Sunday, February 8 2009 - Saturday, February 28 2009

Capital Region Clown Arts Festival
Loudonville New York USA

The majority of the winter classes will deal with buffoonery . What is buffoonery? Here is what one of the dictionaries we use from time to time says about buffoonery…acting like a clown or buffoon, (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning; "his shtik made us laugh". Clowning is an ancient and honorable performing art. In certain circles it is felt over the last fifty years or so, especially in the last 20, as clowning has migrated from the circus ring and taken a prominent place in malls, shopping centers and families’ back yards, clowning has been slanted to balloon twisting and face painting. There is a prevailing thought the art form’s newer practitioners are being short changed. If is felt that many clowns don’t know how to be funny, are not as creative as they should be and can’t entertain without a balloon or a paint brush in their hands. With that thought in mind, the CRCAF would like to emphasize some of the more traditional or “old fashioned” aspects of our art form.


Understanding what is funny and why, how to develop bits using every day events as inspiration, performing one on one and for small groups and being comfortable doing it, as well as writing and developing your own material. Yes, we have presented some of those subjects in the past, but we have never really dwelled on them. In 2009, we will!
Event Website URLwww.clownartsfestival.org/
Contact NameFuddi-duddy
Contact Phone 518-489-2680
Contact eMailfuddiduddy@aol.com.
Event Location none
Event Location Phonenone
Event Location Addressnone
Event Location CityAlbany
Event Location StateNew York
Event Location Mail 12211
Event Location AreaNortheast
Event Location CountryUSA
Event Location Detailsnone
Event NearAlbany
Event Additional Datanone
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Sponsor Websitenone
Event State Nearby1Pennsylvania
Event State Nearby2Massachusetts
Event State Nearby3Connecticut
Event State Nearby4Vermont
Event Priority4
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