This just in– due to visa problems (Chinese hacking), the Gandinis are unable to enter the country.  Their shows at the Chicago Contemporary Circus Festival have been cancelled. Bad news for fans of amazing juggling. But even the Gandini’s occasionally drop a ball. The Festival goes on! MORE INFO:  http://chicagocircusfest.com/2015/06/16/cancelled-gandini-juggling-presents-smashed-at-cccf/
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The Chicago Festival just sort of snuck up on me– I knew it was coming, I just thought it was next month. Well, next month has ARRIVED! The festival is happening THIS WEEKEND in Chicago, with over 30 different performances from 13 of the top circus performers from around the world. Here’s a list of the performances:Â http://chicagocircusfest.com/events/ (and if you’d […]
Read moreLarry Griswold was a comedy diver who was instrumental in the creation and development of the modern trampoline. Here he is on the Frank Sinatra show from 1951. If you’d like to find out more about Griswold, check out his Wikipedia page. [youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCGzy-K5rX8″]
Read moreGreat news article about the declining circus in the U.K.. Â The video was produced by British student Natasha Turney, and this video recently won her the award for Student Journalist of the Year from the Birmingham Press Club . In Great Britain, many circuses are no longer allowed to use animals in their shows, and this has decreased the draw. […]
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Weekend CLOWN Intensive “A riotous inquiry . . . a playful encounter . . . a look at our laughable & lovable selves.” WHEN: April 25th 26th, 2015 Saturday 10:00am – 5:00pm Sunday 11:00am – 6:00pm COST: $200 (Deposit due with Registration: $50) WHERE: Class held at THE CENTER  4321 Wisconsin Avenue, NW  Washington DC 20016 [entrance is on Windom Place] […]
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I’ve been watching Danny Kaye on Youtube for the last couple of hours, and thought this would be a great thing to post on here (where the postings have come few and far between, I’m afraid.) He is such a wonderful performer. Â There’s something so effortless about everything he does, even though it’s clear he’s got so much virtuosity. Below […]
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You’ve already missed some of it (and so have I), and some of it is sold out already, but don’t worry, there’s still plenty of the first Chicago Biennial International Puppet Festival goodness to go around. Directed and founded by Blair Thomas, a local puppet juggernaut, the purpose of the festival is to establish Chicago as a prominent center for […]
Read moreComedy acrobats doing an amazing act. Â Merry Christmas! [youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_gAukUJQCk”]
Read moreSince I’ve moved to Chicago, I’ve gone to a few networking events, or met people involved .  Eventually it comes out that I’m a clown.  And then people start saying, “Do you know…”  Playing clown geography. I had numerous people tell me that I should check out the Ruffians, especially their holiday show Burning BlueBeard, which was a big hit when […]
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My friend Jens Larson, former circus acrobat and handbalancer, has decided to retire from his retirement/day job as a geometry teacher and start a circus school in Phoenix! http://phxyouthcircus.org/ He’s just started out and he’s got two classes already in registration at the Children’s Museum of Phoenix and the Phoenix Center for the Arts. Jens worked with a lot of […]
Read moreHere’s a video that I hadn’t seen before of a younger George Carl doing all of his stuff , but with a little more energy and a little more acrobatics. Â He’s such an amazing and precise performer, and he works so fast. Â A true joy to watch. [youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCGzy-K5rX8″]
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A friend of mine on facebook suggested that she would love to have a light up version of the Marx Brothers as the Three Wise Men, and she’d be happy to put it up on her lawn. I detect a market opportunity! I went looking for images, and couldn’t find that as an image (which is strange, it seems like […]
Read moreWe’ve featured Joe Dieffenbacher  and the Clown Conservatory before. The CLOWN CONSERVATORY at Circus Center San Francisco, is offering a 15 week Clown Intensive in the Winter of 2014-15.  The intensive is made up of three separate 5 week intensives.  Students can take any individual 5 week workshop, combine any two, or sign up for all three for a comprehensive 15 […]
Read moreWhile I am not in NY anymore, that doesn’t mean I love it any less! A show I featured and saw earlier in the year, Shotspeare, is returning by popular demand. You’ve got 3 more chances to see it. Monday August 11 Thursday August 14 Thursday August 21 I recommend that you do! More info at  http://www.shotspeare.com
Read moreMy big news for this summer is that I’m moving to Chicago! Due to that, I won’t be posting with any regularity to clownlink (not that I had been posting with regularity before) Please continue to follow me and I should be back in August sometime. Enjoy your summer!
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Four Clowns , a Los Angeles based clown troupe, will be making a brief,East Coast debut May 23 to June 1 at  The Club at La MaMa. The show, which is also titled Four Clowns,  is a partly improvised romp through life and death, seen through the lens of the clown.  This show is for adults. The clowns are one woman, Alexis Jones, […]
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