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biography
In 1993 he began working together with Clara Cenoz, performing as Companyia d’Idiotes at festivals, theatres, tents, streets and bars throughout Europe – London, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Sicily, Russia... He taught clown, impro, and acting at the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona from 1996-2006, as well as working regularly at the Col.legi del Teatre, El Timbal, Co and Co., etc. Since 2007 he has been co-director o studies at the Escola de Clown de Barcelona. He is currently a research fellow at Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
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21st Century Clown Performances: Lecture/Dem: Workshop: Conceived, written and performed by Jon Davison Spontaneous/Disciplined At the beginning of my 3-year AHRC-funded Creative Fellowship investigating contemporary clown training and practice I asked simple quesitons such as: “What is a clown in the 21st century?” “How can we train them?” “What is the relationship between clown and actor training?” Since then we have created a focus for international clown research at Central, attracting students, practitioners, teachers, academics and audiences from around the world. Now at the end of the project I am asking, “Does it (clown/actor training) work?” Coining the phrase “21st Century Clown” might sound like a cheap marketing gimmick, but it neatly expresses two facts: that clown has its own history, and that we have our own historical moment. In other words, we can learn from the past but the present is unique. It’s also a way of setting myself apart from the suffocating effects of post-Lecoq orthodoxy which, unbelievably 50 years on, is still leading UK drama schools up the garden path.
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upcoming workshop diary The one-month Intensive Summer Clown Course takes place in August at Cal Clown (north of Barcelona). Full details here: http://www.escoladeclown.eu/english/threemonthcourse.html As part of the Post-Graduate Festival at CSSD, I'm running a two-hour workshop on 9th October 2010. I'm s till looking for a suitable venue to offer a weekly Clown Workshop in London, as from September 2010. In January 2011 we'll be starting the Diploma in Clown at Central School of Speech and Drama, which runs until the summer. |
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The Spaghetti Horse conceived and directed by Jon Davison A hungry clown keeps losing his bananas, another conjures up cakes from hats, but who is keeping an eye on the horse who steals spaghetti? The Spaghetti Horse is a dramatic tale that combines slapstick, live music, eccentric dance, circus and panto, which will both fulfill and challenge your expectations of clowning. SCLOWNS draw on contemporary and traditional clowning - original yet familiar, subtle yet grotesque, anarchic yet formulaic, hilarious yet heart-rending, oafish buffoons yet refined artists. The Spaghetti Horseis conceived and directed by Jon Davison, and is performed by a company of clown performers combining a vast array of experience with some new faces. The show has developed out of the three-year International Clown Project involving participants from Britain, Spain, Italy, USA, Canada, Portugal, Colombia, Germany, Tadjikistan and Brazil, supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The Spaghetti Horse is co-produced by Stratford Circus, and is supported by Central School of Speech and Drama and the Escola de Clown de Barcelona. The show has been developed over the last year with the aid of a research and development grant at Central School of Speech and Drama. Final rehearsals and a preview performance will take place in the circus tent at the Barcelona Clown School, prior to the show’s premiere at Stratford Circus in the autumn. The show is designed to be performed in the round in a 14-metre diameter performing space which duplicates the classical circus ring. |
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