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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Preface to the Second Edition | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Art of Clowning | |
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| Clowning Rewards | |
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| Training | |
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| Clown Power | |
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| You Must Be Kidding | |
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| Clown Journeys | |
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| Birth | |
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| Clowning Rules | |
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| But Seriously Folks | |
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| Working Alone | |
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| Studio Preparation | |
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| Audience Guideline 1: Laugh When It's Funny and Don't Laugh When It's Not | |
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| The Trainer | |
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| Audience Guideline 2: Do Not Talk to the Clowns | |
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| Audience Guideline 3: Clap for the Clown | |
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| Clown Preparation | |
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| Warm-up | |
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| The Nose | |
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| Clown Rule 1: Never Put On or Take Off the Nose Where You Can Be Seen | |
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| Exercise 1.1: Dropping into Nose | |
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| Clown Rule 2: No Talking or Verbal Sounds | |
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| Exercise 1.2: Silence Is Golden | |
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| Clown Rule 3: Connect with Your Audience | |
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| Exercise 1.3: Face Shift Sharing | |
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| Clown Rule 4: Always Say Yes | |
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| Exercise 1.4: Yes… Yes… Yes | |
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| Stay in Clown | |
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| In Sum: Obey the Guidelines and Rules | |
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| Finding Your Clown | |
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| The Great Unknown | |
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| Props | |
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| Exercise 2.1: Reinvention | |
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| Clown Essence | |
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| Essence Chart 1 | |
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| Exercise 2.2: Object Transformation | |
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| Simplicity | |
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| Chaplin | |
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| Exercise 2.3: Box Car | |
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| Just Not Funny | |
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| Exercise 2.4: Multiple Objects: Baking a Cake | |
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| Clown Smart = People Stupid | |
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| Sheer Talent | |
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| Exercise 2.5: Razzle-dazzle | |
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| Exits and Lazzi | |
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| Exercise 2.6: Acquired Talent: Tossing Food in Your Mouth | |
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| Essence Chart 2 | |
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| In Sum: Who Is This Clown? | |
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| Refining Your Clown | |
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| Musically Inclined | |
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| Singing | |
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| Exercise 3.1: This Is My Song | |
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| Repetition | |
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| Singing Improvisations | |
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| Exercise 3.2: This Is Not My Song | |
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| Non-clown versus Clown Decisions | |
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| Song Stories | |
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| Exercise 3.3: Song Story | |
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| Visual Adjustments | |
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| Story Improvisations | |
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| Exercise 3.4: Instant Song Story | |
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| Laughing at Your Clown | |
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| Dancing | |
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| Exercise 3.5: Busting Some Moves | |
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| Great Clown Dancers | |
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| Exercise 3.6: Breaking the Pattern | |
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| No Regrets | |
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| Exercise 3.7: Dancing Medley | |
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| Clown Vision | |
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| Exercise 3.8: Creating Instruments | |
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| Exercise 3.9: Chamber Music | |
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| Essence Chart 3 | |
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| In Sum: The Power of Music | |
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| Mission: Impossible | |
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| The Beautiful Stumble | |
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| Physically Impossible | |
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| Exercise 4.1: Flying Around the Studio | |
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| Failure Assessment | |
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| Failure Chart 4.1 | |
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| Going Further | |
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| Circus Tricks | |
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| Exercise 4.2: Diving into a Cup of Water | |
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| Kid Spirit | |
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| Everyday Tasks | |
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| Exercise 4.3: Getting Dressed in Baby Clothes | |
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| Practice Makes Perfect | |
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| Exercise 4.4: Painting Portraits | |
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| Felix Adler | |
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| Failure Chart 4.2 | |
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| Musical Miscues | |
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| Exercise 4.5: Instrumental Insanity | |
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| Exercise 4.6: Reading | |
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| Self-Consciousness | |
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| Exercise 4.7: Caught in the Act | |
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| It Says on Your Resume | |
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| Exercise 4.8: Expert | |
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| Failure Chart 4.3 | |
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| In Sum: Wrong Is Right | |
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| Shifting in New Directions | |
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| Fleshing Out Your Clown | |
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| Primary and Opposite Characteristics Chart | |
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| Opposition Exercises | |
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| Exercise 5.1: Happy/Sad: Baking a Cake | |
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| Hearing the Audience | |
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| Exercise 5.2: Clever/Dumb: Diving into a Cup of Water | |
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| Losing Your Clown | |
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| Exercise 5.3: Silly/Serious: Object Transformation | |
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| Layering Ideas and Impulses | |
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| Exercise 5.4: Shy/Outgoing: Flying Around the Studio | |
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| Emotional Attunement | |
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| Exercise 5.5: Childish/Mature: Box Car | |
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| Merging Qualities | |
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| Exercise 5.6: Sexy/Prudish: Busting Some Moves | |
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| The Trainer Shifts | |
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| Exercise 5.7: Mixing It Up | |
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| Leaving the Clown Alone | |
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| Exercise 5.8: Telling the Whole Story | |
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| In Sum: Diversification = Clown Power | |
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| The Ins and Outs of White-Face | |
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| White-face Clowns | |
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| Into White-face | |
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| Design | |
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| In-Clowns and Out-Clowns | |
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| Emmett Kelly | |
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| Out-Clown Exploration | |
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| Exercise 6.1: Out-Clown at Play | |
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| The Beauty of Sadness | |
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| Exercise 6.2: Out-Clown Missing Something | |
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| Magicians | |
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| Exercise 6.3: Out-Clown Magic | |
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| In-Clown Exploration | |
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| Exercise 6.4: In-Clown Magic | |
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| Joey | |
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| Exercise 6.5: In-Clown Rocking Out | |
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| Shifting Between In and Out | |
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| Exercise 6.6: Split Personality | |
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| Exercise 6.7: In and Out with Objects | |
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| In and Out Duo Acts | |
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| Exercise 6.8: In and Out Duo Dancing | |
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| Famous Comedic Duos | |
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| Exercise 6.9: Lessons | |
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| In Sum: Clown Reflections | |
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| Voice and Text | |
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| Voice | |
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| Nonsense | |
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| Exercise 7.1: Vowel Melt | |
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| Exercise 7.2: Gliggercobber | |
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| Vocal Health | |
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| Exercise 7.3: Translation Please | |
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| Exercise 7.4: Out-Clown Interview with Voice | |
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| Exercise 7.5: In-Clown Interview with Voice | |
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| Exercise 7.6: Speaking Lyrics | |
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| Scripted Conversations | |
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| Exercise 7.7: Eileen | |
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| Exercise 7.8: Dave | |
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| Storytelling | |
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| Exercise 7.9: In My Clown Life | |
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| Advanced Text | |
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| Shakespearean Clowns | |
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| Exercise 7.10: The Fool | |
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| Exercise 7.11: Launce and Crab | |
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| Energy Modification | |
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| Comedy for Two Women | |
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| Exercise 7.12: A Flea in Her Ear | |
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| Comedy for Two Men | |
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| Exercise 7.13: Hu .Runs Tibet? | |
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| In Sum: It's Up to You | |
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| Building a Troupe | |
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| Performance | |
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| Clownzilla | |
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| Troupe Warm-ups | |
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| Troupe Exercise 1: Synchronized Walks | |
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| Troupe Exercise 2: Synchronized Walks and Facial Expressions | |
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| Troupe Exercise 3: Synchronized Walks, Facial Expressions, and Gestures | |
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| Troupe Exercise 4: Dance Party | |
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| Sources of Inspiration | |
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| Incorporation of Exercises | |
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| Improvisation | |
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| Existing Storylines | |
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| Amalgamations | |
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| Instant Theater | |
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| Political Clowning | |
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| Troupe Exercise 5: Public Service Announcements | |
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| Trusting Clown Instincts | |
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| Audience | |
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| Kid-Spirit for Kids | |
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| In Sum: Putting It Together | |
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| Production Support | |
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| Decision Making | |
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| Costuming | |
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| Shoes | |
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| Sound Ideas | |
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| Lighting the Way | |
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| Propping Up | |
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| Performance Space | |
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| Taking It to the Streets | |
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| Further Training | |
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| In Sum: The Sky's the Limit | |
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| Index | |