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From the musty Archives - articles on clowns from around the worldRingling Bros. hold clown auditions in San Francisco - It's time to hang up the suit jacket and put on a clown nose. The Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey is holding a clown audition Tuesday in San Francisco. TWO-YEAR CLOWN TRAINING - Nose to Nose of North America is pleased to announce its first two-year program of clown training. Our program provides a coherent progression from introductory work to developing skills of performance and Social Clowning.
The training consists of 4 one-week long courses to be completed over the course of two years. Get ready to clown around - Since 1970, the first week of August has been recognized as International Clown Week, a time to celebrate the talents and charitable work of clowns.
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A life clowning around is all about smiles - Marilyn Anderson of Redford is truly in touch with her inner child.
She slips into a goofy costume and applies colorful makeup. She plops on an orange wig and a beanie with a whirling propeller. Now, she's “Wink the Clown,” ready to put smiles on people's faces. Her sidekick is “Silly,” a bird puppet. Irish Theater Magazine - Mesmerising. Enchanting. Magical. Touching. Ingenious. Innovative. Quirky. Endearing. Experimental. Different and highly imaginative. All words that appropriately describe Barabbas’ latest theatrical offering. This time it’s a collaboration with Little John Nee, an inimitable and very Irish troubadour, storyteller, writer, actor and (even if he might baulk at the description) avant-garde clown, in the broadest meaning of our hitherto historically circus-confined red nosed buffoon. Actually, in the case of Little John Nee and this production, Shakespearean Fool and Patrick Kavanagh-esque village idiot aka parochial-meaning-universal poet is a more fitting appellation. Embracing the magic .. or Getting hugs - After 25 years and a cavalcade of trials, "Hugs the Clown" keeps smiling through an economic downturn Clowns Make Pilgrimage in Mexico City - The streets of Mexico City resemble a circus, as hundreds of Mexico's clowns make their annual pilgrimage to church.
Tatiana says she and her fellow clowns pray every year to Mexico's patron saint, the Virgin of Guadalupe. A clown's crusade to end bullying - Few pleasures compare with being able to cancel brunch with your in-laws because you have an appointment with a rodeo clown from Wyoming who is rolling a barrel from the District of Columbia to New Jersey. New York’s Big Apple Circus Raises The Curtain On Mid-East Debut - It’s a case of ‘come one, come all’ to the greatest show this summer, as New York’s critically-acclaimed Big Apple Circus raises the curtain on its Middle East debut tomorrow.
It will run at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre’s (ADNEC) Abu Dhabi Hall until August 3.
The Big Apple Circus gained international notoriety as the opening act on Britney Spears’ phenomenally successful The Circus Starring: Britney Spears world tour. There's a time and place for clowning around - Protecting, championing and exercising the right to free speech is in the life blood of newspapers. So it may seem counter-intuitive for us to take the Christian clown to task for spreading a faith-based message to young children at Waterfront Park on July 4th. But that’s what we have to do in this case. Full circle to Cirque's clowning roots - In Sanskrit, the word "koza" means chest or treasure. One of the underlying ideas in Cirque du Soleil's KOOZA is that of a simple "circus in a box."
Something of a return back to the company's earlier days, this show is far less about multiple acts and myriad mechanical gear, focusing instead on those two classics of circus arts: Acrobatics and clowning.
Clowns descend on slums of Iquitos, Peru to offer joy and bright paint - The 5th Annual Belen Festival in Iquitos, Peru will be celebrated Aug 4-14, 2010 as 100 clowns from around the world join the people of Belen and local organizations to promote health and happiness through art, play, healthcare, education and collaborative volunteer work. A look into the hierarchy of clowning - Roy Dietrich is a real clown. An Auguste type of clown, to be exact, which means he's a prankster.
But don't expect to find a whoopee cushion waiting on your seat under the big top if you visit the Cole Bros. Circus in Middle Island, where he'll be performing this weekend. Clown Jam in Branson is a mixture of business, balloon animals - D.J. Ehlert is at a convention in Branson teaching a class about marketing. He's also teaching classes about parties and how to make balloon animals.
That's the mixture of fun and serious business that is part of the 13th annual Clown Jam held in the Stone Castle Resort in Branson through Sunday. Suzi Q clowning around Tehachapi - My clowning started ten years ago when my husband Ralph and I were inside a thrift shop looking for parade costumes. That's when I spotted a brand new clown costume complete with a red foam nose still in its package, a never before worn wig, and brand new giant clown shoes, all for $3. Learning the Ropes of Being a Circus Performer - From tight rope walkers, to clowns, even a four ton disappearing elephant, it's full of thrills.
So what goes on behind the scenes to make it the "Greatest Show on Earth"? I decided to run away with the circus for a day and see what it takes to be a performer. From a crash course in clowning around, to juggling and twirling around, you could say I learned the ropes. Circus Smirkus: Let the Big Top Tour begin - There are about 600,000 people living in Vermont, and most of them seem to be clowns. Or acrobats. Or tightrope walkers.
Just kidding. Yet, this sparsely-populated state somehow has attracted a preponderance of circus performers NY Clown Theatre Festival - The Brick Theater has announced its schedule for the end of 2010, which will feature the annual NY Clown Theatre Festival, to run September 3-26 and Fight Fest 2, a celebration of stage combat to run December 2-19. In pictures: Laughter therapy in Haiti - Check out the Picture Gallery School's new degree: More fun than a carful of clowns - If you've ever wanted to run away with the circus, Coastal Carolina University may be able to place you under the big top this fall.
The university has established 10 new degree programs, including a bachelor of fine arts in theatre arts, which will allow students to study physical theater and spend their senior year in residence at the Circus Center of San Francisco's Clown Conservatory. Final Salute: Shriners clown kept ill children smiling - Bill Greene could paint, whittle, scuba dive and mold ceramics.
He could also blow, twist, coil and weave balloons into flowers and animals. That’s when his massive, almost head-sized hands were at their best, according to friends. Clowning around at the circus - Realising many people’s childhood fantasy, Fiona McCann runs away to join the circus, but discovers after only one day that being a clown is a serious business
I’VE RUN away to join the circus. In contrast to childhood fantasies, alas, I’ve only run away for the day, and it involves a train to Mallow rather than hitching a ride alongside some exotic stranger on a coloured wagon passing through town. None of this detracts, however, from the fillip of excitement as the bright blue Fossett’s tent looms into view and I take in the scurry of circus folk transforming Mallow Racecourse for tonight’s performance. When the contortionist met the clown, it was love at first sight - There are days when it's tempting to run away and join the circus but for most the fantasy is rarely realised. Not so for one girl who travelled 8,000km to join the circus -- and found love in the process. Sam Payne helps kids clown around - The circus-arts performer is involved with Camp ZinZanni San Francisco, a summer workshop presented by Teatro ZinZanni for 9- to-16-year-olds.
So checkout the interview Clowns Entertain Barnum Museum With $10,000 Gift - Clowns have a special way of either making people laugh or scaring the bejeezus out of them. But on Monday there was nothing but smiles at the Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, Conn., when a pair of circus performers showed up with a $10,000 gift. Yoga gurus clown around with kids - Yoga and clowning: Two seemingly separate schools of thought and action.
Yet Alan Lowenschuss, aka Banana Peel the Yoga Clown, melds both ideas with his playful, bendy and interactive performances for children and adults in North Naples and beyond. |
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