Bio Jan Dillen As a cliniclown-oldtimer my passion is to guide you into clowning, from starters to advanced level, over workshops and coaching. Education Way back in time Bachelor Social Cultural Work in Belgium (1983-1985). Drama teacher Lod. De Raet and DACEB (1985-1987). Creative Thinking at University Antwerp (1994). Education in Belgium and other countries about artistic development and body work: Mime School in Antwerp (Belgium) and Amsterdam (Holland) ClownSchool in Paris (Compagnie Du Moment). Ongoing Clown Trainings with Carina Bonan, Serge Ponselet, Els Jansen, Avner Eisenberg, Moshe Cohen, Jango Edwards, Michael Christensen (American Founder of the Hospital Clowns) and others. Recent ClownSchool International, clown and dementia Online 8 week class with Angie Foster and Vivian Gladwell from Nose to Nose England. (2020 - 2021) Jobs Social Cultural Worker in different organisations for youth and employment. Worked with Dan Frood and Victoria Marks, movement project ‘The Beweging Antwerpen’, Fura Dels Baus Spain and Enrique Vargas, Colombia, Théatre de los Sentidos. Clown in hospitals, institutions and psychiatry for children from 1999 till 2019. Artistic Director of Cliniclowns Belgium from 2005 till 2009. ​ Trainer of hospitalclowns worldwide for Theodora Foundation, Rote Naze, Cliniclowns Holland, ​ Cliniclowns Belgium, Dr. Clown Malta. Leading advanced training for hospitalclowns in Belgium, Suisse, France, England, Spain, ​ ​ Italy, White-Russia,Turkey, Hong-Kong China, Malta and Austria. Co-founder of the school ‘Clownsense’, Belgium since 2014: ​ ​ ● Basic and advanced training for clowns in the field of care ● Organising weekly play-dates for clowns in a ‘Labo’ ● Thematic workshops around music and clowning Clown Teacher for Hiketnunk vzw ​ ​ ● Online ClownClass ● Mentoring the clowns-spirit ● Coaching duo-clowns and artistic projects Extra Advising ‘Zorgclowns and Co’ Belgium ‘Dance and Clown’ with Sue Rickards and Geert Meeus 2020: published my first book ‘Clownslogica’. English version available since March 2021. ​ ​ Jan Dillen www.clownsense.eu www.jandillen.be ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Contact: [email protected] phone 0032 478 69 31 58 .