Essays about: "clown"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word clown.

  1. 1. The Clown Inside Out. An exploration into the world of clowns from a practitioner’s perspective

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

    Author : Kristin Rode; [2022-12-08]
    Keywords : clown; play; playfulness; contemporary performative arts; vulnerability;

    Abstract : With my experience of more than twenty years as a professional clown, I took my spade of knowledge to go deep down below into the mud of ideas and prejudices about the clown. I wanted to shed light, clear out weeds and years of abuse and bad reputation and make way for some new insights. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Joker Returns: A new perspective on the violent Clown Prince of Crime

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Panagiota Efthymiadou; Panagiota Koukouvinou; [2020]
    Keywords : Joker; Arthur Fleck; killer clown; media ecology; superhero genre; supervillain; CGI; advanced technology; content analysis; violence;

    Abstract : The new “Joker” movie, directed by Todd Phillips, was released in 2019 and brought a range of fervent and controversial discussion both in critics and audiences. Nevertheless, the “Joker” persona is tightly associated with comics and the superhero movie genre, and usually depicted in a particular way. READ MORE

  4. 3. Clowning in Zones of Crisis: Treating Laughter as a Serious Matter : An Exploratory Study on Humanitarian Clowns in the Humanitarian Field

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Elise van Nunen; [2019]
    Keywords : clowns; humanitarianism; Clowns Without Borders; play; laughter; psychosocial support;

    Abstract : This research focuses on the art of clowning as a tool and method of psychosocial support in situations of crisis. As this topic is notably under-addressed in scholarly research, this research aims to deepen knowledge on humanitarian clowns in the contemporary humanitarian world. READ MORE

  5. 4. Aesthetic Experiences and the Miracle of Action : On the Radical Possibility of Art in Teaching and Learning

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Estetiska lärprocesser; Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

    Author : Petra Lundberg Bouquelon; [2019]
    Keywords : aesthetic experience; aesthetic learning; teaching; phenomenology; clown knowledge; not-knowing; unlearning; space for action; homo faber; sustainable teaching; constructive alignment; NPM.; estetisk erfarenhet; estetiska lärprocesser; undervisning; fenomenologi; clownens kunskap; icke-vetande; av-lärande; handlingsutrymme; homo faber; hållbar undervisning; konstruktiv länkning; new public management;

    Abstract : This master essay starts with the author having an encounter with two 14-years old boys who claim that they are Nazis. In a school project where the pupils made films about norms in the society they made a film with a clearly racist and homophobic message. READ MORE

  6. 5. "Well? Shall we go?" "Yes, let's go." [They do not move.] : -Vernacular Comedy and Waiting for Godot.

    University essay from Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Nanna Bjørg Flensborg Rönne; [2014]
    Keywords : Beckett Godot comedy Bakhtin clown humour;

    Abstract : This essay discusses the relationship between the characters Vladimir and Estragon in Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot and the vernacular clowning tradition. The discussion is supported by analyzing similarities between Waiting for Godot and Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of grotesque realism as it is presented in his work Rabelais and His World, as well as elements of the Italian Commedia dell’Arte and 20th century silent movie comedy. READ MORE