Clowns

Ezra LeBank is the Head of Movement at California State University, Long Beach. He is editor of the Association for Theatre Movement Educators (ATME) periodical ATME NEWS, and has taught movement and acting at several actor training programs including The Juilliard School, The State University of New York at Purchase, Vassar College, Smith College, and The University of Montana, as well as with Pilobolus Dance Theatre, AcroYoga Inc., and PUSH Physical Theatre. He also teaches AcroYoga internationally, and is an associate teacher with The Clown School in Los Angeles. David Bridel is a multi-award-winning playwright, director, performer, choreographer, and teacher of acting, movement, and clown, whose work has been seen in theaters, opera houses, on screen and at festivals across the world. His plays I Gelosi and Sublimity are published by Original Works. He is the Director of the MFA in Acting and the Associate Dean for Global Initiatives at the School of Dramatic Arts, University of Southern California, and he is the Artistic Director of The Clown School in Los Angeles.

Introduction

Acknowledgements

Preface

Origins

The Clowns

Nola Rae

Aziz Gual

Larry Pisoni & Lorenzo Pisoni

Micha Usov

Slava Polunin

Avner Eisenberg

Rene Bazinet

Barry Lubin

Jango Edwards

Peter Shub

David Konyot

Dimitri

David Larible

Oleg Popov

Bello Nock

Angela de Castro

Geoff Hoyle

Bill Irwin & David Shiner

Reflections

David & Ezra in Conversation with Phil Burgers