This is the blog for the Stage Movement Class at Metro State University in Denver. We'll be discussing our readings and viewings for class here.

Apr 10, 2015

Clowning Around

Today was fun. The first group that went did actual sporting events.  They were caught in the spotlight and "asked" to do three events.  There was much harm to several of the clowns though no actual harm occurred.  From what I recall, there was a front fall, a back fall, a back roll, a front roll, a side roll, a cartwheel, a collapsed pyramid, and a lot of humor.  The events were well defined into the shock-put, the pole jump, and the human pyramid.  Each participant worked the event differently and had their own difficulties completing or not completing the event.

The second group, surprisingly, did fishing.  Each clown walked out and pulled out a fishing rod in their own way.  The last clown to produce a rod caught an enormous fish, I'm assuming.  It was definitely creepy to all the clowns.  There was a few falls and rolls but the amount of motion on stage swallowed a lot of them.  The part where they all lost the fish in the water after catching it on their hats was funny, especially when the last clown was the only one that didn't seemed bothered by the fact that the fish was lost to the waters to maybe be caught again someday.

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