Clown
Methuen Drama (Verlag)
978-1-350-14140-7 (ISBN)
Offering an extensive and hugely diverse compilation of tried-and-tested exercises and games, the book is for students, teachers and practitioners to aid ensemble-building, character development, devising theatre, physicalising text and vocalising movement, plus creating cabaret acts, clown routines and adding physical play to scripted scenes. It offers advice on subjects such as developing presence onstage; increasing strength, flexibility and physical expression; developing partner and trio relationships; understanding the power of the mask; and working with an audience - in particular, turning a performance into a conversation with the audience and increasing the actor’s ability to connect with a crowd.
The exercises and teachings have been developed in classrooms, workshops and theatres all over the world and the book is packed with insights from the author, who has worked for over 35 years in a wide variety of venues, from intimate performance spaces to large-scale sports stadiums.
Joe Dieffenbacher is known internationally for his performance work in theatre, circus, cabaret, and street spectacle, as a maskmaker and prop designer, as a director of physical theatre, and teacher of clown, mask performance and slapstick. He spent eight years as resident faculty at the Dell'Arte School and was Physical Theatre Director for productions at Shakespeare’s Globe, Regents Park Theatre and the Scottish National Opera.
List of Images
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Section 1: Hello - A Pharmacist, Helium Balloons and a Red Nose
Games to introduce the students to each other, build the ensemble, and get them physical.
Section 2: Energy - The Telepathic Renaissance Fool
Games to increase and focus the student’s energy through physical play.
Section 3: The Talking Body - Silence on the Streets
Exercises for developing strength, flexibility and physical expression.
Section 4: Prop Play - The Prop Whisperer
Using props for improv, revealing emotions, telling stories and developing relationships.
Section 5: Curiosity - Oddfellows
Finding potential in the performance space, blurring the border between stage and audience.
Section 6: Clown Solos: Catching a Salad on Your Face
Exercises to develop a solo player’s skills and help generate performance material.
Section 7: Clown Duos: The Wet Towel Intervention
Exercises to develop partner relationships and tools for generating performance material.
Section 8: Clown Trios: Boss, Negotiator, Fool
Exercises that explore status and the dynamics of a trio.
Section 9: Clown Ensembles: Fractious Fun
Exercises to develop complicity, group rhythms, the acceptance of accident and absurdity.
Section 10: The Rules, the Script, the Game, the Play
Exercises to help devise original work for clown and physical comedy.
Section 11: The Mask of the Clown
Background, history and uses for the mask of the clown.
Section 12: The Skillful Clown
How to use skills to develop and enhance clowning and physical comedy.
Section 13: Getting Serious about your Funny
Tips on creating original work and ways to reach your goals
Section 14: Devising for Clown and Physical Comedy
Practical ways to get started on creating new material
Bibliography.
Inspirations
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 25.02.2021 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 40 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 460 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-14140-2 / 1350141402 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-14140-7 / 9781350141407 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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