North Winds and DC Cabaret

Alfredo Genovese, his guitar, and a dancer (from Katie Duck's Portraits) digitally blended into the Tivoli Fountains in Copenhagen.
Katie Duck: October 11-15 Copenhagen, Denmark Skolen for Moderne Dans

Veteran of Footsbarn and Friends Mobile, Daniel Rovai, will be off to play at the Festival of Desperation in Bristol, England this weekend.

Footsbarn's associate and friend Clara McBride will be performing in Paris, France: Improflicks - WITH GUESTS! (La Gata from Colombia, South America) Location: Péniche Antipode face au 55 quai de la Seine, 19° arr, M° Riquet/Jaurès Time: 8:30PM Wednesday, October 13th

The Improfessionals at Cafe Paris (L to R) Caspar Schjelbred, Clara McBride, Rob Reese, and Lexie Kendrick
Jango Edwards' ally Pat Cashin presents: Clown Cabaret -- the second Monday of every month -- 8 pm October 11, November 8, December 13, January 10, February 14, March 14, April 11, May 9, June 13 Fort Fringe - The Shop - 607 New York Ave NW, Washington DC

For years now people around the world have talked about “those clowns in DC.” Well it’s time to take the title back from the politicians and return it a little dignity again ... We will teach, show and foolishly draw from any and all aspects of clowning: Modern, classic, circus, commedia, theatrical, verbal, silent, knockabout, slapstick, lyrical and anything/everything else we can find.

Later in the year:

October 30 -- Florence, Italy Duet performance Katie Duck and Alfredo Genovesi
October 31 -- Florence, Italy Quartet performance Katie Duck, Alfredo Genovesi, Charlotte Zerby, Alessandro Certini Company blu

Stuart Curtis performs with Corvallis' Hilltop Big Band Friday, Nov. 1, 7:30-9:30 pm at the Old World Deli ... Special note to opera buffs: this will be your only chance this year to experience a live performance of Bill Holman's swing arrangement of the "... Anvil Chorus" from La Traviata.

Invaders from Outer Face(book)

First of all: Explorations in Music and Dance October 1 to 11 -- Artist Katie Duck and Musician / Artist Alfredo Genovesi will be leading the Dance and Music Improvisation Workshop at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland (Katie will be off to Copenhagen immediately afterward.)

This is the first weekend of the Nouveau Clown Institute, going on at a converted factory in Barcelona, Spain throughout October:



www.nouveauclown.es Classes will be held 5 days each week from 10 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday, totaling 120 hours. On Saturdays actors in training will be in the media rooms to attend special viewing assignments of films and videos. In addition, each participant of the Master Class will receive a one on one session with a master teacher. At the end of each week, both Saturday and Sunday evenings, there will be performances presented by the actors in training, faculty and invited guest artists (Cabaret Cabrón). These performances will be open to the general public.
The October 2010 master class instructors confirmed at the moment are as follows:
Moshe Cohen, Chacovachi, Antonio Giri Mazella, Giovanni Sangiva, David Gol, Nana Divina, Loco Brusca, Grada Peskens, Jango Edwards, Tortell Poltrona, Laura Herts, Pierre Dubey, Tanja Simma, Claret Clown and more. The additional faculty members for the October 2010 session will be announced in the near future.
Instructors for the January 2011 and April/May 2011 sessions will be announced in the near future ...
Those of you who have clown or comedy routines, stage acts or numbers that you would like to perform in the weekly “Cabaret Cabron” productions please bring those items required to present your act including music, props and costumes. A maximum of no more than 3 acts from your repertory is advised ...
Finally and most important of all it is the wish of the N.C.I. staff to make your visit as creative, productive and inspiring as possible. To achieve this we remind you that the “Nouveau Clown Institute” is an educational institution of the highest standards and, if you come with open mind and heart then we will open the door for you to a new future. If you need additional help of have specific questions please contact us by email at: nouveauclown@gmail.com telephone: (00 34) 607187854
To view the facilities of the "Nouveau Clown Institute" located in the Roca Umbert Fabrica de les Arts in Granollers, Catalunya, Spain: http://www.rocaumbert.cat/

An enterprising Webmaster Clown made every weekend a special Facebook event, and a resultant rain of spam-cans poured on my inbox, but that's OK:

Asociación Cultural Freedonia C/ Lleialtat 6 BCN (Raval, metro Paral.lel o Sant Antoni) “COCO LOCONUTS CLUB” Jango Edwards, The Nouveau Clown Institute, Fools Militia and Association Freedonia present "The Global Clown Series". Each month on every Saturday and Sunday selected international clown & comedy artists are programmed in Freedonia's Tickle Theatre ... Spend an evening with the In Cabron Crowd and a parade of international stars in a spectacular revue featuring The Gods of Greece, The Zucchinis, Andre the Giant and much more. Complementary Martini included.

October 9th, 2010 "COCO LOCONUTS CLUB" Saturday at 9:30pm FREEDONIA, Barcelona, Spain
"CABRON KLONES"-An intimate visit to clown alley home of an ensemble of renowned nouveau clowns. Tom Greder, Tanja Simon, Claudia Cantone, Grada Peskens and Jango Edwards perform a once in a lifetime clown event.

October 10th, 2010 "CABRON KLONES" Sunday at 8:00pm FREEDONIA, Barcelona, Spain
"THERE’S NO BUSlNESS LlKE NOSE BUSlNESS" -- The Nouveau Clown Institute presents an extravagant Broadway musical gala variety show.

October 16th, 2010 "THERE’S NO BUSlNESS LlKE NOSE BUSlNESS" Saturday at 9:30pm FREEDONIA, Barcelona, Spain "CLASSICS ALA BRON" -- A global clown presentation with Jango Edwards, Cristi Garbo and Pierre Dubey presenting a selection of their greatest comedy acts. "CLASSICS ALA BRON" Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 8:00pm FREEDONIA, Barcelona, Spain

"ClRC DU OLE" -- The N.C.I. unites the original artists for a reunion of the principal circus that pioneered the nouveau circus movement -- "ClRC DU OLE" Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 9:30pm FREEDONIA,Barcelona, Spain

"GENESIS JOPLIN" & "UN DIA IMPERFECTO"-A special double feature solo show 2 for the price of one evening offer. Diana Gadish and Mila von Chobiak two of the most famous unknown stars. "GENESIS JOPLIN" & "UN DIA IMPERFECTO" October 24, 2010 at 8:00pm

“RE-INCLOWNATION” -- To celebrate their achievement and clown rebirth the N.C.I. graduate class of October, 2010 present a final clown parade of comedy. Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 9:30pm FREEDONIA, Barcelona, Spain

"THE NIGHT OF A 1,000 DEAD CLOWNS" -- Join us for the total Halloween horror experience and die laughing. An evening of fear including Bloody Marys Bar & Body Buffet, The Cassa of Terror and "1,000 Dead Clowns Cabaret". Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 9:00pm FREEDONIA, Barcelona, Spain

And yet more from Jango, in all-caps no less:

IT ALL BEGINS AGAIN SATURDAY 9TH OF OCTOBER & SUNDAY THE 1OTH. EVERY WEEKEND FOR THE NEXT 52 WEEKS....1 YEAR OF CABRONS PERO PROFESSIONAL 104 DIFFERENT CABARETS ...

Hey Look! There's a Festival of Fools in Belfast, NI, and they're doing an event later in October to benefit a Youth Circus during the Christmas Holidays! (more later)

Is This ONE NATION !?!

YES!

(L to R) Starr Cullars, Lige Curry, George Clinton, Michael "Clip" Payne along with other P-Funk All-Stars at the Lincoln Memorial on October 2, 2010 -- performing before over 100,000 people at the One Nation rally. Watch for comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert there on October 30 -- vote sane, and VOTE PROGRESSIVE!
Here's a link to the source video -- the news cameras were NOT properly wired for sound, sorry to say.

Next Week In Paris:
The Improfessionals, an English-speaking improvisatory comedy group, featuring Footsbarn associate Clara McBride, are performing IMPRO-FLICKS with guests La Gata from Colombia.

Wednesday, Oct. 13th 8:30 Péniche Antipode face au 55 quai de la Seine, 19° arr, M° Riquet/Jaurès

Footsbarn in Switzerland!

Paddy Haytor LOVES his %$#@! tractor -- it is one of the characters in Sorry, That's Life.

When times were hardest, Footsbarn Theatre were aided by "...gypsies with hard cash and harder advice." They are speaking out against their country's abuse of the Roma.

Carouge, Switzerland 07 to 11 October

Barcelona Calling!

Jango Edwards unleashes the third round of his Nouveau Clown Institute, starting October 4, 2010

Besides allies like Johnny Melville and "Miss Mandela," there will be many Master Classes by folks I've never heard of, but are obviously there for good reasons. I got an intriguing message from one of them (partially quoted below):

NaNa DiviNa
1- Video CV ( in 2parts, artistic activities until 2003..)
http://www.facebook.com/l/2f48e8bR5O18cPdlMtBA-hIVyxA;www.youtube.com/user/antonika7

2- TV Documentary about my 'I Love Burlesk Cabaret' ( 2007 )
http://www.facebook.com/l/2f48ezKVk3h7Ip1F9yxnD1HVk5A;www.dailymotion.com/video/xaz3u9_i-love-burlesk-illico_creation

On the volcanic hot spot known as Iceland:

Explorations in Music and Dance October 1 to 11 -- Artist Katie Duck and Musician Artist Alfredo Genovesi will be leading the Dance and Music Improvisation Workshop at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavik.

Chris Torch and SEAS finished up a series of events around the Black Sea with Anne Lise Stenseth and her video installation The Kiss and Waste Project, 1-2 October at the Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition - Artisterium. ... a unique perspective on love, migration and family based on letters written to the artist as though she was their mother, sister or girlfriend.

In Washington D.C. -- George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars ROCKED the One Nation rally: Watch the You Tube Video HERE!

A Busy First Weekend For October 2010

Explorations in Music and Dance October 1 to 11 -- Artist Katie Duck and Musician Artist Alfredo Genovesi will be leading the Dance and Music Improvisation Workshop at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland

Alfredo Genovese and his symphonic guitar in Katie Duck's Profile -- film by Ilaria Honsinger.

keðjaReykjavik will also occur October 8 - 11, 2010. The EMD Network Dance and Music Improvisation Workshop's final morning session, Saturday, October 9th, will be an open showing in the context of keðjaReykjavik ... EMD students and teachers will be able to participate for free in a selection of site-specific works, installations, presentations and lectures on working methods by artists of our region on Saturday in addition to the panel lectures on Saturday and Sunday. And of course they are welcome to the Keðja Club on Friday and Saturday evening.

From John Kilby: 2ème FESTIVAL DE THEATRES VOYAGEURS Octobre 1 thru 3 2010
à LARAGNE-MONTEGLIN - Espace Véragne

Le Festival des Théâtres Voyageurs réunit les Cie de théâtres forains et itinérants, lieux mobiles de création des arts de la scène (chapiteau, tréteaux...) où les différents arts se croisent : théâtre gestuel, théâtre d’objets, marionnettes, musiques,… Nous souhaitons partager avec le public le plaisir artistique, le temps du repas, échanger, inviter toute la famille à transporter un imaginaire qui dépasse le temps de la représentation. Dans le cadre du 2ème Festival de Théâtres Voyageurs et notre partenariat avec la Communauté de Communes du Laragnais, nous proposons à toutes les écoles du territoire, des spectacles dans les établissements ainsi que des séances scolaires sous chapiteau.

Mechanical French Translation: The Festival of Theatres Voyageurs unites Cie of fairground and travelling theatres, mobile places of creation of the arts of the stage (tent, trestles) where different arts cross: gestural theatre, theatre of objects, puppets, musics, We like to share with the public artistic pleasure ... to exchange, to invite all family to transport an imagination which exceeds the time of presentation. As part of the 2nd Festival of Theatres Voyageurs and our partnership with the Community of House of Commons of Laragnais, we offer to all schools of the territory, of shows in establishments as well as scholastic sessions under tent.

11 Compagnies accueillies:

L'AGIT THEATRE
BUCHINGERS' BOOT MARIONETTES
ALTER-NEZ
LA TÊTE DANS LE SAC (suisse)
POPUL'ART
Où RÊVENT LES ARBRES
CHIENDENT THEATRE
LES CHEMINS DE TERRE (Belgique)
GRAIN DE SABLE Prod.
IOANES TRIO
WONDERBRASS



The One Nation March in Washington DC will happen on October 2 at the National Mall between the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument -- George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars will appear a day after playing Indianapolis, Indiana on October 1.
One Nation Under A Groove; Getting down just for the FUNK of it!

In San Francisco, my friend Eric McFadden and fellow P-Funk auxiliary RonKat Spearman are playing at DNA LOUNGE, 375 11th St.

The NYC Unicycle Bridge Tour is up to 169 bridges now (out of over 2000).

After all of this, Jango Edwards is on-deck, with his hair cut, ready to start the third round of the Nouveau Clown Institute on October 4:

Nina Cheney In Wisconsin

(Photos by John Weiland -- click to enlarge the image.)
Irrepressible Nina KNOWS mask making! Here's some pics of this Dell' Arte graduate and ace juggler getting her animations in motion at the Willy Street Fair Parade last weekend. (She's all "ducked out" in her finest for the left hand picture -- somebody else was swimming upstream in the fish during the parade.)

"Why a duck?" You'll just have to ask Groucho and Chico Marx!

For those who are following Katie Duck, it looks like she's going right up to the Volcano God -- tread lightly!

October 1-11 Iceland NORDPLUS Explorations in Music and Dance / EMD Network Improvisation Intensive Course Kedja Festival

Next on her agenda is Copenhagen -- too bad the Philyercarmonic Orchestra isn't performing. (Johnny Melville is in Barcelona, helping Jango Edwards with the Nouveau Clown Institute next month.)

October 11-15 Copenhagen, Denmark Skolen for Moderne Dans

Stuart Curtis in Oregon

Just as the title says: Stu will be appearing with the El Kabong Orchestra at the SeptemBEERfest, Saturday, 9/25 at the Benton County Fairgrounds. There will be 50 kinds of beer to sample, as well as food and entertainment.

Stuart Curtis (center) at the International Theater Festival in Denver 1982, along with Footsbarn members Greggo and Wimpy, plus two unknown musicians.
Stu mentions on Facebook: The fest goes from 2 pm to 10 pm. El Kabong is slated to start at about 7:30 pm. ... this event is a fund-raiser for Linn-Benton Food Share. Everybody eats!

From gazzettetimes.com: CORVALLIS -- About 1,200 microbrew-beer connoisseurs and crafters are expected ... for the third annual Septembeerfest. Organized by the Heart of the Valley Homebrewers club, the event brings together those who know the meaning of terms such as grain bill, sparge and wort ... Participants can select samples from among almost 50 specialty beer varieties not available in major grocery aisles.
...in addition to many local and regional microbreweries, samples will come from California, Hawaii and Pennsylvania. Even five beers from the prestigious Weihenstephan Brewery of Freising, Germany, which dates back to the year A.D. 1040, will be available.

What will not be available this year is home-brewed beers, the result of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission’s stepped-up enforcement of a 1979 law which limits consumption of homebrewed beer to the place where it was made. That is a restriction that homebrewers hope to repeal.

...To encourage designated drivers to attend, they have waived the $10 admission fee for them. ...Music will be courtesy of Wild Hog in the Woods, the Beaver Country Hot Air Band and the El Kabong Orchestra.

I found this information heartening: A shuttle will pick up those headed for Septembeerfest every half hour ... Corvallis Transit buses will be running free on Saturday ... Tasting is under tents, so that rain would not stop the fun ...

Did anybody see Katie Duck's Kidnap in Amsterdam last night?

Dance Noir Strikes Again!

Kidnap


Friday Duck Projects
Zaal 100 Amsterdam
September 24, 2010 at 21:00 (9 PM)

Direction: Katie Duck
Performance: Lee Miri, Carla Bahal, Manuela Tessi
Film: Ilaria Honsinger
Music: Alfredo Genovesi

Go here to find a list of workshops and courses in Amsterdam and abroad

Go here to find a list of events and performances in Amsterdam and abroad

Katie Duck Performs This Week in Amsterdam!

There's something about Katie Duck (Right) that convinces people to bend over backwards ...

September 16 Bim Huis Matching Monday
Dancers: Makiko Ito, Katie Duck, Kenzo Kusuda, Peter Kadár, Lily Kiara, Marije Nie, Melvin Fraenk
Musicians: Felicity Provan (trumpet), Maraatsj (violin), Michael Vatcher (drums), Oscar Jan Hoogland (piano), Alfredo Genovesi (guitar), Konstantinos Vasilakos (laptop), Monica Akihary (stem)
Lights: Ellen Knops

Go here to find a list of workshops and courses in Amsterdam and abroad

Go here to find a list of events and performances in Amsterdam and abroad

North Sea and Black Sea = SEAS

Chris Torch was an ally and acquaintance in my Amsterdam Daze -- He was a member of Julian Beck's Living Theater, and recruited beautiful Helena Van Danzig into their ranks. He also started a company in Sweden named Jord Cirkus (Earth Circus), and has been based around Stockholm since the late 70's. He's been organizing an incredible international exchange of artists between the Black Sea and Northern Europe for the last few years. The physical distances aren't really that great, but the historical and cultural divisions between the two regions are profound. I'm very proud to know a man who is doing such great work building human bridges!


From the SEAS/Intercult Newsletter:

SEAS Xpedition Turkey 15-22 September
SEAS X begins on the road. An expedition of over 30 people, SEAS artists and staff from all over Europe, will travel from Istanbul to Batumi. Along the way four stops are planned to spontaneously encounter local people and community groups. Animations - films, workshops, short presentations - will be the tools.
In August four pioneers made a trial trip as preparation for the SEAS Xpedition. The trip is reportedly bumpy at times, mostly welcoming and very exciting. Most of the SEAS artists have grown accustomed to new locations each with a different set of demands, this time eight new artists are joining the group.

The SEAS Xpedition stops and artists


SEAS X Batumi 22-25 September
The first ever international contemporary arts festival in Batumi and the beginning of an ongoing collaboration between SEAS/Intercult and Batumi State Drama Theatre, Caucasus Foundation and other local host organisations.
The program in Batumi presents contemporary art from the Black Sea North Sea regions. Performances, video and sculptural installations, theatre and more will be presented throughout the city. The SEAS artists are BADco., Mahir Gunsiray and Tiyatro Ouynevi, Anne Lise Stenseth, Katryna Radchenko, Vilna Scena, Nedyalko Delchev and Cristina David. Including two local performances by Ilia Chavchavadze Batumi State Drama Theatre and Valerian Gunia Poti State Drama Theatre.

The SEAS X Batumi programme

Anne Lise Stenseth to Artisterium Tiblisi
Anne Lise Stenseth has been invited to show the video installation The Kiss and Waste Project, 1-2 October at the Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition - Artisterium. The series of video essays portraying women across the Black and North Seas was developed during the SEAS touring. It gives a unique perspective on love, migration and family based on letters written to the artist as though she was their mother, sister or girlfriend.

Artisterium 1-2 October