Thursday, 7 December 2023

How to survive as a clown

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 How to survive as a clown. This is what I've been doing all my adult life and I'm still doing it.   I have spent my whole adult...
Friday, 14 October 2022

What are my intentions when I teach clown?

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In a recent workshop I was saying that knowing your intention on stage changes how you impact an audience. Your intention might be to grab a...
Wednesday, 1 June 2022

What do clown teachers say and what do they do? and are they the same?

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In a recent Clown Studies Course, I asked the question: What do clown teachers say and what do they do? (are they the same?) Here is a respo...
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Tuesday, 8 March 2022

Clowning post-lots-of-things

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As we return to being with each other in person, doing things like we did two years ago seems absurd. The world has moved, we have all chang...
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Sunday, 4 April 2021

Clowns are not always good

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For many years I’ve protested about the suffocating ideologies of wholeness and goodness and claims to truth in the world of clowning. The w...
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Tuesday, 29 December 2020

We, Cowboys - by charlie.translate

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'Cinema to Fiction' - Go West (1925)  by charlie.translate Clown Studies Course July-September 2020 London Clown School
Monday, 28 December 2020

Women Clowns in Early Cinema - by Giedrė Degutytė

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[This project is published together with the comments by Jon Davison, at the request of the author, Giedrė Degutytė.]
Thursday, 17 September 2020

"Is it a gag or a stunt? And was Buster Keaton, therefore, a clown or stuntman (or both)?" by Francesca De Sica

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Wednesday, 8 July 2020

The personal clown and vulnerability: is it an ideology of privilege?

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I have researched and written for some time about the ideologies of the ‘personal clown’ dominant in Western clown training and performance....
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Friday, 8 May 2020

Clown training goes online

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With the help of a grant from Arts Council England’s Emergency Response Fund, I am exploring new and innovative online possibilities in cl...
Monday, 13 April 2020

Are prescriptions for clowning ridiculous in the age of coronavirus lockdown?

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Recently, on a widely used clown forum, a question posed by the daily newspaper Le Monde was discussed in reference to our own specific ar...
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Thursday, 26 September 2019

How did this come about? Part 2

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I’ve been meaning to get around to updating my story for a while now. Seems like 14 years have passed since I last attempted to make sense...
Monday, 23 September 2019

Clown wordlists / keywords

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There are many clown teachers. There are many methods. They do not agree.   Here is a quick way to get an idea of my approach: Words...
Thursday, 19 September 2019

Clown Universals?

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Having just returned from teaching a five-day workshop in Canada, where there are many clown teachers and methods but one rather dominant o...
Wednesday, 14 August 2019

Impact Report - Friday Flop Research and Development Project (March-July 2019)

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Friday Flop Research and Development Project (March-July 2019) Impact Report 1 W hat we achieved, compared with the origina...
Monday, 22 July 2019

Research workshops - Friday Flop Research and Development Project (March-July 2019)

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​ May 29th: Practical Clowning Research at London Metropolitan University As part of our Arts Council-funded R&D explo...