Stanley Allen Sherman and Hovey Burgess present another in their series of intensive Commedia Dell’arte Courses . It starts this Sunday at pier Studios in NY. Commedia dell’Arte Summer Intensive Seminar 2 Week Workshop June 14th – June 26, 2009Price $795at pierStudios in New York NY RCCU is in its eight year of teaching Classical Commedia dell’Arte as close to […]
Read more[via]Corpora & John Achorn Announce Ongoing Worksessions in Commedia dell’Arte Stage II – A six week intermediate/advanced class exploring character, selected lazzi, & scenarios ~ exploring how to apply commedia to the 21st CenturyMonday evenings 7:00~10:00pm @ [via]Corpora StudioBeginning Monday, June 16 ~ thru July 28 Stage I – A six week introduction to the essential elements of the commedia […]
Read moreBrian Foley (of Circus Bambouk) has started a very nice Commedia Link blog– he’s putting up all sorts of great video regarding commedia, as well as book reviews, photographs, pictures of masks, thoughts, philosophy,etc. I highly recommend checking it out. Visit the blog at http://cdalinks.blogspot.com/ He posted two video links that I was especially interested in– both feature Ferrucio Soleri. […]
Read moreLaughing Gravy Theatre Company is a company based in the UK that has recently moved to Brooklyn, NY. They aim to utilize the principles of Commedia dell’ Arte to create both masked and unmasked theatre that is accessible to modern audiences. (and if you don’t know, their company is named after a great Laurel and Hardy Short. You can see […]
Read moreAugusto Cabrera is a director, actor, clown, puppeteer,commedia teacher and performer based in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the director of Mask & Commedia Centrum, an institution/school that focuses on spreading knowledge and information about masks, puppetry, and commedia to the world at large through workshops, festivals, and performances. Commedia Gillet is the professional company of Mask & Commedia Centrum, which […]
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I have recently become infatuated with Fawlty Towers the British sitcom made in the 70’s, written by John Cleese and his then wife Connie Booth and performed by them as well. The show was ranked number one on a list of the Greatest British Television Programs ever in 2000 and, in 2019, it was named the greatest ever British TV sitcom […]
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February isn’t actually Commedia Month (although it does contain international Commedia Day). But in Chicago, Laughing Stock Theatre is doing its darnedest to celebrate Commedia month anyway. They are bringing Antonio Fava, a world-renowned performer, teacher, director and maskmaker from Italy, to Chicago during the month of February. He’ll be conducting a 2 day master class 2/15-2/16 at Links Hall […]
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MTM Lydia Biondi is sponsoring the second edition of Premio Internazionale Lydia Biondi in honor of the artist whose distinguished work as an actor, director, and teacher of Commedia dell’Arte won her recognition in Italy and around the world. Biondi was born in Livorno, Italy, in May of 1942. She studied scenic design at the Accademia di Belle Arti in […]
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Sad news: Â Julie Goell, the renowned musician, clown, and theatre teacher, passed away on Sunday. She was a teacher of mine (along with her husband Avner Eisenberg.) Â She and Avner taught worldwide for a number of years, and I took at least two workshops with them at the Celebration Barn in Maine and at MotionFest.(If you read the obit below, […]
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I have studied with Christopher Bayes in NY about 15 years ago– he’s a great teacher, and you are sure to learn a lot from him! Â (I studied with him and Bill Irwin AT THE SAME TIME! Well, different hours, but the same week) Take Clown in Chicago with Christopher Bayes Christopher Bayes, current head physical acting teacher at the […]
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Julie Goell is a well-known performer and teacher of comedy and physical theatre, (and the wife of renowned Eccentric Avner.) Â She has written a book about clowning and performing. Â The book, entitled Life In A Clownhouse is part teaching manual, part memoir, Â and all about her and Avner’s theories of performance and clowning. I have taken a couple of classes […]
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 moreAvner The Eccentric is playing a very exciting run of shows at the Canal Park Playhouse during the month of March. For those of you not familiar with Avner, you probably are, but you just don’t know it.  Avner has had a long career as a touring artist and master teacher.  He was a student of Jacques LeCoq and of Carlo Mazzone-Clemente […]
Read moreYou can read about the 3 shows I saw on Friday here: On Saturday, I saw 4 more shows of the NY Clown Festival.  Here’s what I saw PERHAPS… PERHAPS… QUIZAS. I’d seen Gabriela Muñoz perform a shorter version of this show 2 years ago.  Here’s what I thought of it then.(In fact, I was the audience volunteer that got married […]
Read moreI had the chance yesterday to go to a blogger event with 5 of the Harlem Globetrotters. Â They are preparing to appear in Brooklyn for the first time (Sunday October 7 at 5 pm at the Barclays Center)Â – click link to purchase tickets. This is the 87nth season of the Harlem Globetrotters, and throughout these seasons they’ve entertained millions of […]
Read moreThe NY Clown Theater Festival 2012 Â starts in just a few days, and features loads of great shows. Â (I’ve already featured my show and the workshops that are taking place, but there’s lots of other great stuff, including an opening pie fight, a closing funeral procession (made a little bit more real by the death of one of the prospective […]
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