Part clown manual, part storytelling and part rant – The Clown Manifesto covers the experiences, philosophies and methods of the clown performer/director/teacher Nalleslavski.
A book for clowns, physical comedians, actors, musicians, jugglers, puppeteers, magicians, street performers and dancers. Whatever form your clowning takes – theatre, street theatre, comedy, burlesque, magic, circus – the mischievously named Nalleslavski Method gives you practical tools to create comedy material that works universally, across cultural and language barriers.
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Part clown manual, part storytelling and part rant, this is a look inside the clowning philosophy of Nalleslavski.
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II History of the Wondermakers |
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If performance art disconnects from the community it's performing for, it dies |
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III Confessions of a War Clown |
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The more trauma one has experienced, the bigger the need to laugh |
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A Story from the West Sahara |
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IV The Sweet Essence of Clown |
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It's not about acting stupid, it's about daring to be perceived as stupid |
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Happiness is most important |
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VI The Nalleslavski Method |
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There are no bad audiences |
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Reflections on Connecting and Playing |
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Playing someone else (acting) |
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Introvert (focused on action) |
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Creating Material and Filling your Bag of Tricks |
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Structuring Material to Create Emotional Orgasms |
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Improvisation and Gifts from the Clown Gods |
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Love your volunteer and your audience will love you |
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P. Nalle Laanela founded Clowns Without Borders (Sweden) in 1996, starting his lifetime research into the lowest common denominator of laughter. His passion for pedagogy led him to work at the Stockholm Academy of Dance and Circus and at the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts where he was clown professor for a Masters programme entitled A Year of Physical Comedy. Professionally, Nalles work as a performer and show director is focused through his company Circus Arts and its internationally touring productions Moulin Noir and The Burnt Out Punks.
Stacey Sacks is an actor/writer/director/clown born in Zimbabwe but currently living in Stockholm. She has been performing professionally since 1996 in theatre and film, and completed her Masters entitled A Year of Physical Comedy at STDH with Nalle as her Clown Professor. She currently works on touring productions with Clowns Without Borders and also tours her clownish one woman show about African Dictatorship, I Shit Diamonds, to theatre festivals all over Europe.
