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biography jon davison 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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“The Spaghetti Horse” conceived 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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Jon Davison has more than 25 years experience as a clown performer, director, teacher, musician and researcher. After studying at Fool Time Circus School (Bristol) and the École Philippe Gaulier, he formed Companyia d’Idiotes with Clara Cenoz in Barcelona, where they have been at the forefront of a revival in the city’s clown scene for more than 15 years. He is co-director of studies at the Escola de Clown de Barcelona and a Clown Research Fellow at CSSD.
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Danny Schlesinger has worked with (among many) The Royal Opera, The Natural Theatre Company, Circus Sensible, and in 2005 made his West End debut in Burlesque! at the Arts Theatre, London. His TV credits include Happiness (BBC2), Jack Dee's Sunday Service (CH4) and he was the real-life Homer Simpson. His solo show Lighter Than Air was co-produced by the Pleasance at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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Elisa Gallo Rosso trained at the École Philippe Gaulier. She is an international trainer and facilitator for EU cultural projects and a founder of the Turin-based improv company. Quinta Tinta. She was assistant director for Chris Johnson in Night, London at Tristan Bates Theatre, and writer/performer in The Tail of Phoenix, in collaboration with Animate (Mexico City). |
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Bienam Perez received her clown education at the Escola de Clown de Barcelona, training with a wide range of international teachers such as Sue Morrison, Rebel Clown Army and Jon Davison. She worked for two years as a hospital clown in Barcelona before joining SCLOWNS.
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Martin Kaspar is a member of Pumclicks, the Swiss muscial clown trio, and a one-man-band in his own right, specialising in all sizes of clarinet and orginal percussion. He studied at the Scuola Teatro Dimitri. http://www.pumcliks.ch/pages/de/home.php |
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Clara Cenoz is Director of the Escola de Clown de Barcelona. After studying at the École Philippe Gaulier, she returned to Spain in 1993 to co-found Companyia d’Idiotes, touring theatres, festivals, tents and bars across Europe. In 2006 she founded the Escola de Clown, which has established itself as one of the world’s leading clown schools, offering full-time professional training.
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Keith Orton was resident designer at Oldham Coliseum Theatre 1994-7, when he became a design tutor at CSSD, where he is now Senior Lecturer in Theatre Crafts. In 2005 he was a finalist for the World Stage Design Exhibition in Toronto and in the same year Crowood Press published his book on model making for the stage. He is currently writing a book on pantomime, and has designed several pantomimes at Watford Palace Theatre (2005-2008 Cinderella, Aladdin, Jack and the Beanstalk and Dick Whittington and his Cat). |
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Caroline Townsend has been a costume maker for more than 30 years. From 1978 to1983 she worked at English National Opera, then with her own company worked for the Royal Opera House, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre and many west end musicals, for television (The Singing Detective, The Prince And The Pauper), and film (Much Ado About Nothing). She is now Lecturer in Costume at CSSD. |
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Barry Grantham is the world’s leading exponent of eccentric dance and an expert in commedia dell’arte. In his performing career of six decades he has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and at the Royal Opera House. He is the author of Playing Commedia and Commedia Plays. |
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