges, and molds our physical bodies, and thus our
reaction to every occasion or event, and even our physical health. Recent developments in science,
medicine and healing modalities only confirm what we learned in this rich environment in the early
seventies. The insights I gleaned from studying the circus skills such as tightrope walking and juggling
are timeless, and active within me to this day. Richard passionately sought out and investigated every
cutting edge physical or theatrical technique, and immediately brought them back into our workshop. His
gigantic curiosity and consistent generosity was a lesson in itself.
name = Timothy Edwards
email = timothyedwards@rogers.com
trained by: = Sue Morris - Clown through Mask, Richard Improvization class GBTS
comments = I did the program with sue until the final performance where I was not able to attend due to
my sister wedding. so I was christened a "Clown Stil-born". to this day if some one counts 1,2,3,4 I am
conditioned to revert to my clown mask East of East. I have tried other esoteric traditions and they all
end up the same way, loss of the master and the Dark Night of the Soul a al Saint John of the Cross. I
was introduced to clown by taking Richard's Improvization class at George Brown Theatre School and
we did work with colours and a walking through time where I met myself in the future. It is not as hokey
as you may think because in us we carry the wish or desire for the future and these manifest based on
unconsious thought in the present.
name = David Balser
email = balser57@hotmail.com
trained by: = EtienneDecroux
comments = I was directed by him at The Caravan Farm Theatre.
He allowed me to explore and release myself into the characters I was playing.
name = Robbie O'Neill
email = robbie.oneill02@rogers.com
trained by: = Richard Pochinko
comments = Richard taught me to appreciate the moment and to dare believe that there can be
innocence after experience.
(names and comments added as they are received, register at the link above)
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