Discovering the Clown, or The Funny Book of Good Acting
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Rating | : | 4.24 (672 Votes) |
Asin | : | B06XQ5BPVW |
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Number of Pages | : | 370 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2018-01-04 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In 1993, commissioned by the Guthrie Theater, he produced his one-man show This Ridiculous Dreaming based on Heinrich Boll’s novel The Clown.In New York, he has directed Red Noses by Peter Barnes, Four by Feydeau, The Bourgeois Gentleman, The Moliere One Acts, and The Love of Three Oranges by Carlo Gozzi at the Juilliard School; The Imaginary Invalid by Moliere, The New Place by Carlo Goldoni, We Won’t Pay by Dario Fo, and his n
In 2006, however, he threw caution to the wind, packed up his family and all of his nonsense and headed back to New York City. He also created the Movement/Choreography for John Guare's Three Kinds of Exile at The Atlantic Theater.He has received numerous awards and grants including a Jerome Foundation Travel/Study Grant, a General Mills Foundation Artist Assistance Grant, and both a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship Grant and a Career Opportunity Grant. He is a 1999/2000 Fox Fellow.He has taught classes and workshops inter
In his introduction, Christopher Bayes describes the pursuit of the clown as the search for the authentic, playful self and its unique relationship to the comic world.” An essential read for performers of all kinds, this text takes a deep dive into theater, physical expression, and the possibilities of the comic world.