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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"clowning"”.
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Clowning in the Brechtian tradition
This thesis examines how far clowning can be used to augment the aims and effects of a Brechtian theatricality. To do so, it first establishes a series of characteristic processes for the identification and analysis of clowning, based on the author's own clown training with John Wright and Philippe …
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Clowndance: Convergences in contemporary dance and theatrical clowning for pleasure-led performer training
… located at the convergence of theatrical clowning and contemporary dance. Clowndance has been explored and delivered through a series of workshops and intensives, which are documented on the accompanying research website, www.clowndance.co.uk. This written thesis contextualises the …
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Toward a Female Clown Practice: Transgression, Archetype and Myth
… thesis analyses my past and present clowning experiences in order to create an understanding of a woman-centered clown practice which allows for the expression of material bodies and lived experiences. It offers a feminist perspective on Jacques Lecoq’s pedagogy, which revolves around …
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The Whiteface and the Auguste: the integration of structure and spontaneity in contemporary clown theatre performance
… 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 which may enhance our understanding of clown theatre. The dissertation …
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Troupers: Essays in Three Rings
… menagerie of the author's own enthusiasms--from clowning and circus elephants, to hot jazz and the ukulele. While the primary occupation of the "troupers"spotlighted here has always been to delight audiences, many of them--both human and animal--could not escape the hardscrabble, the sundered …
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The stirrings still of popular forms of entertainment in Samuel Beckett's first published play : examining the influences of the Music-Hall, Vaudeville, Circus and Early screen comedy on Waiting for Godot
… English music-hall, American vaudeville, circus clowning and, finally, early screen comedy in order to present us with a vision of the human condition that is as universal as it is devastatingly comical or, for that matter, comically devastating. Special attention is paid to Beckett's deployment …
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Riotous Reform, Staging Complaint, 1561–1595
… 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 expediency rather than ideology, but it was instrumental in fostering …
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Rites of conflict among North American Indians
… ritual departures from everyday norms in ritual clowning or jesting, transvestism, scatology, and defiance of pain. At times, many or all of these expressions of conflict were included in a single extended ceremony. These ceremonies blended the sacred and profane, the serious and humorous. There …
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Student misbehavior in vocational agriculture: a national study
… attitudinal in nature, i.e. ambivalence, clowning/foolish behavior, etc. Those misbehaviors which might be considered to be severe in nature, i.e. rape, homicides, etc., were not a serious problem for vocational agriculture teachers. 2. Senior high school teachers of vocational agriculture …
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Educators’ perceptions of learners with challenging behaviour in secondary schools in King Cetshwayo District
… talking, continuous avoidance of work, clowning, interfering with teaching activities, harassing classmates, verbal insults, rudeness to educator, defiance, and hostility, especially in secondary schools. Misbehaviour often interrupts the smooth functioning of learning process in the …
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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
(not required for professional paper)
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Palhaçaria e psicologia bioenergética no contexto das artes cênicas
A pesquisa analisou um processo criativo grupal que propõe a introdução de exercícios e teorias da Psicologia Bioenergética em uma proposta de treinamento de palhaço. Para a consecução desse objetivo realizamos o laboratório “II Encontro Oficina: Palhaço e Psicologia Bioenergética”. O pressuposto …
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The Quest for Life and Intelligence in Digital Puppets.
… physical theatre techniques (including theatre clowning), combined with the use of algorithm-assisted techniques of rigging and manipulation, mean that the puppets are not under the complete control of their puppeteers. Instead, their rogue nature and irrationality enables digital puppets to …