Jessica Hentoff, founding member of both Big Apple Circus and Circus Flora, is still working in the biz. She is “The Circus Lady” of Circus Harmony and the artistic director of Circus Harmony, a social circus/education program that (as their mission statement says) teaches the art of life through circus education. In addition to classes and performances in the St. […]
Read moreMOVE IT! – a free evening of Physical and Visual Theatre Parallel Exit, New York City’s award-winning physical theatre company, offers audiences a free opportunity to see some of New York’s most exciting physical and visual theatre artists in MOVE IT! Featuring brand new physical theatre from Parallel Exit’s Joel Jeske, Mike Dobson, and Spencer Novich, dance-theatre from The Chase […]
Read moreReverend Billy, he of the Church of Stop Shopping, appears to have the endorsement of the Green Party, and will be on the mayoral ticket come November running against Mr. Bloomsberg.At least, so says the New York TimesThis is a long line in the tradition of clowns running for elected office. I’m not sure that Rev. Billy would classify himself […]
Read moreManhattan Theatre Club has announced the world premiere of Humor Abuse, the new one-man-show created by performer Lorenzo Pisoni (Equus, Last Dance) and director Erica Schmidt (Debbie Does Dallas). Humor Abuse will begin previews on Thursday, February 19 and open Tuesday, March 10 in a limited engagement at New York City Center – Stage II (131 West 55th Street). Humor […]
Read morePat Cashin (the curator and mastermind behind http://www.clownalley.net) asked me about a source for European circus posters. Before I had clownlink, I had found this and emailed people about it, but apparently never thought to put it up online. This is an amazing resource of thousands of images from European circuses. And a lot of them are available for sale. […]
Read moreRingling sent me this comeon/discount for their performances and I thought I’d pass it along. It’s a fantastic bargain, no matter which way you slice it (well, as long as you bring your popcorn from home, and don’t buy any plastic novelties or cotton candy. Because that’s where they get you my friends!) ALL TICKETS $10*for weekday performances! SAVE 20%*on […]
Read moreHappened to find this video of Jeff Raz speaking at the Commonwealth Club of California in June of 2008. Jeff was a teacher of mine at Dell’arte, founder of the San Francisco Clown Conservatory, and recently returned from a year-long tour as the lead clown (The Dead Clown) in Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo. There’s a lot of good stuff that […]
Read moreMy friend Rory Raven is going to be at the Frigid NY festival. Rory is a mentalist who’s got a pretty good show. He’s been performing at Bright Night for the last few years, and he always rocks the house. Although it’s not really a clown show or even physical comedy, there’s a fair amount of “mental comedy” in the […]
Read moreJef Johnson is a principal clown in the international touring company of Slava’s Snowshow. As Clown, he has also toured with Cirque du Soleil. Jef has more than 20 years of experience working in a wide range of physical styles. His approach is rooted in subjective expression, physical expression of condition through impulse and reflex. He has studied corporeal expression […]
Read moreBig Apple Circus has chosen as its new artistic director (to replace Paul Binder, who is retiring) their performance director Guillaume Dufresnoy. Dufresnoy, a former aerialist, has been with the show since 1992. Full story here: http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20090202/COMMUNITIES39/902020326 You can find out more about the Big Apple Circus, including their latest show “The Play’s The Thing” at their website, http://www.bigapplecircus.org
Read moreDirected by Stephanie Thompson Thursday – Saturday, February 5-7 at 8 p.mDell’Arte’s Carlo Theatre in Blue Lake.$8 general and $5 for students/seniors (click here).The Thursday, Feb. 5 performance is Pay What You Can. For mature audiences.For reservations, call 707-668-5663 Ext. 5. Visit www.dellarte.com for more information. A physical celebration of rhythm, attitude and improvisational madness, Commedia dell’Arte pushes passions to […]
Read moreCircus Oz is an Australian circus that tours internationally. Begun in Melbourne, Australia in 1978, The company’s rock and roll style animal free circus with a live band has toured from New York to Hong Kong. The Circus Oz show is characterized by a multi-talented ensemble. It’s not unusual to see the drummers get up and do an acrobatic adagio […]
Read moreScott Nelson & Muriel Brugman are award-winning illusionists and visual comedians. Based in the Netherlands, they have traveled to over 14 countries, won the Grand Prix at the 2000 World Championship of Magic in Lisbon, have worked with Cirque du Soleil (on their television show Solstrom) and create their own illusions. Last year they were a big hit at the […]
Read moreClownbrasil is just what it sounds like– a Brazilian blog dedicated to clowns. They have a number of videos up (mostly from Youtube) with examples and samples of Brazilian clowns. It is curated by Brazilian clown Eduardo Castro. Great stuff! Most of the clips are in Portuguese, but the site itself uses the Google translation feature, so you can get […]
Read moreIra Seidenstein is an Australian actor, clown, and clown teacher. He’s been teaching, directing, and performing for over 30 years. Ira was a student of Carlo Mazzone Clemente (founder of Dell’arte) and of Danny Chapman, one of the great Ringling clowns (and one of the original founders of Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Clown College.) Ira also has an MA, […]
Read moreBeginning January 27 2009, Michael Trautman will be teaching ongoing classes for children and for adults at Breakwater School. Mr. Trautman will offer the following courses on Tuesdays after school: CLOWN SKILLS FOR KIDS – Ages 8 to 12. 3:30 to 4:30. Slapstick, juggling, magic, balancing, and more! PHYSICAL CHARACTERS AND PHYSICAL COMEDY – Ages 12 to 16. 4:30 to […]
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