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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Clowns"”.
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Consciousness In Comatose Clowns: No Funny Business
<p>Consider the tragic case of four circus clowns whose pie-to-the-face gag effectively knocks each one into a cream-pie coma. In each of the four cases, motor capacities (voluntary speech, limb movement, etc.) Are not available to the patient's conscious control. Although none of our apparently …
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Calling All Clowns - A Creative Project and A Personal Journey
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Calling All Clowns - A Creative Project and A Personal Journey
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From Clowns to Computers: Performing Theatrical Interactivity and Pervasive Transmedia Fictions
The Collins English Dictionary defines “Interaction” as “a mutual or reciprocal action or influence”, and “Interactivity” as “allowing or relating to continuous two-way transfer of information between a user and the central point of a communication system”. This study will analyze the range of …
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A Class Full of Class Clowns: A Case Study On The Education of Aspiring Comedians
Stand-up comedy is not just for entertainment. It is a platform that many comedians have used to question hierarchies, critique social injustice and inspire change (Chattoo, 2019; Gilbert, 2004; Bingham Hernandez, 2009). For this reason, it is important to understand the education and progression …
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Coulrophobia: An Investigation into the Prevalence, Origins and Psychological Basis of the Fear of Clowns
<b>Introduction</b>: Coulrophobia, the fear of clowns, is an anxiety disorder which can be categorised as a specific phobia within the subtype of “Other” in the DSM-5-TR (American Psychiatric Association, 2022). Although clown fear has been widely discussed in popular media, it remains …
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Send in the Clowns: Scoping Non-Representational Theory as Ally and Method to Foster Inclusiveness in Digital Innovation
Send in the clowns is the account of a post-disciplinary, critical, creative practise that over the course of 6 years explored the subject of ‘digital innovation’ and ‘innovating in the digital’. The digital in this context is interpreted in the widest possible sense and includes any instance where …
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A experiência de tornar-se palhaço e a influência na relação de cuidado
… the experience of 4 participants who work as Clowns in institutions that offer health care services. A qualitative methodology, which focuses on the experience as a way of producing knowledge and building oneself, was used. The narratives of the participants were guided by a semi-structured …
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Clowning in the Brechtian tradition
… explores the nature of Brecht's interest in the clowns Charlie Chaplin and Karl Valentin and their influence on his thinking. Next, it examines how far Brecht's interest in clowns and clowning can be seen inscribed in the texts of his plays and how far that clowning enables the aims of his …
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The Inspiration of Imogene Coca: A Biography and Original Musical
… that name is getting lost amidst a sea of male clowns and her funny faces are nearly forgotten. Imogene’s contributions to theatre, television, and comedy are too important to forget. This thesis includes a biography of her work in vaudeville, Broadway, television, and film, and an original …
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The Whiteface and the Auguste: the integration of structure and spontaneity in contemporary clown theatre performance
… represents a break in the tradition of circus clowns towards a more modern way of understanding and thinking about clowning informed by ideas around spontaneity and structure. The characteristics of their partnership are examined as possibly containing valuable insights around these concepts …
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Caulrophobia: An investigation of clinical features
… who self-report coulrophobia. Fear of clowns is more commonly associated with fear (45.3%) than disgust (37.9%). The possibility that fear of clowns comprises a specific phobia was also examined. Those from the fear predominant group are also more likely to fulfill DSM-5 criteria for …
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Toward a Female Clown Practice: Transgression, Archetype and Myth
… various modes of clowning and various types of clowns. I examine my experiences, including those of ‘failure’, while working with renowned performer trainers, as well my negotiation of gender and sexuality through both my clowning in character and my creation of clowns. The twentieth century …
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Breaking Down Stereotypes: A Look at the Performance of Self-Identity Within the Furry Community
… activities are performances that, like those of clowns and drag queens, can be experimental and theatrical.
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Riotous Reform, Staging Complaint, 1561–1595
… through the riotous exuberance of celebrity clowns. This hybrid English commedia was not the quaint parochial clowning of the native tradition but rather a transnational cultural interaction with the leading drama of the continent. The staging of commons complaint may have been fuelled by …
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Physiologically-mediated Interaction between Children with Profound Disabilities and Their Environment
… by studying the effect of Therapeutic Clowns on children in a long-term rehabilitation setting; and 3) illustrate how differential physiological responses to sounds in the environmental milieu can be used to inform and improve voluntary physiologically-mediated person-environment …
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…and… between I and Thou: stretching metaxic space for children as seen from the perspective of my own spiritual journey
… consciousness, parenthesis, earth education, clowns. *[N.B.: Music files were attached to this thesis at the time of its submission. Please refer to the author for further details.]
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“The most popular humorist who ever lived” : Mark Twain and the transformation of American culture
… Artemus Ward and Petroleum Vesuvius Nasby; and clowns and minstrels, who were placed at the bottom of the hierarchy. I argue that Mark Twain muddied the hierarchical distinctions between class-appropriate leisure and burgeoning forms of mass entertainment, between uplifting humor and debased …
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