Cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; About the Author; Foreword; I Prologue; II History of the Wondermakers; If performance art disconnects from the community it's performing for, it dies.; III Confessions of a War Clown; The more trauma one has experienced, the bigger the need to laugh.; A Story from Sarajevo; A Story from the West Sahara; A Story from Nepal; IV The Sweet Essence of Clown; It's not about acting stupid, it's about daring to be perceived as stupid.; The Five Layers of Clown; V The Clown Manifesto; VI The Nalleslavski Method

There are no bad audiences.Reflections on Connecting and Playing; Connect; Play; Nalleslavski's Triangle; World; The Real World; The Imaginary World; Character; Categories of Character; Playing someone else (acting); Playing yourself (being); Introvert (focused on action); Action; Creating Material and Filling your Bag of Tricks; Structuring Material to Create Emotional Orgasms; Improvisation and Gifts from the Clown Gods; Love your Volunteer; Love your volunteer and your audience will love you.; VII The Rebel Creator

Part clown manual, part storytelling and part rant - <i>The Clown Manifesto</i> covers the experiences, philosophies and methods of the clown performer/director/teacher Nalleslavski. A book for clowns, physical comedians, actors, musicians, jugglers, puppeteers, magicians, street performers and dancers. Whatever form your clowning takes - theatre, street theatre, comedy, burlesque, magic, circus - the mischievously named <i>Nalleslavski Method</i> gives you practical tools to create comedy material that works universally, across cultural and language barriers.

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