About Moshe Cohen:
Moshe Cohen works and creates in the world of the funny. For 35 years now, hehas pursued excellence in the elusive art form called Clown, seeking to bring morelightness and laughter into the world through his actions, be it as a teacher, aperformer or actor.Moshe teaches in Clown/Film/Theater Schools, Zen Centers, Spiritual LearningCenters, Corporations, Medical Clown Groups, Conferences, Universities, and NGO’s. His pedagogy has evolved over 26 years of teaching and continues toexpand in the exploration of the world of humor.He began teaching Clown in 1993 at the San Francisco Circus Center. In 2001,Moshe started teaching Clowning Your Zen workshops with Zen master BernieGlassman, shifting the participants from performers to those interested in openingcapacities of humorous expression and expression. Moshe continues tocollaborate with a number of Zen Masters offering workshops interweaving Zenmeditation and Clowning practice.Moshe often trains Health Care Clowning groups internationally. These workshopsfocus on inner-and-outer clown connection, non-verbal expression, improvisation,re-vitalizations, resiliency and self-care.Moshe also offers team trainings to a diverse field ranging from software engineersto elementary school teachers. Developed over a year-long team project(2015-2016) with the open source group at PayPal, Lightfulness offering skillfultools in presence, active listening, and pathways to en-lighten both collaborationin working groups and in working connections.Moshe has played a pioneering role in the world of social clowning that began witha friend’s invitation led to shows for Guatemalan refugees in Chiapas in 1987. Afterfurther experiences in South Africa and the Carribean, Moshe traveled as part of a9-person circus project to Croatia with Clowns San Frontières (Fr) in 1994. Inspiredhe founded Clowns Without Borders in the US the following year, organized andparticipated in many projects, directed the US chapter and played the catalyzingrole of international ambassador leading to the creation of CWBI, the internationalfederation of Clowns Without Borders chapters. Moshe continues to participate as aUS board member, and occasionally participates in international projects.
Moshe was a member of Make a Circus’s Funny Bone Doctors from 1995-98visiting Pediatrics wards in a number of Bay Area Hospitals on a weekly basis. Hehas carried that experience forward during hospital visits on CWB projects.