[post 319] Long before there was Blue Man Group , nouveau cirque,  and dozens of genre-bending mask / mime / movement troupes, there w...

Moni Yakim teaches a class at Juilliard (Photo: Jessica Katz) [post 190] The notion that physical comedians and other movement artists...

[post 174] La commedia dell'arte è nata in Italia nel XVI secolo e rimasta popolare sino al XVIII secolo. Non si trattava di un gener...

[post 173] Let's give the French some credit! They may tend to over-intellectualize, but historically they have been enthusiastic fa...

[post 167] When I was writing Clowns , these were the books I consulted the most for my section on commedia dell'arte : • Masks, Mime...

[post 049] Copenhagen's NationalMuseet is sponsoring several excellent exhibitions relevant to the climate change summit, including Ind...

[post 045] Hmm... Fools, Natural and Artificial ... what a topic! This was my opening chapter, though actually written towards the end. In ...

[post 044] Chapter 1 from my book, Clowns: A Panoramic History It's been my intention to get my entire Clowns book up on the blog, but...