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Julie Goell was a wonderful clown performer and teacher. She passed away in December 2016, her memory is a great blessing.  In 2007, I had the opportunity for this conversation right after her show in the theater in the round of the Cococabana SESC in Rio in Brazil....

Interview: Moshe and Aziz (Mexico) in a noisy restaurant in Rio de Janeiro. Interview conducted in Spanish in December, 2006; during the Anjos Do Picadeiro festival, translated by Moshe into English. Aziz performs as a traditional circus clown, and then in a...

Continuing my investigation about Clown, I had a telephone conversation with Tortell Poltrona, well known Catalan Clown who is also the founder of Payasos Sin Fronteras (Clowns Without Borders). He and his wife Montse run the Circ Cric, in which they are both...

One of the highlights of the 2006 Anjos Do Picadeiro festival in Brazil was the presence of Sotigue Kouyaté. This Paris based actor is very well known in the theater world , one of Peter Brook's actors. He comes from Mali, and is a Griot (West African poet, praise...

This conversation took place in December of 2006, during the Anjos Do Picadeiro Festival in Rio De Janeiro. Shirley was speaking in Portuguese, and the Portuguese is below the English version. (abbreviations; M for Moshe, S for Shirley). M- I’m making interviews about...

This conversation about clown took place in the kitchen of the Excentricos' house on Nov. 5th, 2007. Marceline, along with Zaza and Josep are the Excentricos tour their show 'Musica Maestro' around Europe, and the world. They are in the process of creating a new show...

This is the first of many interviews to be posted here about clown. Here is a very short conversation (from November 5th. 2007) with Zaza and Josep about Clowning. Zaza is French and Josep is Catalan, hence in Josep's case, the fractured english. hort interview with...

November 4th, 2007 In a garden oasis, behind a sturdy brick wall lies an old catalan house, and a few converted worksheds have over the many years been the home of Los Excentricos. Visiting the house over the years I have watched the neighborhood transform from a...

The Joy of Laughter Yoga, by Dr. YooWho Dr. Kataria, in fine Indian clothes and shaved head, is rolling on the floor in stomach clutching hysterics as his workshop participants engage in similar laughter. The explosion slowly dies down, with numerous mini bursts of...