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Clown Training

A Practical Guide
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Clown Training is a thorough guide that takes readers inside the clown workshop, presenting a full syllabus from initial playfulness to creating performable acts and shows. Drawing on Jon Davison's international experience, it explores essential clown training methods through detailed techniques, games, and exercises.
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Ideal for students and teachers of clowning, as well as anyone interested in the art and craft of clown performance.

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This comprehensive guide to clown training invites you into the clown workshop and leads you through a complete clown syllabus – from the first steps in playfulness to the work of devising and creating performable numbers and shows.

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This comprehensive guide to clown training invites you into the clown workshop and leads you through a complete clown syllabus – from the first steps in playfulness to the work of devising and creating performable numbers and shows.

Exploring key clown training methods and drawing on Jon Davison's experience as a leading international clown teacher, Clown Training offers detailed descriptions and analyses of a wide range of techniques, games, and exercises. Both practical and reflective, this is the ideal companion for students and teachers of clowning alike.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781137387578

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 August 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 320g

Pages: 190

About the Author

Jon Davison has been a clown, teacher, director, actor and writer for the last 30 years. He trained at the Γ‰cole Philippe Gaulier (London) and Fool Time Circus School (Bristol). He holds an MA in Practice as Research from the University of Kent and was an AHRC-funded Creative Fellow at Central School of Speech and Drama in London, investigating Clown/Actor Training, where he is now Visiting Lecturer in Clowning. He performs internationally as a clown with the company 'Companyia d'Idiotes', and was a co-founder in 2006 of the Escola de Clown de Barcelona, where he developed the first ever Clown Theory and History unit, and where he is now co-Director of Studies, responsible for the design and development of full-time training programmes. He is the author of Clown: Readings in Theatre Practice.

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