NEW COURSES 2020 We have the pleasure to present our new Creative Wisdom ONLINE courses... Keeping “Wonder” alive in a time of crisis We are offering online courses to primarily bring support, inspiration and give tools to address these unprecedented challenges brought by the coronavirus. The general focus of the courses are to create a sharing platform and bring different elements of meditation, creative expression, yoga & singing together to help us keep the spirit of “Wonder” alive. An opportunity: We could see this time of quarantine as an opportunity for nourishing ourselves in body, mind and spirit as we have been advised to spend time alone away from any group activities. SEE OUR PROGRAMME FOR THE NEXT COURSES: Programme 2020 2 Options: 2 Day ONLINE Course for new students and 5 Day ONLINE Course for returning students If you need therapeutic or artistic support, Didier offers individual sessions online. Let us know. - Creative Wisdom Therapy includes Healing Breath bodywork - Raga singing, freeing your voice |
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Creative Wisdom Course
 is... An experiential five-day workshop where you will be guided through a journey of Self-discovery, exploring the different aspects of the Fool at Heart. It includes an initiation into the wonder and innocence of the Sacred Clown. |
Sacred Clowning Feb. Course 2020
Sacred Clowning Feb Course 13 - 19 Feb. 2020 The Magic of Wonder " in the Gestural Art of the Sacred Clown" In “Wonder”, a silent gesture speaks a thousand words. As children, life was a mystery, a magical world unraveling constantly in front of our eyes. As adults, "Wonder" tends to be left unvalued, requiring a little help to be reawakened. Through the study & practice of mime-clowning, dance, physical theater, play, singing and awareness you will slowly embody your poetic clown with his unique gestural language. "The clown family is so special- this is such a gift" B. Sherlock |  |
Open Workshop London 2020 - Awakening the Fool at Heart
*FOOL at HEART* Awakening The Fool at Heart Theme: The Poetry of Play with Didier Danthois 25 - 26 Jan. 2020 Lumi Power Yoga, Hammersmith, London Play doesn’t aim at a specific result. To the contrary it allows the joy and pleasure of discovering, like for the first time. Play blossoms in openness and innocence and gives the wonderful license to “Not Know.” D.D. Einstein said: “Play is the highest form of research.”
Testimony: “To play with my child, to paint emotions with my body, to create with the deeper part of myself, to share with others, to discover their child, to enjoy, laugh, breath… to simply “BE”….What a gift!” Veronika Info: bookings@sacred-clown-as-healer.co.uk |  |
Midsummer Clowning Retreat Perf. July 2019
Midsummer Clowning retreat Public Performance Sunday 28th July ************ On Sunday 28th of July, we had a beautiful public performance at Casa Saraswati. It was a feast of colours, play, poetry of emotions, dance, singing and live music. Nine artists from Norway, Germany, England, Spain and France were involved in this creative process. Each of them with unique skills and talents. A true enchanted story of transformation unfolded under the eyes of our public. Thank you to all who have come and witnessed the magical art of Sacred Clowning as taught by Didier Danthois. |  Photo Credit: Teatro del Corazon |
Midsummer Clowning Retreat July 2019
Midsummer Clowning Retreat Tenerife 20 - 29 July 2019 With a public performance to live music An improvisation with nature During this summer clowning course, the Simpleton Clown will take you to the threshold of imagination, where the visible and the invisible merge. In that moment; past, present and future unite and embody the visual poetry of the Sacred Clown. The blessed grounds of “Casa Saraswati” will guide our senses, letting colours, smells, textures and sounds inspire enchanted play. Creative forms will emerge out of our group explorations and be offered as a performance in full make-up and costume to a local invited audience. This outdoor show will take place on the afternoon of Sunday 28th of July, to the inspiring music of the cello, the violin and the piano. There will be mime-clowning, music, dance, mindfullness, play, singing and stillness. Casa Saraswati is our newly opened Retreat Centre, an inspirational home for the “Fools at Heart”. It is a haven of peace where the inner and outer nature can merge in a delightful sense of Being. NOTE that this retreat is only open to those who have attended a minimum of two Retreats with Didier before this performance course. For more information contact us at: bookings@sacred-clown-as-healer.co.uk |  |
Sacred Clowning Retreat Tenerife Nov.2019
Sacred Clowning Retreat 14-21 Nov. 2019 To continue with last year’s topic, “the field of possibilities”, we will play with entering the sacred space (our stage) by exploring different elements of costume. From the ground of “Natural Presence” that we will nourish first, we will slowly tune into our body expression, our unique movements and postures, our jabber sounds; our enchanted clown poetry, spontaneous & unpredictable. Step by step, we will unravel our unique clown character and improvise solo and with others. As a group we will support each other to trust our heart by appreciating those special moments when you touch your natural humour, pleasure, play and fun. When you enter that clowning freedom, fear, simply disappears. Your Sacred Clown has been born. It is then a Joy to share it. For more information contact us at: bookings@sacred-clown-as-healer.co.uk |  |
Sacred Clowning Retreat 11-18 Nov. 2017
Sacred Clowning Retreats* at Casa Saraswati 11 -18 Nov. 2017 The Field of Possibilities Pure Expression & Humour With Didier Danthois This year the theme of the retreat is “The Field of Possibilities”. As winter draws in, the summer sun draws out. Mother nature takes us within that we may find fresh inspirations for the year to come. In today's fast and aggressive world, it is not so easy to know where and how to find fulfillment, peace or to simply touch the Wonder of Being. There are so many distractions on the way to “coming home” to our inner space. Rumi reminds us so beautifully in his poem how to create this inner space full of possibilities. “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” * For those who have attended an Open Workshop previously. |
Midsummer Sacred Clowning Retreat July 2017
*FOOL at HEART* Midsummer Clowning Residential "An Improvisation with Nature: Through the Child´s Eyes" 21 -28 July 2017 Another very inspiring retreat where participants had the opportunity to deepen their experience of the Sacred Clown. This training included an exploration of make up and costume in order to let their unique clown shine through. The course ended with a performance shared with each other. Thank you to all the participants for making it possible! Here's what some of the participants said about this training: "A journey for the heart and soul. A learning process to be not only more creative but also more present, kinder and more aware as a human being." Laura Valenti "A really powerful way to become more spontaneous and present." Michael O´Connell |  |
Open Workshop London - Awakening the Fool at Heart
*FOOL at HEART* Awakening The Fool at Heart with Didier Danthois 21 - 22 Jan. 2017 London Buddhist Arts Centre A warm thank you to all the participants who came! Didier D.
“I found Didier a beautiful funny man accompanied by Sara and was delighted by his teachings. I loved that I did not have to speak but could absorb and communicate and explore through my body in silence. This all happened despite difficult group dynamics, and I was pleased to come along on Sunday morning and find in addition the benevolent energy of Glen exercising on the floor. I especially liked the singing and touching cheeks with Sara in the ending.” Alice “I took away so much from this two day course. I felt like I was able to connect with myself and explore my inner clown through physical exercises, learning specific breathing techniques and Raga singing. The clown exercises and work with red noses gave us the opportunity to look at different emotions and the world of our inner clown. The environment during this course was one of acceptance and nourishment. This allowed participants to flourish and be bold in expressing themselves and revealing their clown. It was also a great privilege to watch Didier and Sara work together..” Becky |  |
Open Workshop London Jan. 2017 - Awakening the Fool at Heart
Awakening The Fool at Heart with Didier Danthois 21 - 22 Jan. 2017 London Buddhist Arts Centre The Fool will walk us to the edge, beckoning us to play with the world and to discover a treasure in a grain of sand. The Fool liberates us from the shadows of old habits and fear of the unknown, helping us to embody the Sacred Clown as a way to awaken to the Wisdom of Innocence. This art form combines the practice of mindfulness with mime, clowning, dance and singing. "I feel very thankful to those moments of openness, fearlessness, playfulness, creativity and joy and that everybody of the group was in this quality of natural BEING." Monika W. (Nov. 2016) |  |
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London Open Workshop 21 & 22 Jan 2017 fn.pdf