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Clowns of Decadence formed in 1988 in Adelaide as a rock, punk band deploying elements of circus music and performance.They included three members of Festered Vestoons and one from Toxic Avengers, by June 1990 they were named as Clowns of Decadence and had "adopted a performance image of wearing clown makeup and silly clothes to back up their politico-protest leanings". [1]
Clown for Circus and Stage by Mark Stolzenberg. ISBN 0-8069-7034-0. Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc - May, 1981. The Physical Comedy Handbook by Davis Rider Robinson. ISBN 0-325-00114-6. Publisher: Reed Elsevier Incorporated - May 1999. The Pickle Clowns: New American Circus Comedy by Joel Schechter. ISBN 0-8093-2356-7. Publisher: Southern ...
Clowns are dressed in baggy clothing with big red noses, wild hair, big shoes, and sometimes a white face. [19] The bandleader of the costume group would wear a crown to show that he is the King Clown. [16] Older costumes would also have an exaggerated paper mask instead of face paint. [16]
Frenchy the Clown – character of the national lampoon comic Evil clown comics series. Fun Gus the Laughing Clown - cursed character in the cosmic/folk horror novel, "The Cursed Earth" by D.T. Neal (Nosetouch Press, 2022). The Ghost Clown – evil hypnotist clown featured in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode titled "Bedlam in the Big Top"
A Moko Jumbie (also known as Moko Jumbi, Moko Jumby, or Moko Zumbi) is a traditional stilt walker or spirit dancer ingrained in the cultural heritage of the U.S. Virgin Islands for over 200 years. [1] Originating from West African traditions, these cultural practices were introduced to the Caribbean islands by enslaved individuals during the ...
Circus skills are a group of disciplines that have been performed as entertainment in circus, carnival, sideshow, busking, variety, vaudeville, or music hall shows. Most circus skills are still being performed today.
A clown is a person who performs physical comedy and arts in an open-ended fashion, typically while wearing distinct makeup or costuming and reversing folkway-norms.The art of performing as a clown is known as clowning or buffoonery, and the term "clown" may be used synonymously with predecessors like jester, joker, buffoon, fool, or harlequin.
Stilts are poles, posts or pillars that allow a person or structure to stand at a height above the ground. In flood plains, and on beaches or unstable ground ...