Clownlympics!

Nice work, clowns!

Hey Clowns

Great work today--you guys rehearsed hard on two separate projects, and learned hat tricks to boot! For those of you who posted or printed your Clown Research Projects without a Works Cited or in-text citations, please correct this before next class or your grades will not make you happy. (in-text citations may not work on a blog post--at least have a Works Cited list). And...scene. Have a good week!   ~Prof. Jenn

Another Amazing Clown

Here's that clown that uses the plastic bags I mentioned in class yesterday.   ~Jenn

Taihenjutsu Cheat Sheet

Here's the collection of taihenjutsu we've done in class. Remember you need to have 5 of these minimum (max: all of them!) in your Clownlympics events.   ~Prof. Jenn
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Taihenjutsu Cheat Sheet      Stage Movement/Combat Class                Jenn Zuko Boughn

Falls

forward

backward

swoon/side

Captain Kirk

Rolls

forward

backward

side

Jenn being thrown in a martial arts test, 2009 (air break fall)

forward rolling breakfall

(crucifix)

-ball & bowl rolling to work up to em

Isolation

pushes with indication

pushes into falls and rolls

Locomotor

walk

run

leap

gallop/chasse

skip

Jumps

straight/punch

hop

leap

1-2 feet (assemblé)

2-1 feet (sissone)

tuck

straddle

gingerbread man/Toyota

pike

(ninja)

-jumps into falls/rolls (smooth transitions from air to floor)

Aerial Clown

A clown piece that's also an aerial dance piece. By Jeff Wills, a fellow movement pro.   ~Prof. Jenn

Stage Movement Gallery

I thought you guys might like to see a so-far-in-class picture gallery, so here 'tis.   ~Prof. Jenn

Free Play

This.

Bowing, Sitting and Standing is Hard!

Today we learned how to bow, sit in chairs and stand up again as 1740s folk. We also did exercises in tableaux and distilling gestures. Here's a video of the students' beautiful distilled-gesture pieces. The gestures were from a series of words I got from an advanced movement class way back when I was in Acting school:

1 movement per:
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Confusion
Grief
Compassion
Pretense
Wisdom

What would your gestures be?   ~Jenn

Stage Movement Journal 1/29

We learned our locomotor movements, body dynamics, and then played with stage picture. Here is the beginning of one of our "machines" and then, the end. Go here for a clip of one of the phrase guessing-game rounds we played. ~ Prof. Jenn

Silly Walks

In honor of class 1/22, wherein we built different characters by altering our walk, I present to you The Ministry of Silly Walks. That is all.   ~Prof. Jenn

There is no Movement Without Rhythm

As we move closer to our first class meeting, think about the normal movement activities you do every day. Do you have a particular, peculiar rhythm in your world? Have you ever noticed a song or a dance happening in regular movements in your world?   ~Prof. Jenn




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