Spring Into THE THING

Katie Duck -- April 30 2011 Saturday one day Workshop Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon England

Duck Projects -- Crime + Rock Casualties
Once a month, February to June 2011 in Zaal 100.
Read Her Announcements HERE

Katie Duck in Rome circa 1980
Katie's Dance Noir Series: Happy Homicide, along with Criminal Mind, Kidnap, Profile, and UnSub. Read more about it! plus Read about the artists! Better yet -- BOOK IT!

Sharon Smith, Katie Duck's Friend & Ally:

On the road with Gob Squad, and in London!

See Felicity Croydon and Sharon Smith's amazing site maxfactory.org (Updated Flash Required)

Katie's associates in Wonderland Collective were part of LIVE AID JAPAN in Amsterdam -- Michael Schumacher, Sayaka Akitsu, Makiko Ito, Santiago Botero, and Alfredo Genovessi.

Karin Pipa Wimmer's Sorcas Quircas Facebook Page

Try out this Nouveau Clown''s WEBPAGE too, as well as the Munich Juggler's Festival later this year!

Footsbarn Traveling Theatre: 2011 - five countries and three productions - including "Sorry!" our UFO of a show as full of surprises as ever. Footsbarn's travels and revels will begin in Dublin. 2011 is also a year of preparation for our grand project of 2012: "The Dream" to tour India in a new theatre tent built over there... But that's another story you'll soon hear about!

Also in Dublin: Lose those Recession Blues with Footsbarn ally Rachelle & Company doing Cabaret Express!
Thursday, April 14 · 9:00pm - 11:30pm; Sweeney's Dame Street;
Created By Rachel Brady, Michael Walsh, and Ciara Cunnane.
An Anything Goes Night of Cabaret and Divilment featuring homegrown Burlesque, Music Comedy and Magic!


A mere FIVE EURO will get you: Slinky routines from Marlena Delish,Tarara Boo, Ruby LeRoux, Scarlett van Tassel, Judith Byrne, and Miss Dolly-May Jiffypop!
A fabulous Elecro-Swing set from the wonderful DJ Ciara Cunnane; Stand up comedy from Brian Marr, Mark Baldwin, and Sean Fitzgerald; Beautiful Music from Glenn MacMahon; and magic from the mysterious Mandrake!

Expect the Unexpected, Get your high heels and top hats on, and have a brilliant night out!

Daniel Rovai, a Footsbarn alumnus in the movie Silent Sonata. (Slow Loader)

Speaking/Reading of Nouveau Clowns -- there's a Facebook page that alerts all and sundry about performances of the Worldwide Baggy Pants Krewe called Clowns On The Road AKA (EN EL CAMÍ/EN EL CAMINO). Get your translating pages ready though -- the posts can be in Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Italian, German or even English!

Jango Edwards is in Austria during April !!!

April 6 "Classics" in Vienna; On April 7 "Special" in the small, but fine Theater Olé (Beatrixgasse Vienna 3); On April 8 at Kleinen Theater in Salzburg!

Am 6.4. präsentieret er "Classics" in der ((szene)) Wien; am 7.4. zeigt er ein "Special" im kleinen aber feinen Theater Olé (Beatrixgasse/Wien 3) und am 8.4. ist er im Kleinen Theater in Salzburg zu sehen!

Johnny Melville is going to ROME in April:

Groucho sez: Roamin' WHERE?
Sabato e Domenica Saturday, April 2 and April 3.

Johnny's son, Cyron Melville won acting awards in Montral and Marakesh for this film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h6Cz7CGIvQ

Later, Johnny's in Barcelona: April 9 and April 10 -- 120 euros for 12 intensive hours with the "Comic Superman" (Swiss press)... movements of the monkey ... magic Steps of Tensegritia (Carlos Castaneda) ... Aikido ... Grotowski as training of relaxation and discipline of the body, for coming to an agility for the actor; I work with ochos in relation to the energy of the body and groups, children's diverse games and theatrical exercises, construction of characters from corporal and emotional forms ...

Across The Blue Horizon ...

ALL the programs from 1976 -- Thanks to Ed Baker!
Program Collection Project -- Festival of Fools 1975 to 1984.
An online collection of the programs from the Festival of Fools -- searchable, downloadable PDFs.
Do YOU know where any of the MISSING programs are?
Contact Webmaster Michael from the link above!

Davey Norket is back home in Amsterdam, Holland.

(L to R) Matthew Child, plus his reflection in the window. Mr. Paul "Strummer" Blackwell, and MY reflection in the window. (Although I wasn't there.)
"Mini-Fool's Reunion," according to Paul Blackwell: I met up with Davey Norket and Cedric Curtis in Montara, near Half Moon Bay. I picked up Matthew in Berkeley on the way. Great time had by all. We also did a little jam session. Davey as wizard of funk, and Cedric as soulful as always. I was Mr. Strummer.

Stuart Curtis' satellite page about the Hamburg production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats is LINKED on the Outline and Scrapbook page of the Great Salt Lake Mime Troupe Saga-- plus the Handy Table of Contents.

Stuart Curtis CD Release Party for a CD he guested on with a Portland Brazilian band. March 26. http://www.namesamusic.com/home

Bindlestiffs Family Cirkus in New York
April 1 and 2, 2011 -- Dixon Place, 161 Chrystie Street (between Rivington and Delancey)

The legendary Cirkus Cabaret returns to the Big Apple. For seventeen years, The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Winter Cabaret provides a stage for the world's best in circus, sideshow, vaudeville, burlesque, and cabaret. This year's season promises to continue the traditions.
Jugglers, clowns, acrobats, and trapeze artists share the stage with musicians, magicians, dancers, daredevils, and more in The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Winter Cabaret. Every show promises circus feats, sideshow marvels, and world-class entertainers.

Theater/Cinema/Circus scholar John Towsen's piece about our long-missing friend Mamako Yoneyama in Craft and Art of Physical Comedy. Much-appreciated articles about the amazing Max Linder in this great series -- take a look!

Nina (Out of Africa) Cheney, with a new entry on the Eagle Optics Blog -- A bird in the binoculars is better than two pokes in the eyes, sez Curly Howard.

Nina Cheney at a recent juggling gig.
Washington DC's Clown Cabaret Fort Fringe on New York Avenue in Washington DC. 2011 SEASON: April 11, May 9, June 13 The Shop at Fort Fringe - 607 New York Ave NW

A deeper blue lies across the blue horizon: Treat yourself to Justin Hunter Case in Sydney, Australia!

P-Funk is heading for Australia in April, BUT:

Watch for Lady Miss Kier and her mysterious new band!
RonKat's Katdelic at the Boom Boom Room April 15, if you have any money left over from taxes; Sugar Booty dancer Rasa Vitalia has a link HERE; Keep your eyes open for the Eric McFadden Trio; Kim Manning's band Wanderlust on the West Coast; Richie "Shakin" Nagan out of NYC; Freekbass touring out of Cincinnati; Gabe Gonzales gigging out of Detroit; Bernie Worrell, Blackbyrd McKnight, Greg Boyer, Maceo Parker, DJ Soul Sister, in New Orleans.

Webmaster Michael's E-Portfolio -- Check out DANCE HISTORIES!