FRIDAY OCT 30: 11:30am, 12:45pm, 2pm, 5:30pm
SATURDAY, OCT 31: 11:30am, 12:45pm, 2pm
More about the Midnight Circus
Friday, October 30, 2009
SPOOKAPALOOZA (Chicago)
Speaking of the Midnight Circus, I nearly forgot that they are doing their annual set of Halloween Free shows in Daley Plaza again this year. This year the show is called SpookaPalooza!
They've been doing it all week, so you've missed a lot of shows, but there's 7 shows you can still see. The cast features a rotating round of Chicago variety performers, clowns, and eccentrics doing really fun stuff in Daley Plaza. The show is completely free. I caught it a couple of years ago and had a great time.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Chicagoist is featuring interviews with clowns
The series, called FACE YOUR FEARS, is intended to get to know people behind the greasepaint.
It's pretty good, as far as it goes, but nearly all of the clowns interviewed are Primarily Birthday Party clowns and not circus clowns. Who knows, maybe Jeff Jenkins of the Midnight Circus is the last person interviewed (their Friday interview has not yet come out). That might give this a little balance.
UPDATE: They balanced it in a different way-- the fifth interview was with LezBobo the Clown, who does more alternative clowning. I've updated this post to reflect that.
Here's links to the interviews:
READ THE INTERVIEW
Website for more information.
READ THE INTERVIEW
Websites: Clowns For Hire and Kooky's Myspace.
READ THE INTERVIEW
Website for More Info
READ THE INTERVIEW
Website for more info
READ THE INTERVIEW
Website for more info
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Jango Edwards 3 day intensive workshop Nov 9-11 (NY)
Jango Edwards Clown Workshop Nov 9–11
Jef Johnson's Clown Lab and Nouveau Clown Institute present:
Clown: Formulas and Theory
With Jango Edwards
Jango Edwards is one of the founding fathers of the Nouveau Clown Movement. This is a rare opportunity to study with one of the world's great teachers. Jango was last here in 1982. The work he has done in Europe is the basis for much of the world scene these days.
About the Instructor:
Jango Edwards has dedicated his life to the study of comedy and the art of clown; not a job but a life style.
His first company, The Friends Roadshow, formed in London with Nola Rae, exploded into a theatrical community with bases in London, Amsterdam, and Detroit. Over 400 members from around the world have actively participated.
In 1975, after moving to Amsterdam, he gave birth to the internationally renowned Festival of Fools, which continued annually until 1984 and became the world's first comedy convention of the Nouveau Clowns. It set the foundation and form for a new trend in comic festivals, an annual gathering of a clown tribe, where all performed, taught, and exchanged the secrets to a new direction and the rebirth of an all but lost tradition.
During the 1980s and '90s he had a performing tour schedule of more than 200 performances per year. In theaters, concert halls, stadiums, music clubs, open-air festivals, and venues as diverse as an amphitheater in the Sahara desert, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Ronald McDonald Comedy Awards, the International Banking Conference of Switzerland, a nudist beach, half-time at a football match, the Olympic Village in Barcelona, and a bathroom at the Majestic Hotel in Cannes. His devout fans include Salvador Dali, The Queen of Holland, the Chancellor of Germany, Catherine Denueve, Fedrico Fellini, Francis Ford Copola, Xaviera Hollander, and the Rolling Stones, to name but a few.
In 2004 he moved to Barcelona and at the International Forum Festival he created The Fools Militia, a team of clown actors to create large scale clown performances and animations.
From this he developed a special World Clown Theater Series at the Almazen Theater where each week international clown artists present their productions and where every Saturday night he writes, directs, and performs with selected guest artists at the Cabaret Cabron. During the first two years of Cabaret Cabron and with the cooperation of over 100 clown artists he wrote, directed, and performed ove 100 different productions.
He is artistic director of Monsters of Comedy Festival in Rome and runs training programs for Clinic Clowns, Clown Doctors, and Doctors with Red Noses.
In October of 2009, he launched the Nouveau Clown Institute.
When:
November 9, 10, 11
12–6pm each day
Where:
The Brick Theater
575 Metropolitan Ave.
(between Union Ave. and Lorimer St.)
Brooklyn, NY 11211
bricktheater.com
Cost:
$200; Space is limited. Reserve your place with a non-refundable deposit of $100
(PayPal accepted)
Contact/Enrollment:
Jef Johnson
jefjohnson@nyclown.com
Jef Johnson's Clown Lab and Nouveau Clown Institute present:
Clown: Formulas and Theory
With Jango Edwards
Jango Edwards is one of the founding fathers of the Nouveau Clown Movement. This is a rare opportunity to study with one of the world's great teachers. Jango was last here in 1982. The work he has done in Europe is the basis for much of the world scene these days.
About the Instructor:
Jango Edwards has dedicated his life to the study of comedy and the art of clown; not a job but a life style.
His first company, The Friends Roadshow, formed in London with Nola Rae, exploded into a theatrical community with bases in London, Amsterdam, and Detroit. Over 400 members from around the world have actively participated.
In 1975, after moving to Amsterdam, he gave birth to the internationally renowned Festival of Fools, which continued annually until 1984 and became the world's first comedy convention of the Nouveau Clowns. It set the foundation and form for a new trend in comic festivals, an annual gathering of a clown tribe, where all performed, taught, and exchanged the secrets to a new direction and the rebirth of an all but lost tradition.
During the 1980s and '90s he had a performing tour schedule of more than 200 performances per year. In theaters, concert halls, stadiums, music clubs, open-air festivals, and venues as diverse as an amphitheater in the Sahara desert, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Ronald McDonald Comedy Awards, the International Banking Conference of Switzerland, a nudist beach, half-time at a football match, the Olympic Village in Barcelona, and a bathroom at the Majestic Hotel in Cannes. His devout fans include Salvador Dali, The Queen of Holland, the Chancellor of Germany, Catherine Denueve, Fedrico Fellini, Francis Ford Copola, Xaviera Hollander, and the Rolling Stones, to name but a few.
In 2004 he moved to Barcelona and at the International Forum Festival he created The Fools Militia, a team of clown actors to create large scale clown performances and animations.
From this he developed a special World Clown Theater Series at the Almazen Theater where each week international clown artists present their productions and where every Saturday night he writes, directs, and performs with selected guest artists at the Cabaret Cabron. During the first two years of Cabaret Cabron and with the cooperation of over 100 clown artists he wrote, directed, and performed ove 100 different productions.
He is artistic director of Monsters of Comedy Festival in Rome and runs training programs for Clinic Clowns, Clown Doctors, and Doctors with Red Noses.
In October of 2009, he launched the Nouveau Clown Institute.
When:November 9, 10, 11
12–6pm each day
Where:
The Brick Theater
575 Metropolitan Ave.
(between Union Ave. and Lorimer St.)
Brooklyn, NY 11211
bricktheater.com
Cost:
$200; Space is limited. Reserve your place with a non-refundable deposit of $100
(PayPal accepted)
Contact/Enrollment:
Jef Johnson
jefjohnson@nyclown.com
Monday, October 26, 2009
Dick Van Dyke on Slapstick
Thanks to Drew Richardson, Dramatic Fool for pointing this out -- a hilarious mini-lecture about how slapstick is no longer funny, and then Mr. D.V.D. proceeds to schlap the shtick all over it.
This is an object lesson in how to build a physical routine where the audience know what's coming, but they can't help themselves from laughing anyway.
This is an object lesson in how to build a physical routine where the audience know what's coming, but they can't help themselves from laughing anyway.
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