On 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 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 moreInternational stage and television performer Donimo (born Jonathan Baker) has an extensive background in physical and movement theatre, and has performed around the world for the past 25 years. Jonathan created Donimo by combining the ancient art of clowning with the world of silent screen comedy and the contemporary theatre techniques of Jacques Lecoq, Philippe Gaulier and Pierre Byland. Donimo […]
Read moreI’m directing Dario Fo’s We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay! at Fairfield University in CT Here’s a Press Release, along with some information about the show. Of particular interest is that opening night will feature a talkback with me and the translator, Ron Jenkins. Ron is a professor of theatre at Wesleyan University, and has been Dario Fo’s onstage English […]
Read moreAn article about Dario Fo appeared in the UK newspaper The Independent recently. (article below, or read the article here.) If you don’t know Dario Fo, you should. He is an Italian satirist, playwright, theater director, actor, clown, and composer. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997. He currently owns and operates a theatre company with his wife […]
Read moreThe Daredevil Chicken Club is the combined talent and imagination of performers Anne Goldmann and Jonathan Taylor. Together with their extensive training in physical theater, circus, and clowning they continue to create unique performances that have been seen around the world. They have performed together on the street, on the stage and in the circus ring for the past nine […]
Read moreCircus Bambouk is the brainchild of accomplished physical comedians Matthew Duncan and Brian Foley. Armed with the conviction that “two bald heads are funnier than one,” they have gathered their wits, instruments, and various toys and created a show that features music, juggling tricks, stunts, and classic jokes and clown routines. Based on the aesthetic of an old European circus, […]
Read more500 Clown is a physical theatre company based in Chicago. They have been creating work together since 2000. Their mission as a company is to create shows that use circus arts, improvisation, and action to create charged environments that allow the performers to take emotional and physical risks, and lets the audience become an active observer. Their signature piece is […]
Read moreCurrently in their third decade as professional circus clowns, Greg and Karen DeSanto are one of the few husband and wife comedy/clown teams working in America today. Karen graduated from the Ringling Clown College in 1993 and then was featured in Ringling’s Blue Unit. A member of the Clown Care (SM) hospital clowning program of the Big Apple Circus, Karen […]
Read moreMandy Dalton is an actress and clown based in Glen Burnie, Maryland. She develops comical and whimsical characters for all sorts of special events. Her characters can fit into nearly any theme. She can even design a character especially for your occasion. Her circus skills–juggling, stilt-walking, unicycling, magic–mesmerize audiences. In addition to strolling entertainment, Mandy has 30 and 45 minute […]
Read moreDoris The New Age Guru is a character created by Rachel Caine, an English business woman turned self-described “Sacred Clown Healer.” Doris’s story is the following: After thirty five years married to Stanley in Pontefract, Doris was blessed when a blinding flash electrocuted the hoover and her spirit guide came shining through. Instructed to branch out into the New Age […]
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 moreDick Monday and Tiffany Riley are a clown team currently working in the Dallas Forth Worth area. To find out more about their shows there, visit their website:http://www.slappysplayhouse.com/ Dick Monday was the Director of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College for the last three years of its existence. He created and directed the clowning for the Greatest […]
Read moreThis video is just too much to be believed. Mike Daisey, not a clown, more of a comic monologist/sitdown comedian/storyteller, is performing his show in a very posh experimental theatre in Cambridge MA. (The ART, American Repertory Theatre) In the middle of his sold out show, 87 protesters get up and walk out, and one of them pours water on […]
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