A friend of mine is running this contest– and thought this might be of interest. A Tengu is kind of like a garden gnome, but it’s long-nosed, birdlike, red, and a protective demon in Japanese mythology. In the upcoming production that this contest is for, the tengu are also very clown-like. Visit the wikipedia entry for more information. My friend […]
Read morePeter Bufano was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (the home town of P.T. Barnum). He’s a graduate of The Berklee College Of Music as well as Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College. His music can be heard in plays, movies, accompanying silent films, circus’ and on morning radio news shows. He has run away to join the circus on […]
Read moreWill Shaw is a skilled comic juggler and eccentric clown character. His routines generally feature juggling, unicycling, balance tricks, boomerangs, cowboy rope tricks, music, fire tricks, sight gags, clowning, audience participation, and…. a distinctly offbeat but sophisticated sense of humor steeped in the traditions of the great comedians from the silent film era to the present. Will is the winner […]
Read moreThe Theatre Museum & the Waterfront Museum will present SHOWBOAT ‘ROUND THE BEND A unique exhibition extolling the glory of the American showboat The exhibition which will run through December will have a grand opening on Saturday, June 2, 2007 from noon to 6 pm on board the Showboat Barge (at the foot of Conover Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn) […]
Read moreAugusto Cabrera is a director, actor, clown, puppeteer,commedia teacher and performer based in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the director of Mask & Commedia Centrum, an institution/school that focuses on spreading knowledge and information about masks, puppetry, and commedia to the world at large through workshops, festivals, and performances. Commedia Gillet is the professional company of Mask & Commedia Centrum, which […]
Read moreThe Daredevil Opera Company is a Canadian based Theatre/Circus company founded by Canadian Clown Jonah Logan. Main performers in the company include Jonah, NY Clown Amy Gordon, and Sound Designer Paul Weir. They specialize in doing circus/stunt shows that feature excellent clowning and pyrotechnics. Their main show Cirkus Inferno has played all over the world, and is currently playing at […]
Read moreI was recently asked about Circus Fiction, so I thought I’d give a couple of recommendations. Feel free to add suggestions in the comments field below! Amanda Davis’s Wonder When You’ll Miss Me Amazon Link Amanda toured with the Bindlestiff’s when I toured with them (in 1998) She wrote this novel (her first, and sadly her last) after that. It’s […]
Read moreDrama of Works and Galapagos Art Space present¦ PUNCH (NYC’s only consistent puppet slam) MONDAY, May 28th, 8:00pm, $5.00 Galapagos Art Space 70 North 6th Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 (718) 782-5188 http://www.galapagosartspace.com PUNCH is a monthly showcase for all things puppet. Curated by Gretchen Van Lente, of Drama of Works. EXPLODING PUPPET PRODUCTIONS are your hosts for the evening! They’ll […]
Read moreHighly skilled acrobatic juggler and performer Nicholas Flair (Nick Goldsmith) is a graduate of Brown University with a math degree, and of Montreal’s celebrated École Nationale de Cirque. In 2006 he won first place in the 2006 Cigar Box Juggling Championship. He has starred Off-Broadway and around the world with group “Lazer Vaudeville,” performed with The Metropolitan Opera and Holland […]
Read moreJeff Seal is a clown who lives in Brooklyn. He recently moved from California where he was a graduate of the Clown Conservatory at the San Francisco Circus Center. There he studied Chinese acrobatics, pantomime, circus skills, dance, and clown. He studied Decroux-based corporeal mime under the direction of Thomas Leabhart for the Hippocampe Project in Paris. Jeff has performed […]
Read moreI attended the New York Downtown Clown First Annual Downtown Clown Awards last night. A lot of fun (and hard to say fast) It was a full house, and a great community of performers. The bar upstairs was primarily full of clown performers, and it’s a great thing to be a part of. Hats off to Christopher Luecke, who is […]
Read moreThis is a small fun book of over 80 photographs of clowns in a slightly scary or macabre mode. Not all of them are scary, but enough to give those with coulrophobia a moment of pause. A fair amount of the photos are classic, but there’s also a bunch of other photos that I hadn’t seen before. It’s definitely a […]
Read moreThe second annual New York Clown Theatre Festival has announced a call for submissions that represent a large range of clown theatre forms and backgrounds. The festival will take place Oct. 5-27 at The Brick, 575 Metropolitan Ave., between Union Avenue and Lorimer Street, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Clown teachers, clown show premieres, clown movies, solo and short pieces, experimental works, […]
Read moreDavid Kaye is a professional children’s entertainer based in New York City. Using comedy, magic, and balloon twisting, David entertains audiences of all ages. From the New Yorker to David Letterman, from Lincoln Center to Hong Kong, he has received high praise for his unique style. David has achieved great success in several different areas of entertaining children throughout his […]
Read moreFred Garbo has been a professional performer since 1974. On Sesame Street, he was the acrobat inside Barkley the Dog. On Broadway, he was the chief juggler in the musical Barnum. He toured Europe, Hong Kong and Australia with the Obie Award-winning Foolsfire, with Bob Berky and Michael Moschen. Whether tumbling for the New York City Opera at Lincoln Center […]
Read moreThe NY Goofs will be presenting their Ninth Annual Ultimate Clown School this summer. August 6 – August 18, 2007New York CityWeek One: August 6-11Week Two: August 13-18 This two week session offers an intensive course of study in the art of clowning that is available nowhere else. Their faculty represents America’s top guides in the art of Clowning. 2007 […]
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