Yes, Cirque du Soleil hires clowns… So you’re a clown who wants to perform at Cirque du Soleil! Guess what? We might have job openings for you. Here is a video from Cirque about what they look for in clowns.
Qualifications
Interested candidates must submit:
1. A résumé/CV
2. Two photos (head and body shots)
3. A video demo of their performance (between 3 and 10 mins)
Here are some clown music videos from YouTube… some are better than others.
The Clown Song–Hap Palmer
Stealers Wheels – Stuck In The Middle With You – Offical Video
B. A. Clown – Steve Marshall
Big Red Noses (A Clown Song)
http://youtu.be/Emn7CVqxWls
The Clown Song by Kidscamp
Clown Song, the Corbetts
English Time Songs, The Clown Song
Let’s Go To The Circus!- Be A Clown
Blinky the Clown Happy Birthday Song – Denver
Silly Sally the Clown-Loopty Loo Song-Kids fitness
Bertoldo il Clown Magico
I created a video where I discuss the design of a modern clown face. I recommend getting Strutter’s Complete Guide to Clown Makeup.
In the video, I discuss how a clown’s makeup is designed to help the audience see the expressions. The boldness of the makeup design may vary based on how close the clown will perform in front of an audience, from a stadium, to a living room, to a hospital room.
It is also important to understand how the face moves and put the makeup on to let the makeup move with the muscles of the face and carry the emotions and expressions.
Mike Becvar, aka Sir Toony Van Dukes, demonstrates how he puts on his clown makeup.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® and the Funnyatrics Clown Program at Children’s Medical Center were bubbling over with the excitement as they prepared for a soap-endous event…The Biggest Shaving Cream Pie Fight On Earth, which took place on Tuesday, July 31 at AT&T Plaza at American Airlines Center. The ultimate shaving cream chaos set a Guinness World Record, with 714 participants, for the largest shaving cream pie fight ever held!
I really wish I had discovered clowning when I was a teen and was able to go to one of these clown programs. Here are just a few of the programs available for kids.
Sacred Heart Network Clown Academy Program
at Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart,
Princeton, New Jersey
http://www.princetonacademy.org/main/forparents/summer-programs-clownacad.html
Circus Smirkus
Vermont
http://www.smirkus.org/
Amazing Grace Circus
Nyack, NY
http://amazinggracecircus.org/
My Nose Turns Red Youth Circus
Cincinnati, OH
http://www.mynoseturnsred.org/
Circus Juventas
Circus Juventas is a performing arts youth circus school located in St. Paul, Minnesota and serving the Twin Cities metro area.
http://www.circusjuventas.org/
Circus Camp
Georgia
http://www.circuscamp.org/
Sailor Circus
Sarasota, Florida
http://www.sailorcircus.org/
Don Christian International Clown and Comedy The 3 Heads
Bonbon dancing puppets in Circus Finlandia 2010
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey world famous clowns in Bridgeport, CT
Late Train
Routine for the Ohio Clown College Graduation performances. What happens when the train is late?
I have been looking for ideas for skits I could use at clown conventions. There are a few websites with skits for scouts at summer camp.
Skits at ScoutoRama
Campfire Skits at Camping Dude
There are also skits on YouTube
Clown Skit: Dog through hoop
Sweet Potato attempts to get her dog to jump through a hoop. When it doesn’t work, Wacko will have to improvise to save the trick!
Bakery Gag
Reducing Machine Gag
Reducing Machine gag on the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus in the early 90’s. The gag was produced by Jimmy Douglass.
Ringling Clowns Visits the Children’s Hospital
Skit at WCA Convention 2012
WCA Convention 2012
1st Place winners, Group Skit Competition
“MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC ”
Clowns in St Charles parade
Clowns before the Washington DC Cherry Blossom Parade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpUculGYeFE
March 17, 2012 Stretch prepares for the Denver St Patrick’s Parade
