HawHawJames isn’t a professional clown– he’s a painter, artist, and (according to his bio) a drag queen and born again Christian. All that’s unimportant, though, because I think his latest project is delightful. He’s been doing some amazing trompe l’oeil’s, using his face as a canvas, and then photographing the results. These self-portraits are witty, clever, and very well done. […]
Read moreI used to belong to fotolog which was one of the original “Download your own photo” sites. Then Flickrcame along, and fotolog was having so many technical problems, and I jumped ship. I forgot all about fotolog, until I got an email telling me I had a comment on one of my old pages there. I checked out my old […]
Read moreDrew Richardson (aka The Dramatic Fool) has been busy blogging. His blog– Think Foolishly, features exercises, comments, interviews, and examples of his work in the really hard work of the clown- creative problem-solving. Or, how to do stuff logically that’s just wrong, but doesn’t seem wrong to your character. Sometimes when I’m teaching clowning and improvisation, I call this “predicamenting”– […]
Read moreThe Brick Theater is now accepting application for the Third New York Clown Theatre Festival! Applications will be due by mid-April. The festival will take place this September. If you’re interested, please follow the link below: http://www.bricktheater.com/clown/
Read moreI wrote about Clowns Without Borders South Africa back in September 2007. I’m happy to report that they now have their own website. http://www.cwbsa.org/ You can now click on the link above to make sure you keep up with the great work they are doing of bringing the gift of laughter to the impoverished in South Africa and surrounding areas. […]
Read moreJim Moore, the variety arts photographer who has probably photographed more clowns than anybody in the history of photography, has been doing something new– he’s been videotaping clowns. If you check out his YouTube videos (URL below), he’s putting up interviews with performers as they talk about their work, how they create their work, and even why they create their […]
Read moreIn 2001, I became the Clown Laureate of Greenbelt Maryland. As part of my work there, I curated a clown art exhibit, that featured over 50 pieces of artwork. I’ ve assembled some samples on a web page, and recently moved it to my own site: http://www.acmeclown.com/clownartexhibit/ The piece to the left is “Dunk the Clown” by artist Frank Wu […]
Read moreOn Sunday March 2, Master Clown Teacher at the Dell’arte School RonLin Foreman and Joe Krienke will teach a class entitled: The Powerful Presence: Effort, Risk Momentum, Joy. The 3 hour workshop, at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, will include work on the actor’s presence, physical efforts, movement and improvisation. Ronlin was one of my teachers at Dell’arte. And while […]
Read moreCircus Juventas is a performing arts youth circus school located in St. Paul, Minnesota and serving the Twin Cities metro area. They offer youth circus arts training and performance opportunities for children and youth ages 3 to 21 in a safe and noncompetitive environment. Circus Juventas was founded in 1994 by former circus performers Dan and Betty Butler. Originally known […]
Read moreAcclaimed mime Daniel Stein and Dell’arte graduates Kali Quinn and Bill Celentano are featured in a new show about Polish artist and novelist Bruno Schultz (author of the classic Street of Crocodiles) Schulz was killed in the Holocaust in 1944 by a German officer. The show will be performed at Atlanta’s PushPush Theatre. The play,written by author Murray Mednick, is […]
Read moreOne of the top working clown and dog acts is Johnny Peers’ Muttville Comix. Johnny has been performing his act for over 25 years, and has performed it on four continents and with some of the best circuses in the business, including Ringling, Big Apple Circus, and Carson & Barnes, among many others. Johnny’s dad was a concessionaire on the […]
Read moreThe Clown School of San Francisco is a character based school that combines small classes with intensive personal work to create clown characters and routines. The focus is on creating work that is personal to the actor. The work is primarily theatrical and exploratory in nature– not particularly of the circus. The instructor, Christina Lewis Clinton, has been teaching workshops […]
Read moreNYC’s 7th Annual Juggling Festival!Friday March 7-Sunday March 9, 2008 Pratt Institute200 Willoughby AveBrooklyn, NY Juggling, workshops, games, shows, prizes, special guests, a raffle and more!! For more information click the links to the right. All events open to the public. JUGGLING AT PRATT ACTIVITIES RESOURCE BUILDING:FREE and open to the publicFriday 5-10:30 pm (open juggling)Saturday 10 am-7 pm (open […]
Read moreIn conjunction with the LA tour of The Golden State, the Dell’Arte Company is offering a one-day workshop at 24th Street Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 9. Where: 24th Street TheatreWhen: Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008, 2:00-6:00pmCost: $100 This four-hour workshop will be an exploration of the physical comedy techniques and ensemble-based exercises at the core of Dell’Arte’s work. Physical […]
Read moreThe Tall Toys Troupe is a group of stilt-walking performers based in Connecticut who perform a number of stilt-based shows. They provide a number of entertainers and shows for corporate gigs, parades, birthday parties, and other events. Their costumes are great, and they have a number of different looks, including a 9 foot tall Uncle Sam, trees (like Ents from […]
Read moreSafety Last with Ben Model Yes, it’s Harold Lloyd in his iconic climb up the side of the 12-story Bolton Building, accompanied live by Ben Model, a silent film historian and accompanist for the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1997 he founded “The Silent Clowns Film Series” with film historian Bruce Lawton. Ben composes all his own […]
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