Category: Actor Clown Artists

The Grand-Mother of Contemporary Clown – Irene Ryan Irene Ryan played the great clown “Granny Clampett” in the television series The Beverly Hillbillies. Back row Donna Douglas; Irene Ryan; front Buddy Ebsen; Max Baer, Jr Granny Clowns Birth Timeline Sampler: Fanny Brice 1891; Mae West 1893; Gracie Allen 1895; Irene Ryan 1902; Josephine Baker 1906;…

CLOWN TROUPES: A TROPE ON CREATIVITY This blog essay has 3 sections that are juxtaposed but not directly integrated in the writing. You the reader will need to connect the dots and find your own meaningful relation between the themes: a) Clown Troupes a few favourite examples; and, b) a 2-pages excerpt on confusion or…

Photo – Gertrude Bodenwieser early performance. She was born Gertrud Bondi in Vienna, 1890. Bodenwieser choreographed over 300 dances and her companies performed in over 300 cities and towns internationally. She was extremely gifted as a choreographer with special talents: in using the unique attributes of her dancers; her use of space as a theatrical…

Oh the delights and treasures of youtube and ‘giggle’:) Today a site posted a short film of Joe Cook. I knew nothing about him. Here you’ll find this EXCEPTIONALLY wonderful clown and clown film! Be sure to see the links below about him, and the one about the utterly glorious director!! In the meantime, if…

There were four young girls who had the lead role in the Alice Comedies started in 1923. The first young actress was Virginia Davis and she acted in the first 14 films. “Recalling her work on the Alice Comedies, Davis said, “It was a great time – full of fun, adventure, and ‘let’s pretend.’ I adored…

“She found work washing dishes and posing as a nude model.[2] This same year, she hired the 17-year-old Georg Kreisler as a rehearsal pianist to continue focus on cabaret work. By 1941, she had opened the Beggar Bar in New York. It was a cabaret/restaurant that was filled with mismatched furniture.[6]Julian Beck, Judith Malina,[1] and Jackson Pollock worked for her.[12]Tennessee Williamsalso worked…

Research is fun when you trust the subconscious and the spontaneous. My friend Yiss Mill sent me a video of the band he was playing with, Aljamia in Sydney. Their Eastern music was wonderful and their guest solo dancer was outstanding. I was inspired and made a 45-second video to send to Yiss. In the…

Thanks to someone named Peter for posting this link of Andy Kaufman. I have only seen a few videos of Kaufman. He, as he is, is Supreme. It is almost like looking at a masterpiece of art or music or dance etc. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” as the saying goes. If…

Swedish Clown Eva Rydberg is elegant. She trained as a dancer in her youth and began professional contracts as a teenager. She was a dancer in touring tent circuses including the most beautiful Circus Scott during its pinnacle years. She’s a classical actress with a speciality in the genre called “Revue”. Revue is usually light…

Photo: Jango Edwards’ NCI Workshop/Project Barcelona 2019. Ira, Jango, Franto D Romano. Although the impulse for this post is to support a performance piece and its co-creators, the mere thought of writing always opens my preferred creative approach that is to think tangentially. I’m not interested to write a codified review of an art product.…