VISIONARYCLOWN
Where play meets the mysterious intelligence of the body.
into presence
An embodied space where clown becomes being.
Visionary Clown is an embodied exploration where clown, movement, imagination, and subtle awareness meet. It is a space where play becomes a doorway into presence, curiosity, and deeper states of perception.
Rather than focusing on clown as a character to perform, Visionary Clown approaches clown as a state of being — a place of openness where the body listens, the imagination awakens, and unexpected truths emerge.
Through movement, play, and creative exercises, participants are invited to explore moments of wonder, insight, connection, and transformation.
A seed planted in Winnipeg.
The seed of Visionary Clown was planted in 2015 during the Winnipeg Fringe Festival in Canada. Carolina encountered someone who introduced her to the idea of mystical experiences — states of awareness that expand perception and open the mind to deeper layers of reality.
This encounter sparked a deep curiosity: Why are moments of insight, unity, wonder, and deep presence so rarely cultivated in everyday life? What if play could become a doorway to these openings of awareness?
In 2020, while working in the Colombian Caribbean, Carolina began developing this exploration alongside Argentine clown Alejandro Leguizamón (Payaso Varsovia). Together they experimented with exercises and improvisational structures that invited participants into heightened states of presence and perception.
Clown moves freely between many dimensions.
Through Visionary Clown, traditional clown exercises and improvisational games become portals into states of presence, awareness, and connection. Small awakenings begin to emerge through play.
- The Political
- The Poetic
- The Metaphysical
- The Sacred
- The Fantastical
- The Realistic
- The Paradoxical
- The Transcendent
Movement, Elements & Animal Archetypes.
To access different states of perception, the practice draws from movement qualities inspired by the natural elements. By embodying animal archetypes, participants can borrow their energy and perspective — the animal becomes a bridge to qualities that may feel unreachable in ordinary identity.
Eight Types of Mystical Experience.
Through play, movement, and imagination, participants may encounter these states naturally — not forced, but arising through presence and shared exploration.
Watch Visionary Clown in motion.
What you may experience.
Workshop Details.
4770 San Pablo Ave, Emeryville, CA
Bring comfortable clothes, curiosity, and a willingness to play.
Open to artists, performers, movers, educators, and curious adults interested in creativity, embodiment, and consciousness exploration.
Choose your contribution.
Pay what you can. A sliding scale allows everyone to participate.
Carolina "CoiCoi" Duncan
Clown · Circus Artist · EducatorCarolina has been performing internationally since 2012, blending clown, physical theatre, and social circus to create spaces where play becomes a tool for presence, creativity, and connection.
She is the first Colombian female clown to work with Ringling Bros. Circus and a certified instructor with Cirque du Monde — the social circus program of Cirque du Soleil.
Through Visionary Clown, Carolina invites participants into a space where humor, vulnerability, imagination, and subtle awareness meet.
Ready to play with the unknown?
12 spots. One Sunday. Come as you are.
