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Additional Warm-ups that suit clowning:

Warm Up "Pass a Face":
The group stands in a circle. One person begins, make a weird face at person # 2 on the right. # 2 must mirror the face back. Then person #2 makes a new face to the person on the right, and # 3 mirrors it back ... and so on, until it reaches all around the circle to the first person. This can also be done in 2 teams who race to pass the face around the circle first. The focus is on impulses and energy. Don't think, just DO!

Warm Up "Don't Laugh":
Stand facing a partner and take turns trying to make the other person laugh. The only restriction is that there can be no physical contact.

Some Famous Clowns to look up:

  • Charlie Chaplin
  • Red Skelton
  • Laurel & Hardy
  • the Marx Brothers - Harpo
  • Marcel Marceau (mime artist)
  • Buster Keaton
  • Harold Lloyd
  • Roberto Benigni
  • Mump & Smoot (Canadian)
  • Izzy (Shannan Calcutt) (Canadian)
  • Mr. Bean

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