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Clowns in Style: NY Times article about two clown’s homes

Monday, 6 July, 2009 Leave a comment

Two Dell’arte Graduates get their house (and their work and their website) featured in the NY Times! http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/realestate/05habi.html Habitats The Traveling Circus Stops Here Ruby Washington/The New York Times Christina Gelsone and Seth Bloom, both clowns, rehearse in their apartment By CONSTANCE ROSENBLUM Published: July 2, 2009 CHRISTINA GELSONE, a slender 36-year-old with delicate features and hair the color of […]

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Clown Camp To Close

Friday, 12 June, 2009 Leave a comment

After 29 years, Clown Camp to bow out after this year By AUTUMN GROOMS | [email protected] . Paint on a sad face for the Clown Camp. The long-time annual event that attracted thousands of clowns to La Crosse since it started 29 years ago will cease after the 2009 session ends Friday at Viterbo University. Clown Camp teacher Lee Mullally, […]

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Pat Cashin’s clownalley.net is back up!

Friday, 8 May, 2009 2 comments

And although he lost all of his archives (at least as if this date) he’s making up for lost time. He’s published 27 posts since April 15. I’m lucky if I made 27 posts this year! I hereby award clownalley.net the Spy vs Spy Most Prolific Clown Blog Award.It comes with no cash prize, simply a “well, done, old chum. […]

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Big shoes can be dangerous!

Friday, 24 April, 2009 4 comments

This article from the UK Telegraph is pretty crazy. If people stopped doing dangerous stuff, there’d really be no point to a circus, y’know? Who wants to see a guy step into a ring of docile cows? Or brave the rope on the ground? Clown cannot wear giant shoes due to health and safety A clown has been told he […]

News: Clowns Face Ban on Playing Trumpets

Sunday, 28 September, 2008 Leave a comment

In England, Clowns have been silenced by a council which has banned them from playingtheir trumpets at Zippo’s Circus.The circus said it was told by council officials that the show could not goon unless the clowns dropped the musical part of their act. The circus, which is currently performing in Birmingham, fell foul of theLicensing Act 2003 which forbids the […]

Naked Clown Calendar 2009

Thursday, 25 September, 2008 Leave a comment

Seeking to raise money to cure Multiple Sclerosis, 16 graduates from the Clown Conservatory of 2008 have unveiled the 2009 naked clown calendar, which features them posing in nothing but their makeup and their birthday suits. The proceeds from the calendar benefit the Judy Finelli Fund, which supports research and advocacy for cures and treatment of MS. Judy Finelli was […]

RIP, Mr. Snot

Wednesday, 13 August, 2008 Leave a comment

Joe Kudla, half of the team of Puke and Snot, passed away on Monday. He was 58 years old, and had been performing Ren Faire stages for over 30 years, including letting young upstarts Penn and Teller open for them. Read more below (obit from the Pioneer Press) or visit the Puke and Snot website, listed below for more details. […]

International Clown Week is this week

Wednesday, 6 August, 2008 6 comments

Somehow it escaped me that this week is International Clown Week. I don’t really celebrate it per se. In fact, I mostly shun this kind of stuff. The problem is that the kind of clown stuff that I am interested in (and hopefully, if you are reading this, you are interested in too) is not the cutesy stuff, of which […]

Nicole Feld in the NYT

Sunday, 3 August, 2008 Leave a comment

Nicole Feld, daughter to Kenneth Feld, and heir apparent as Big Boss of the Ringling shows, has an article in the NY Times today, under the column: THE BOSS. When I was at Clown College, Nicole came to the final graduation– she was probably around 9 or so, and it was a big deal, because she was grading you along […]

NY Times Article on Kendall Cornell’s Clowns Ex Machina

Tuesday, 29 July, 2008 One comment

Kendall Cornell & Co scored a NY Times article about their work and upcoming show! Â THE WHEN, WHERE AND HOW: Thursday, July 31st at 7:30 pm Friday, August 1st at 7:30 pm Saturday, August 2nd at 7:30 pm updated venue! Manhattan Childrenâ€™s Theatre, 52 White Street (between Broadway and Church) in Tribeca MAP Advance tickets: $15 at theatermania.com or […]

Jeune Lune, Mum Puppet Theatre close

Sunday, 6 July, 2008 One comment

This isn’t quite about clowning, but I wanted to talk about– and since it includes two very important theatres that use clowning techniques, I think doing it here is right. I’ve just read about two very well respected regional theatres that specialize in “popular theatrical techniques” that are shuttering their doors. Theatre de la Jeune Leune of Minneapolis, which was […]

RIP, Larry Harmon

Friday, 4 July, 2008 Leave a comment

Thanks to Pat Cashin’s Clownalley.net for the heads up. Larry Harmon, the licensor of Bozo the Clown died Thursday due to congestive heart failure. Say what you will about Bozo, but Larry Harmon was personally responsible for entertaining millions of children.he entertained MILLIONS of children over the years. And that makes him a giant in my book. RIP, Bozo! Larry […]

Golden Nose winners!

Tuesday, 20 May, 2008 Leave a comment

THE 2008 New York Downtown Clown GOLDEN NOSE AWARD WINNERS ARE: Audience Choice Best Clown Film: Retard Midget Get Out of My Life, by Happy Hour Audience Choice Best Clown Act: At The Opera, by Those In The Nose Audience Choice Best Clown: Chris Allison Clown of The Year: Keith Nelson Clown Achievement of The Year: The Brick Theater, producers […]

NY Downtown Golden Nose Nominees

Wednesday, 23 April, 2008 Leave a comment

The 2008 NYDC Golden Nose Award Nominees New York Downtown Clown would like to thank all the performers of our second year. Without each of their talents, innovations, and hard work, there would be no show on the third Monday of every month. The amazing clowns of New York City are brave, poetic, unique, and funny. New York Clowns are […]

Au Revoir, M. Marceau

Sunday, 23 September, 2007 One comment

Marcel Marceau died yesterday, and the world is a sadder place for it. The only real response to Marceau dying can be this ” ! “ He was a true master of his work, and he popularized (and romanticized) the work of mime to an unbelievable degree. there’s no question that nearly every clown or mime performing in the world […]

Steve Russell– In Capable Hands

Friday, 21 September, 2007 Leave a comment

A good article recently appeared in the Dunn County News about Clown College Graduate Steve Russell, and how he got a job with the NY City Opera through clown-networking. I’m a member of that network, and saw the whole thing happen! Steve and his wife Kobi Shaw form a juggling duo called In Capable Hands. Both are graduates of Ringling […]

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