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A GLIMPSE INTO THE AUSTRALIAN CIRCUS FESTIVAL
A GLIMPSE INTO THE AUSTRALIAN CIRCUS FESTIVAL The Australian Circus Festival has just completed it’s 4th attempt. This was more than twice the dimension of the 3rd attempt in 2017. The brainchild of Jasmine Straga an internationally respected teacher, choreographer,…
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Synchronistic Shakespeare
On the days that I do yoga in my living room I am surrounded by 8 bookcases. When I do seated asanas I am next to 2 of the bookcases. One of those has my books on Shakespeare, Chaplin, Beckett,…
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Trance Acting And Hands
One of the biggest breakthroughs in the teaching of contemporary acting came from Vahktangov when he directed the Jewish troupe Habima in Russia in “The Dybbuk”. He discovered (observed, understood, was inspired by) the way the Jewish actors naturally went…
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Four Cultural Hugs
FOUR CULTURAL HUGS First a bit of background with some thoughts about Culture and National Identity.The four hugs I have written about each took place within a Cultural experience. Every faction of the world is jostling for the right of…
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Shakespeare Space-Time Continuum
SHAKESPEARE’S SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM.This week I saw King Lear and Cymbeline. Huge, long, meandering plays. In London, 2016. Cymbeline is the play with endless endings. King Lear is the play with endless middle scenes. Both have mystical elements as well as…
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Dame Cecily Courtneidge – female comic acrobat, comedienne. One of Australia’s ‘first’ female ‘clowns’
” Cicely Courtneidge was born on April 1, 1893 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia as Esmerelda Cicely Courtneidge. Her father was from England”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYQNfMFs7uA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicely_Courtneidge She returned to Australia briefly in a comedy musical Under the Counter (1943?). Her fame…
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Carlo’s Revenge – Project “Commedia Toto”
Carlo’s Revenge – Project “Commedia Toto” in part in memory of my teacher Carlo Mazzone-ClementiI am in Italy, the country of Carlo’s birth. This project “Commedia Toto” owes much to Carlo and is a transference of his energy. Carlo was…
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Ira’s Background with Shakespeare
Ira has a unique and extensive background with Shakespeare and clown. This workshop is beyond the scope of most approaches to Shakespeare clowning. One also needs to recognize that historically certain roles of several main clowns were written for the…
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3 Shakespeare Roles in BSC
In the BSC 1992 season I played many minor characters in the three plays – Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, Richard III. We were 16 actors (including John Bell and his wife Anna Volska) touring in repertory all three plays.…
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Meetings With Remarkable Clowns
In 1979 I chose to leave the USA to see the European traditional one-ring circus clowns. I left for 3 weeks, but, have been gone since 1979. Amongst the clowns I met in the first instance in Europa were Alfred…