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NY Goofs Ultimate Clown School
Posted June 15, 2008
Note: This is, in fact, the ultimate clown school. Terrific
teachers. Funny graduates. Highly recommended. Posted as
received.
WHAT: New York Goofs Ultimate Clown School 2008
WHERE: The Flea Theatre, 41 White Street, NY NY 10013
WHEN: July 28 – August 9
WHO: Students interested in studying the art of clowning and physical
comedy.
HOW MUCH: Tuition is $750 for one week, or $1,300 for both weeks.
Classes are held Monday thru Saturday from 10am-6pm with a final
performance at the end of session.
To reserve your spot, visit our website today at nygoofs.com or call 212.591.0028.
DETAILS:
2008 marks the 10th Anniversary of America's premiere clown training
program, The New York Goofs Ultimate Clown School. In 1997, the
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Clown College closed its doors
leaving a void in America for training in the circus and clown arts.
The last director of the Clown College, Dick Monday, saw the need for
a credible environment for clown exploration and workshops and created
the New York Goofs. Now, 10 years later, the Ultimate Clown School has
graduated over three hundred students.
Tiffany Riley, co-founder and director of the school, is also the
clown partner of Dick Monday. Billed as Slappy and Monday, they travel
the world performing in circuses, theaters, and festivals while
maintaining and producing shows at their family theater at the
Galleria Dallas in Dallas, Texas.
The school is in session for two intense weeks each summer in New York
City. The faculty assembles from around the globe, bringing many
different disciplines and points of view from their world of clowning.
Clowning, character, improvisation, movement, mask, material
development, skills, and circus history are the areas of focus each
year with a core of teachers including Hovey Burgess (NYU), Larry
Pisoni (Pickle Family Circus), Tiffany Riley, Barbara Karger
(Mummenschanz), Jay Stewart (Ringling), Michael Preston (Flying
Karamazov Brothers), Kim Winslow (Big Apple Circus Clown Care) and
Evelyn Tuths (NY Goofs), with special guest instructors from the world
of physical comedy.
The Flea Theater, under Artistic Director Jim Simpson and Producing
Director Carol Ostrow, is one of New York's leading Off-Off-Broadway
companies. Founded in 1996, The Flea's mission is to raise the
standards of Off-Off-Broadway for artists and audiences alike. From
A.R. Gurney to Adam Rapp, from Mac Wellman to Will Eno, The Flea's two
intimate spaces are a home for established artists taking new risks,
emerging artists developing their ideas, and mid-career artists
building sustained identities. The Flea has been awarded a Drama Desk,
an Otto, and numerous OBIEs for its commitment to adventurous theater,
and its Dance Conversations and Music with a View series are must-see
showcases for the early-stage work of choreographers and composers.
The Flea has hosted important downtown music, dance and theater groups
and this spring we are pleased to present: New York Art Ensemble, Nina
Winthrop and Dancers, Electronic Music Foundation, Western Wind Vocal
Ensemble, Concrete Temple, Fly-by-Night Dance Theater and the New York
Goofs. To learn more about The Flea, visit theflea.org.
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