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Clowning Around with Jeff Raz

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Jeff Raz Defines Clowning and its Philosophy

04 min 04 sec

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Clown Conservatory Director Jeff Raz names clowning "the second or third oldest profession" because it is so deeply rooted in nature and the human experience of natural forces -- cause and effect and gravity, for instance.

Raz insists that clowning is not "acting with makeup on" or "dancing with juggling clubs," but a deep natural imitative performance of the human experience.
Jeff Raz - How a Clown Makes a Living

04 min 17 sec

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Jeff Raz answers the most common question he gets from his students at the Clown Conservatory -- "How do clowns survive financially?"

Clown salaries range from $200/week up to $750,000 a year, Raz says, and can often supplement their clowning with acrobatics or acting.
Jeff Raz on Training Clowns in College

05 min 22 sec

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Jeff Raz details his rise to be the director of the Clown Conservatory in San Francisco which ran counter to his belief that "you can't train clowns."

Raz believes his conservatory rose directly from the closure of the Ringling Brothers Clown College, whose intensive program required students to attend 14-hours-a-day.
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Posted: 07.06.09, 11:36 AM

Great talk & very modest -- not much on his own background. For a little more on his private practice there's a good interview here: http://about-creativity.com/2007/02/...h-jeff-raz.php

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