Angels Can Fly A Modern Clown User Guide
Alan Clay's latest book on clown, Angels can Fly, was published last year, and includes a mix of fiction which follows the adventures of ten clown characters, some personal clown anecdotes, a total of 50 practical clown exercises, and some theory on the nature of modern clown.
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"Angels Can Fly is also available in paperback. If you like the e-Book I would appreciate if you would buy a copy of the paperback, as this gives me something for my more than three years of work on the book. The paperback also includes over 70 photographs. Here's a link to book on Amazon, http://tinyurl.com/9nrwj where you can currently get it at 24% discount, for US$18.96." Alan Clay.
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And why not check out Alan Clay's new clown film, Moontan, which was shot last year in Wanganui, New Zealand, staring Annette Devick from Canada and Mark Hudson from Australia, (pictured).
Or you can check out the clown workshops that Alan is teaching in the next few months in New Zealand and Australia, or read the Angels can Fly - Blog, which tells the inside story of the publication of Angels Can Fly, and where you can also find many of the exercises and the anecdotes from the book.
Angels Can Fly
A Modern Clown User Guide
Clown is a fascinating, diverse, complex and exciting art form, which has existed around the planet for thousands of years. Like any art form it has to evolve to stay relevant to the culture nurturing it, and at the same time, and by its very nature, clown teases and turns upside down the cultural patterns and boundaries around us.
This book is an attempt to chart the growth of modern clown, and to promote that process by providing, not only practical exercises for individuals and groups, but also reference points for thinking.
Angels can Fly includes a mix of fiction which follows the adventures of ten clown characters, some personal clown anecdotes from
clowns from around the world, a total of 50 practical clown exercises and drama games, and some theory on the nature of modern clown.
The book is now available on order from bookshops in Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada and England, and also online. ( ISBN 0-9578844-1-9 ) Amazon are currently selling the book at a 24% launch discount, for US$18.96.
However, if buying through Amazon, be careful of the discount sellers who sell the book 'used and new', because some of these are very likely pirating the book. Alan points out, "If you order it direct from Amazon, or from a bookshop, then you know that I'm getting paid for my work".
Stocked in Libraries in Australia, New Zealand and USA
"I have been very happy with the response to the book over the past six months," Alan explains. "It has already sold better than any of my other books, and sold in markets like England, which I have not previously reached.""Around 100 copies of Angels Can Fly are now in libraries in Australia, New Zealand and USA, including 16 copies in West Australian libraries, my first books to make it into Western Australia. Check with your library to see if they have a copy.
Reviews
Angels Can Fly!, October 31, 2005
Reviewer:
Michael C. Getlan "caring clown" (New Rochelle, NY) - This is a terrific book, and should be read and used frequently. The stories about the real clowns are inspiring and the exercises are practical and important, especially if you are serious about exploring the clown in you.
Angels Can Fly, August 2, 2005
Reviewer:
Julie A. Wright "Jewls" - This unusual book has a lot of good character development, audience interaction exercises. It is also a novel about street performers and includes several entertainers biographies all mixed together. For a vary enjoyable educational read.
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