Titles of My Writings: Books; and, Blog/Essays – Ira Seidenstein, PhD
My writings include: two books which comprise a pair; Clown Secret (11 chapters), and, Quantum Theatre: Slapstick to Shakespeare (45 essays titles listed at end of this blog); also online there are 60+ blog/essays which could be the equivalent of another book.
(Additionally there are several written interviews available online via google).
www.iraseid.com/blog
BELOW ARE THE TITLES OF MY BLOGS. AS OF MARCH 25, 2023 THERE ARE 60+ BLOGS. They are blog/essays divided into three sections. The blog/essays do not always fit into one section more than another.
SECTION 1 – KEY TO CREATIVITY: ISAAC’S WAY OF CLOWN
This group of essays introduces a process of recalibrating your ways of discussing the field of Clown and Clowning. You will find that each essay stimulates your own creative process and way of thinking about clown specifically; and, creativity and acting generally.
March 20, 2023 – For The Love of Shakespeare: call a spade a spade
November 11, 2022 – REMNANTS – ENCOUNTERS WITH MY CULTURE. Prelude to my future book, part 1
August 4, 2022 – WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
May 12, 2022 – DOGS AND CLOWNS… a match made in heaven
March 24, 2022 – Thoughts From A Young Artist: Grėtė Šmitaitė
October 21, 2021 – An Elephant Walks Into a Room and Nobody Notices….. a slight insight into Jewish Humour in the key of b-flat.
April 13, 2021 – Fabulous Fable
March 19, 2021 – Jerry Lewis School of Clown?
June 16, 2020 – Is Nonsense Necessary to Make Sense of Society?
June 5, 2020 – Truth Is Not Black or White… it is more grey and fluid like Yin/Yang
December 12, 2019 – A GLIMPSE INTO THE AUSTRALIAN CIRCUS FESTIVAL
August 8, 2017 – Trance Acting And Hands
November 11, 2016 – Shakespeare Space-Time Continuum
June 6, 2013 – Reviewing the Reviewers
January 1, 2012 – Shakespeare Productions 2012
April 4, 2011 – Teachers & Mentors
SECTION 2 – BEYOND THE NORM IN CLOWN TRAINING
There are a few patterns in clown training and each tends to be dogmatic within its own borders, and, tends to be antagonistic towards other viewpoints.
I have created a disruptive technology of succinct creative exercises each of which deals directly with the essential problems of teaching clown.
The benefit of my method is that it leads directly to self-empowerment for any participant, no matter what their level of experience or skill.
March 14, 2023 – “Shakespeareitis” – or, something’s rotten in the state of English language productions of Shakespeare’s plays
February 10, 2023
How The Authentic Lineage of Clown Works
February 8, 2023 – CLOWN: AUTHENTIC? or APPROPRIATED?
December 13, 2022 – Healing the Theatre and Clown Training?
May 10, 2021 – Vaudeville: Patter; Shtik; Double Talk
January 10, 2021 – Multicultural Theatre. Multiculturalism.
August 25, 2020 – Show Biz, The Art of Variety
August 24, 2020 – Diversity Is Normal
July 10, 2020 – Consulting Elders
June 26, 2020 – The Universal Mind and Non-Clown Clowns
June 6, 2020 – Collaboration – “The Quantum Point”
July 7, 2013 – Teaching Is Learning
May 5, 2013 – Beyond The Norm in Clown Training
April 4, 2013 – Snipets. Prelude to Clown Secret book.
March 3, 2011 – Lecoq – Complements and Criticism
January 1, 2011 – “Shakespeare’s Clowns” workshop with Ira Seidenstein
January 1, 2011 – Male-Female the yin/yang of Theatre – key principle in The Seidenstein Method
November 11, 2010 – The Seidenstein Method
November 11, 2010 – Training Actors, Clowns, Directors – What works, how and when?
SECTION 3 ACTOR/CLOWN ARTISTS
Here you will find a cache of essays about clowns who were so inspired, yet who are rarely discussed within the field of Clown.
You will broaden your perspective about what excellence in clowning can be, and thus you will have a chance to be inspired towards your own aesthetic and viewpoint.
Along with a new outlook and the I.S.A.A.C. Four Articulations exercises you will have self-empowered tools to renew your approach to Clown.
March 12, 2023 – The Grand-Mother of Contemporary Clown
January 17, 2023 – CLOWN TROUPES: A TROPE ON CREATIVITY
November 11, 2022 – SACRED DANCE
May 13, 2021 – 57 Female Clown Short Films
May 13, 2021 – Non-Clown Clown Lady
May 4, 2021 – Artistic Soul Mates
January 20, 2021 – Supreme Clown
January 5, 2021 – The Most Elegant Clown
December 29, 2020 – Awful Clowns Are Wonderful
December 12, 2020 – One Clown Who I Forgot… until today!
December 12, 2020 – The Legendary George Carl and Another Funny Meeting
October 10, 2020 – Absolute Clowning: Preston Sturges
August 8, 2020 – Non-Clown Clowns
August 8, 2020 – Einstein and The Radical Clown
July 7, 2020 – The Incredible Clown – Sid Caesar
May 5, 2020 – Post-Pandemic Comedy of 1922 about Doctors/Medicine
February 2, 2020 – Ponydance: Clown? Dance? Or beyond?
November 11, 2019 – Synchronistic Shakespeare
December 12, 2016 – Four Cultural Hugs
QUANTUM THEATRE: SLAPSTICK TO SHAKESPEARE BY IRA SEIDENSTEIN
ESSAY TITLES
1 QUANTUM THEATRE: SLAPSTICK TO SHAKESPEARE
2 QUICK DEFINITION OF QUANTUM THEATRE
3 CORE MECHANICS
4 THEATRE HISTORY
5 TRAINING THE ACTOR
6 CREATIVITY AND THE ACTOR
7 POPULAR THEATRE
8 COMMEDIA: COMMEDIA DELL ‘ARTE: COMEDY
9 MASK, MASKS, MASQUE, MASKED BALL
10 A STORY
11 SHAKESPEARE I:
PHASE 1
PHASE 2
12 MIME AND VOICE
13 YOGA
14 THEATRE CLOWN
15 CLASSICAL ACTING AND STYLE
16 DIRECTION
17 MULTICULTURAL THEATRE I
18 MULTICULTURAL II. AN EXAMPLE
19 MULTI-CULT III
20 SHAKESPEARE II
21 SHAKESPEARE III
22 SLAPSTICK
23 GENIUS OF THE THEATRE
24 TEACHERS AND LEARNING
25 A SCHOOL OF DELL ‘ARTE
26 TRY TO QUIT THEATRE
27 PROFESSOR CLETUS
28 SHAKESPEARE’S SLAP SCHTICK
29 HENRY THE FIFTH… A CAST OF TWELVE WOMEN
29a KING LEAR
30 CRITICS
31 THEATRE AS RELIGION
32 COMMON SENSE, CLAIRVOYANCE, AND CAREER
33 C C C II
34 CONCEPTS INSIDE QUANTUM THEATRE
35 SPEAKING OF NOTHING. THE SHAMAN.
36 ALCHEMY
37 HARRY HAYTHORN
38 BALANCE IN TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE
39 STRUCTURE – QUANTUM THEATRE
40 HEALING THE THEATRE FOR TOMORROW
42 ORIGIN OF CREATION … ORIGIN OF IDEAS
41 QUANTUM THEATRE – THREE SYSTEMS OF TEN
42 COMMENTS – NEUROSCIENTIST JIM PICKLE
43 COMMENTS – THEATRE PRACTITIONER NAREE SHIELDS
44 COMMENTS – THEATRE MAKER THERESE COOK
45 COMMENTS – CHOREOGRAPHER, DANCER OONA DOHERTY