The
Brick Theater, Inc. presents
CLASSIC CLOWN ENTRƒES
taught by Dominique Jando
at
Clown entrŽes are the common repertoire of
European clowns, short sketches with a precise story and structure around which
each clown can improvise according to his/her own personality, and within the
context of the story line. Some of these entrŽes are centuries old, others are
more recent (mid 20th century), or have been re-adapted to fit modern tastes.
These very same entrŽes have been used in America by Vaudevillians and
Burlesque comedians in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and some of them can pop
up from time to time on early television shows and movies performed by these
comedians. They are a perfect vehicle for character development and the study
of performing discipline and technique
Schedule:
Saturday,
October 27 10 AM- Noon & 1 PM - 3
PM.
Cost
$100
Dominique
Jando began his involvement with
the performing arts more than four decades ago, in his native France, when he
first stepped into a circus ring as a clown at the legendary Cirque Medrano in Paris.
After studying graphic design and film editing, he pursued an artistic and
administrative career in both the theater and the circus. In 1974, as General
Secretary of the Paris Cultural Center, he participated with Alexis Gruss in
the creation of France's first professional circus school, and of Le Cirque ˆ
l'Ancienne, which eventually became the French National Circus and is
considered the catalyst of the 'New Circus' movement.
He
moved to New York in 1983 to join the Big Apple Circus and served as its
Associate Artistic Director for nineteen years. He then worked as Creative
Director and Director of the San Francisco School of Circus Arts for Circus
Center in San Francisco, from 2003-2004. He is now an independent circus arts
consultant, writer, and is Vice-President and Artistic Director of Lone Star
Circus Arts Center, a non-profit organization based in Dallas, Texas. He is
also Curator of circusarchives.com, an international online circus archive
project of the Big Apple Circus.
A
circus and popular entertainment historian, Dominique has published five books
and written many articles on these subjects, both in Europe and the US. The
Russian translation of his Histoire Mondiale du Cirque is the official circus
history textbook of Moscow's State Circus School and GITIS theater institute.
He often lectures on circus and popular entertainment, teaches classical
clowning at Circus Center's Clown Conservatory and for Bay Area Classic
Learning, and is a co-founder of the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain, one
of the world's two major circus arts competitions, which is held each winter in
Paris.
Dominique
is married to trapeze artist and aerial arts teacher Elena Panova. They
presently live in San Francisco.
Classes
to be held at
TRISKELION
ARTS
118 N. 11 ST, ¥ 3RD FL.
BROOKLYN,
NY 11211
http://www.triskelionarts.org for directions
For more
information, please contact The Brick at info@bricktheater.com.