Upcoming Workshops
Master Clown teacher, Jan Henderson provides workshops to
Enrich Your Life, Empower Your Strengths, and Embrace Your Inner Clown!
Neutral Mask
June 18 - 21, 2026
Introduction to Clown
June 25 - 28, 2026
Advanced Clown:
Extreme Joey & Auguste
July 1 - 5, 2026
Neutral Mask
The Neutral or Universal Mask was originally developed by Mask and Clown teacher, Jacques Lecoq, as a diagnostic tool for actors. Like all masks, it acts as an intuitive non-verbal ‘script’, instantly integrating body, mind and emotion.
The Neutral state is one of absolute self acceptance - physically, mentally and emotionally - “warts and all”. This empowers performers, allowing them to let go of crippling self-doubt, freeing them from a tendency to second guess their creative choices, and taking them to a place of great strength, power and presence.
This makes it perfect training for students of Clown. Neutral and Clown are parallel opposites. Neutral is the embodiment of economy. Clown is the embodiment of excess. Both can feel great emotion without either repressing it, or holding onto it past its lifespan. Both live completely in the moment, which allows them to truly see what’s happening around them, and results in powerful engagement with audience.
Dates: June 18 - 21, 2026
Thurs. - Sun.
Hours: 10 AM – 6 PM
(32 hours of instruction)
Location: University of Alberta,
Edmonton, AB
Investment: $650
Includes: a $200 deposit
Early Bird: $600 ‘til May 1st
Min. class size: 10
Max. class size: 14
“There are 3 masks: The one we think we are, the one we really are, and the one we have in common.“ Jacques Lecoq, The Moving Body
Introduction to Clown
“I can’t recommend this workshop enough. I learned a lot more than clown technique - it’s the foundation of my whole creative process, and a design for living. Jan is a true master.”
Dates: June 25 - 28, 2026
Thurs. - Sun.
Hours: 10 AM – 6 PM
(32 hours of instruction)
Location: University of Alberta,
Edmonton, AB
Investment: $650
Includes: a $200 deposit
Early Bird: $600 ‘til May 1st
Min. class size: 10
Max. class size: 12
Stressed by the state of the world? Need some fun? Get in touch with your most authentic, creative, playful self. Unleash your Inner Fool - the one that has grown up within you, and which society doesn’t allow you to express!
For performers and non-performers:
Clowning is both a highly regarded part of actor training, and a catalyst for creative awakening for people from all walks of life.
Permission to:
• Live in the Moment
• Shoot from the Heart
• Thrive on Change
• Laugh at Failure
• Break every rule but Your Own!
“The best atmosphere for learning I’ve ever experienced.”
“Jan Henderson’s workshop provided a safe space for playful and profound exploration. I discovered my clown, and re-discovered my capacity for joy!”
“Fabulous course, amazing, wonderful! The single best thing that has ever happened to me.”
Extreme Auguste - Julie Debeljak-Waddell
Advanced Clown: Extreme Joey & Auguste
Dates: July 1 - 5, 2026
Wed. - Sun.
Hours: Wed. - Sat. 10 AM – 6 PM,
Sun. 10 AM - 3 PM
(37 hours of instruction)
Location: University of Alberta,
Edmonton, AB
Investment: $750
Includes: a $200 deposit
Early Bird: $700 ‘til June 1st
Min. class size: 10
Max. class size: 12
Prerequisite: Some clowning experience recommended. Consult with Jan.
“Extreme Joey was exactly what I needed. Jan creates a space where anything can happen and everything’s freeing and joy filled! Take this course - it’ll change your life positively in ways you can’t even imagine.”
“Jan’s Extreme Joey & Auguste workshop was one of the best experiences and trainings I have found. Explore the extremes in your self, find your power. This workshop is unlike anything you have taken before, and it is magical.”
In the European tradition of Clown duos, the clever, confident leader is called the Joey, and the lovable, bumbling follower is called the Auguste. Your Core Clown may identify more as one than the other, but every clown persona contains a fluid mixture of both energies.
Dare to be Fabulous as your Powerful Extreme Joey:
• High-Status, Gorgeous, Sexy
• Minions falling over themselves to Wait on You
• Absolute Selfishness, Beauty and Power - without Guilt
• Unbounded Self-Trust
• Limitless Stage Presence
Dare to Fail Magnificently as your Lovable Extreme Auguste:
• All Heart - always in Joy or Heartbreak, Panic or Bliss
• Living to Play and to Please
• Innocent, Gullible, Impulsive, Digressive
• Creating Endless Problems and Glorious Mistakes
Working in duos, you’ll experience the rich material that flows from the Extreme Joey & Auguste relationship.
Extreme Joey - Julie Debeljak-Waddell
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