Comedy
Circus
Category
An emphasis on large-scale spectacle and virtuosic achievement has always been integral to circus, an influential and continually evolving popular theatre form, with its roots in early Roman times.
Video
A workshop on Eccentric Performing. This pedagogy for physical theatre is interesting in its presentation of techniques the performer can use to influence the audience’s emotional reactions.
Practitioner
Avner Eisenberg has been called ‘a clown for the thinking man’. From 1971–4, he studied with Jacques Lecoq. At present, he is still touring internationally with his award-winning one-man show.
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Practitioner
Avner Eisenberg has been called ‘a clown for the thinking man’. From 1971–4, he studied with Jacques Lecoq. At present, he is still touring internationally with his award-winning one-man show.
Category
Many performance traditions have involved parades and displays in streets, towns or village squares, and the majority of these performances have been constructed with this spatial context in mind.