Friday, April 12 2019 at 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
1772 Chevalier Dr,
San Jose, CA
On Friday evening, April 12th, you will get a rare
opportunity to meet in person Amnon Raviv, Ph.D. in medical clowning, who will
take us on a journey of how to bring laughter into even most challenging
healing situations. If you never heard about it, great, if you know and love
this approach, great, come and join us for an evening of connection and finding
ways to lighten up lives of people we care about as well as your own...
This April he's coming to Los Angeles to teach a
masterclass to USC students of the Applied Theater department, who are taking
the Medical Clowning two-semester course. This course has existed for over two
years now and is modeled after the Israeli medical clowning system.
Here's an article about Amnon in JPost -
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Healing-with-humor-Israeli-medical-clown-spreads-laughter-in-S-Africa-564686
In his presentation Amnon talks about his journey as a
medical clown. He includes photographs and video clips photographed by patients
and their families in various medical units. These are funny and sad yet
inspiring encounters in departments for those with life-threatening and
incurable illness, at different stages of coping with their illness. In several
cases, Amnon shows scenes of the last goodbye during the final hours of life,
in which he is fully present for the patient. To conclude, Amnon presents
sections from his doctoral dissertation on medical clowning with patients with
life-threatening and incurable illness, his findings, conclusions, and
recommendations for the future.
Schedule:
6:30pm - 7:00pm Snacks, drinks, and chatting
7:00pm Presentation
Q&A and more chatting over snacks and drinks :)
You are welcome to bring something you would like to
drink and your favorite snack if you are inclined to do so:)
Cost: Suggested donation: $30
