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CORNBALL CLOWNS – Peggy Ryan
Some thread of Clown history relates the word ‘clown’ to a ‘clod’. A clod can be a lump of clay or dirt. A clod can be a country bumpkin. That is a person from the rural areas. Jim Nabors, the clown who was a singer, acted in two fine ‘clown’ TV shows: Mayberry R.F.D.; and,…
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Picasso’s Saltimbanques
“Harlequin Dreams” was one of my Clown Theatre experiments. The whole show is 43 minutes and is on a link below. It was one of my semi-autobiographic shows. I came to be Harlequin via a basic commercial gig. The company hiring me was Compaq. They were about to launch their first laptop. Following close on…
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Women Clowns – Half of The Whole Truth
Women Clowns – Half of The Whole Truth This blog/essay is to provide a little of the background which is the source that led to contemporary Women Clowns. INTRODUCTION When discussing Clown, clowns, clowning, and clown teaching I often refer to clowns whose work is readily available via youtube/online. And specifically I often choose famed…
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“The Josephine Baker Exercise” the great Clown exercise for Women… and anyone
“The Josephine Baker Exercise” the great Clown exercise for Women… and anyone. The Josephine Baker Exercise is situated in my method’s chronological template The Four Articulations for Performance, The final section of The Four Articulations is whereThe Josephine Baker Exercise occurs. That final section named The Path of Honor. There are 9 exercises in The…
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One of THE Greatest Clown Routines
photo: Lucille Ball and Gale Gordon were a legendary Clown Duet albeit on TV, for 23 years. One of THE Greatest Clown Routines No one in Clown knows everything about Clown. Every single one of those who would claim to know ‘everything’ about Clown does not know my Method which locates Universal Principles which apply…
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“HAL” of 2001: A Space Odyssey; and HAL’s Non-Clown Clown Source
Non-Clown Clown I.J.Good “HAL” of 2001: A Space Odyssey; and its Non-Clown Clown Source its Non-Clown Clown Source “Alan Turing … had caught Good sleeping on the floor while on duty during his first night shift. At first, Turing thought Good was ill, but he was cross when Good explained that he was just taking a…
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The 2-Hands Secret to Acting and Clowning
photo: Ira Seidenstein in Harlequin Dreams – whole show 45 minutes on youtube The 2-Hands Secret to Acting and Clowning One of my shortest blogs – just a few points about the value and secret of the hands in performance. How that secret is openly taught and embodied via the individual within The Four Articulations…
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My Only Short Blog About Clown/Acting
This is me merely up to episode 4. This tv series is to me the pinnacle and result of a century plus of the development of modern acting, writing, directing, technological integration from hair and makeup to computer wizardry. And is a direct heritage from the Elders of Clown Cinema: Roscoe Arbuckle; Edna Purviance; Hal…
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BLOG of 100+ BLOGS: INCL EACH LINK – I.S.A.A.C.
photo: Ira Seidenstein teaching Slava Snowshow company’s workshop for University acting students.2012 – Italy. 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}. Those 45 titles are listed at end of this blog.…
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“American Clown” The Documentary Stemming from “Bozo the Clown”.
photo: Pinto Colvig the original Bozo the Clown “American Clown” The Documentary Stemming from “Bozo the Clown”. I have been planning this blog/essay about Bozo the Clown for a few months. Today was finally meant to be the day. In gathering a few online bits regarding Bozo I saw a strange short youtube video of…
