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Discovering Your Inner Clown

Author : L. B. Wilshere-Cumming
Publisher : L.B Wilshere-Cumming Prods
ISBN 13 : 9780646490601
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Discovering Your Inner Clown written by L. B. Wilshere-Cumming and published by L.B Wilshere-Cumming Prods. This book was released on 2008 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fantastic, innovative, hilarious new book featuring a contribution from legendary entertainer, comedian Jerry Lewis! Finally, there is a practical, inexpensive, enjoyable solution to healing your chronic pain without using all those annoying potions and lotions! Weep no more and get ready to take your punch line pills. This extraordinary book shows you how your 'funny bones' eliminate the pain in all your other bones! It covers a broad range of pain-relieving topics such as: improving your sex life; bettering your partnerships; raising happy kids; enhancing your self-esteem; controlling your anger; winning at work, and much more -- in an easy-going, highly readable, amusing way. The author is a comedian/psychotherapist who is a survivor of numerous life-threatening illnesses (i.e., tumours, meningitis, spinal and neck injuries) and she is a vigorous campaigner for progressive chronic pain research and treatment. She puts her pain management thoughts across with switched on jeu d'esprit and swinging, relaxed fun. The book makes managing your chronic pain a blast and even the legendary comedian/entertainer Jerry Lewis agrees! He liked the idea so much that he contributed! So yes, it is true: `Discovering Your Inner Clown,' can help you to cope more effectively with chronic pain! This small book with a big font will make you smile your way to becoming a stronger, healthier, happier person: guaranteed.

The Art of Clowning

Author : E.
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137054468
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Clowning written by E. and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Clowning is the first book on clowning technique and offers a step-by-step process for actors and other theatrical enthusiasts to discover their inner clown. This fun and accessible guide expands on theories and exercises to help students and beginners develop solo and group performances. Now with even more ways to find your inner clown!

The Clown in You

Author : Caroline Dream
Publisher : Alejandro Carlos Navarro Gonzalez
ISBN 13 : 9788461696529
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (965 download)

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Download or read book The Clown in You written by Caroline Dream and published by Alejandro Carlos Navarro Gonzalez. This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "THE CLOWN IN YOU" is a clowning manual for students, teachers and practitioners. It contains all kinds of valuable clown knowledge; both practical and theoretical. Within its pages readers will find all the basic principles of clowning, first-hand clowning experiences, tried and tested clown games and exercises, quotes from interviews Caroline held with professional clowns, examples of clown improvisations, and explanations of the clown philosophy underlying all the comic techniques used by clowns. The book thus provides an unprecedented insight into the heart of clowning and throws a fresh light on all the skills, audacity and dedication needed to encounter, encourage and set free one's clown. Caroline has worked with clowning from the inside out and the outside in. She writes from the perspective of a life spent investigating her art, both as a professional clown and as an international clown teacher. This is a must read for anyone wanting to learn more about the art and practice of clowning, or for anyone simply interested in becoming a healthier, happier and less inhibited person. ""Discovering your clown and allowing yourself complete freedom of expression is an addictive experience; an adventure sport, whose only drawback is that when you're on your way home you feel an urgent desire to keep on practising it."" CONTENTS The first three chapters introduce the reader to the art and craft of clowning as practiced by professional clowns throughout the world today. They also clarify all the misconceptions that have arisen around the clown that in reality hinder a student's ability to be funny. Chapters four to ten tackle specific areas of clown technique. Each chapter contains explanations of the reasons for, and reasoning behind, each element of the technique, plus guidelines and examples of how it all works on a practical level. Chapter eleven explores one of the least discussed aspects of clowning; the most common fears students face and how they can be dealt with. The final chapter examines the necessary ingredients for clowning success. It also covers the phenomenon of "flying," finding one's own unique comic wings. WHAT THE PROFESSIONALS HAVE SAID ABOUT THIS BOOK: " The Clown in You cuts past all the jargon and unhelpful generalizations about clowns and tackles the clown's creative process with the kind of insight that can only come from a seasoned performer. Highly recommended for both beginners and experienced clowns." "JOHN TOWSEN, author of "Clowns," director of The (Very) Physical Comedy Institute, U.S.A." "Caroline Dream's superbly documented 30 years of experience as a performer and trainer is an invaluable source of reference for professionals, hobbyists and teachers. One of the most illuminating and insightful clown development guidebooks that I have read." "ROB FLORENCE, physical theatre teacher at The Arts & Entertainment College, NL" "Every clown, aspiring or professional, should have this book in their library. It's a great resource for helping clowns discover deeper layers of their character and creating powerful material. Packed with invaluable gems for understanding and creating in the art of clowning." "ROB TORRES, clown, The Big Apple Circus, U.S.A." "In this book I've found fantastic exercises and material which will inspire clowns to play and, most importantly, help keep their idiot present." "AITOR BASAURI, Spymonkey, UK" "This book is a shortcut to your inner clown, a seductive invitation to joy and freedom, a lodestar for highly effective human development."" ANDRES AGUILAR, Clown, Founder of Risaterapia.org, MEX" "Caroline offers us her 30 years of clowning experience, disclosing a clown philosophy I fully concur with. I wholeheartedly recommend this book."" ANTON VALEN, clown with Cirque du Soleil (Alegria & Kurios), ESP

The Art of Clowning

Author : Eli Simon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230623816
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Clowning written by Eli Simon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-08-03 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Clowning is the first book on clowning technique and offers a step-by-step process for actors and other theatrical enthusiasts to discover their 'inner clown.' This fun and accessible guide expands on theories and exercises to help students and beginners develop solo and group performances.

Discovering the Clown, or The Funny Book of Good Acting

Author : Christopher Bayes
Publisher : Theatre Communications Group
ISBN 13 : 1559368810
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book Discovering the Clown, or The Funny Book of Good Acting written by Christopher Bayes and published by Theatre Communications Group. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Christopher Bayes is a master, an extraordinary visionary who has done more to liberate young American actors over the last two generations than I can possibly express. His classes in Clowning are philosophical manifestos; the power of his laughter inextricable from the depth of his spirit. This book is a treasure. Nothing can replace the experience of being in the room with a master teacher, but this practical, playful, brilliant book is the next best thing. Read it. It is indispensable.” —Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director, The Public Theater Discovering the Clown, or The Funny Book of Good Acting is a unique glimpse into the wild world of the Clown, unveiling “the playful self, the unsocialized self, the naive self…the big stupid who just wants to have some fun with the audience.” An essential guide for artists and actors wanting to set free the messy and hilarious Clown within.

The Art of Clowning

Author : E.
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137054468
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Clowning written by E. and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Clowning is the first book on clowning technique and offers a step-by-step process for actors and other theatrical enthusiasts to discover their inner clown. This fun and accessible guide expands on theories and exercises to help students and beginners develop solo and group performances. Now with even more ways to find your inner clown!

Tactical Performance

Author : Larry Bogad
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317422201
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Tactical Performance written by Larry Bogad and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-26 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tactical Performance tells fun, mischievous stories of underdogs speaking mirth to power - through creative, targeted activist performance in the streets of cities around the world. This compelling, inspiring book also provides the first ever full-length practical and theoretical guide to this work. L.M.Bogad, one of the most prolific practitioners and scholars of this genre, shares the most effective non-violent tactics and theatrics employed by groups which have captured the public imagination in recent years. Tactical Performance explores carnivalesque protest in unique depth, looking at the possibilities for direct action and sometimes shocking confrontation with some of the most powerful institutions in the world. It is essential reading for anyone interested in creative pranksterism and the global justice movement.

Be a Clown!

Author : Turk Pipkin
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780894803475
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Be a Clown! written by Turk Pipkin and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handbook for clownmanship, including makeup, funny faces, props, costumes, juggling, walking, and stunts.

The Semiotics of Clowns and Clowning

Author : Paul Bouissac
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472525086
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book The Semiotics of Clowns and Clowning written by Paul Bouissac and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last 300 years circus clowns have emerged as powerful cultural icons. This is the first semiotic analysis of the range of make-up and costumes through which the clowns' performing identities have been established and go on developing. It also examines what Bouissac terms 'micronarratives' - narrative meanings that clowns generate through their acts, dialogues and gestures. Putting a repertory of clown performances under the semiotic microscope leads to the conclusion that the performances are all interconnected and come from what might be termed a 'mythical matrix'. These micronarratives replicate in context-sensitive forms a master narrative whose general theme refers to the emergence of cultures and constraints that they place upon instinctual behaviour. From this vantage point, each performance can be considered as a ritual which re-enacts the primitive violence inherent in all cultures and the temporary resolutions which must be negotiated as the outcome. Why do these acts of transgression and re-integration then trigger laughter and wonder? What kind of mirror does this put up to society? In a masterful semiotic analysis, Bouissac delves into decades of research to answer these questions.

Clowning in Rome

Author : Henri J. M. Nouwen
Publisher : Image
ISBN 13 : 0804152136
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Clowning in Rome written by Henri J. M. Nouwen and published by Image. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic work by one of this century's most beloved spiritual writers now reissued. The inspirational writings of Henri Nouwen have touched millions of readers all over the world, and since his death in September 1996, widespread recognition of their enduring value has continued to grow. Now, after being unavailable for several years, Nouwen's Clowning in Rome is available again as an Image trade paperback. In this classic account of the time he spent in Rome, Nouwen offers reflections and spiritual insight characteristic of his best works. During the months in Rome, it wasn't the red cardinals or the Red Brigade who had the most impact on Nouwen, but the little things that took place between the great scenes. In some ways, Nouwen discovered, the real and true story was told by the clowns he often saw in the city streets. In his own words, from the Introduction to Clowning in Rome: "The clowns are not the center of events. They appear between the great acts, fumble and fall and make us smile again after the tensions created by the heroes we came to admire. The clowns don't have it together--they are awkward, out of balance and left-handed, but--they are on our side. The clowns remind us with a tear and a smile that we are sharing the same human weakness. The longer I was in Rome, the more I enjoyed the clowns, those peripheral people who by their humble, saintly lives evoke a smile and awaken hope, even in a city terrorized by kidnapping and street violence."

Touch of the Clown

Author : Glen Huser
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1554980623
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (549 download)

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Download or read book Touch of the Clown written by Glen Huser and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cosmo the clown is the first bit of light to come into Barbara's life in a long time. At home, she takes care of her abusive father, her grandmother, and Livvy, her sick sister. Cosmo encourages Barbara to join a teen clown workshop he is leading, and there she finds true friends for the first time. But she is soon in desperate need of his gentle guidance, when her family situation implodes, and her own resilience and resourcefulness are put to their greatest test.

DIY Circus Lab for Kids

Author : Jackie Leigh Davis
Publisher : Quarry Books
ISBN 13 : 1631595857
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book DIY Circus Lab for Kids written by Jackie Leigh Davis and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Produce your own circus! Make your own stilts, juggling sticks, and tightrope, then learn to use them; master the human pyramid; discover how to create your own circus acts and shows; and much more with DIY Circus Lab for Kids. Companion online video tutorials for every prop and skill make learning easy. Veteran circus educator Jackie Leigh Davis takes you, step by step, through the props and skills you need to perform all the major circus arts: Acrobatics, acrobalance, and human pyramids Balance arts Clowning Gyroscopic and toss juggling You’ll learn how to make juggling balls, a hoola hoop, a rola bola, a clown nose and hat, and a pair of poi, among other circus essentials. With these props, you’ll learn how to juggle, hoop, balance, perform clown gags, and more. Photo demonstrations, numbered steps, and online tutorials ensure you’ll understand exactly how to make the props and perform the skills. Did you know that a tight rope walker in Ancient Greece was called a funambulus? Or that female jugglers can be found pictured in 4,000-year-old hieroglyphs on the wall of an Egyptian tomb? DIYCircus Lab for Kids includes the history of each family of circus skills. “Circademics” sidebars explore the science and academics behind the circus activities, like how the brain changes when you learn how to juggle. “Circussecrets” sidebars throughout connect circus arts to social and emotional skills, like listening, persistence, and asking for and giving help. Many of the skills in this book are safe enough for kids to do themselves, with a few requiring an adult “spotter” so families or classes can enjoy them together. Once you’ve learned how to create your own circus with DIY Circus Lab for Kids, you can also: host a circus prop–making party, start a juggling club at school, clown at a senior center or daycare, start a community circus meet-up in a park, or integrate circus themes into your school's curriculum—the opportunities for circus fun are endless. The popular Lab for Kids series features a growing list of books that share hands-on activities and projects on a wide host of topics, including art, astronomy, clay, geology, math, and even bugs—all authored by established experts in their fields. Each lab contains a complete materials list, clear step-by-step photographs of the process, as well as finished samples. The labs can be used as singular projects or as part of a yearlong curriculum of experiential learning. The activities are open-ended, designed to be explored over and over, often with different results. Geared toward being taught or guided by adults, they are enriching for a range of ages and skill levels. Gain firsthand knowledge on your favorite topic with Lab for Kids.

Fourth Person Singular

Author : Nuar Alsadir
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1786940191
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Fourth Person Singular written by Nuar Alsadir and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original and ambitious poetry that makes readers pay attention to the current conversation about the nature of lyric and human relationships in the 21st century.

Cultural Activism

Author : Begüm Özden Firat
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 904202982X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Cultural Activism written by Begüm Özden Firat and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses contemporary activist practices that aim to interrupt and reorient politics as well as culture. The specific tactics analyzed here are diverse, ranging from culture jamming, sousveillance, media hoaxing, adbusting, subvertising, street art, to hacktivism, billboard liberation, and urban guerilla, to name but a few. Though indebted to the artistic and political movements of the past, this form of activism brings a novel dimension to public protest with its insistence on humor, playfulness, and confusion. This book attempts to grasp both the old and new aspects of contemporary activist practices, as well as their common characteristics and internal varieties. It attempts to open up space for the acknowledgement of the ways in which contemporary capitalism affects all our lives, and for the reflection on possible modes of struggling with it. It focuses on the possibilities that different activist tactics enable, the ways in which those may be innovative or destructive, as well as on their complications and dilemmas. The encounter between the insights of political, social and critical theory on the one hand and activist visions and struggles on the other is urgent and appealing. The essays collected here all explore such a confrontational collaboration, testing its limits and productiveness, in theory as well as in practice. In a mutually beneficial relationship, theoretical concepts are rethought through activist practices, while those activist practices are developed with the help of the insights of critical theory. This volume brings scholars and activists together in the hope of establishing a productive dialogue between the theorizations of the intricacies of our times and the subversive practices that deal with them.

Top Secret: Uncover Your Inner Spy

Author : Helaine Becker
Publisher : Scholastic Canada
ISBN 13 : 1443148202
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Top Secret: Uncover Your Inner Spy written by Helaine Becker and published by Scholastic Canada. This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quiz book for spy girls! Do you have what it takes to be a super spy? Are you smart, sneaky, stealthy? Are you a master of disguise? Can you break a code in seconds flat? Take these quizzes and find out if you're cut out for a life of intrigue and adventure.

Protest, Popular Culture and Tradition in Modern and Contemporary Western Europe

Author : Ilaria Favretto
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137507373
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Protest, Popular Culture and Tradition in Modern and Contemporary Western Europe written by Ilaria Favretto and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-10 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mock funerals, effigy parading, smearing with eggs and tomatoes, pot-banging and Carnival street theatre, arson and ransacking: all these seemingly archaic forms of action have been regular features of modern European protest, from the 19th to the 21st century. In a wide chronological and geographical framework, this book analyses the uses, meanings, functions and reactivations of folk imagery, behaviour and language in modern collective action. The authors examine the role of protest actors as diverse as peasants, liberal movements, nationalist and separatist parties, anarchists, workers, students, right-wing activists and the global justice movement. So-called traditional repertoires have long been described as residual and obsolete. This book challenges the conventional distinction between pre-industrial and post-1789 forms of collective action, which continues to operate as a powerful dichotomy in the understanding of protest, and casts new light on rituals and symbolic performances that, albeit poorly understood and deciphered, are integral to our protest repertoire.

The Clown, from Heart to Heart

Author : Ton Kurstjens
Publisher : Paragon Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1907611622
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book The Clown, from Heart to Heart written by Ton Kurstjens and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a practical guide for clowning. It is filled with tools and techniques that will help you find your clown and become more open to your creative sources. The author examines and makes use of the powerful qualities that children possess: imagination, innocence, purity, spontaneity and lust for life. A clown is playful and optimistic. From behind world's smallest mask, the red nose, he invites people to drop their own masks and show their true selves. Being very sensitive, he is able to touch them deeply. This so-called contact clown wants to make a connection from heart to heart. Kurstjens is convinced that clowns can play a crucial role in our society: they can bring people together through their open communication. This richly illustrated book comes with 25 practical exercises, and provides useful information about essential themes in life: setting boundaries, overcoming emotional blockades, and daring to be vulnerable. It is not only meant to inspire clowns and clowning instructors, but also coaches, (communication) trainers, and everyone else who is interested in personal development. Ton Kurstjens (born in the Netherlands, 1959) started as an improvising clown in 1983. He played in Duo Het Elftal and Duo Biek and currently he conducts clowning courses for individuals and workshops for businesspeople. He also directs the clowning theatre performance Met de Neus op de Planken (literally: With your Nose on Stage) and he supports clowns and clowning groups.