Iván Prado, representando a organización promotora do Festiclown Coper@ctiva, e os clowns Jango Edwards e Peter Ercolano botáronse a nadar na lagoa do Auditorio de Galicia para simbolizar deste xeito que “o Festiclown móllase pola risa e nunca se sabe o que pode acontecer”, en palabras do propio Iván Prado.Ás 12:00 horas da mañá do martes 1 de agosto estaba prevista a rolda de prensa para presentar, no Auditorio de Galicia, o Formaclown, unha sección das máis reclamadas dentro do Festiclown e das que máis prestixio lle dan a este. Pero cinco minutos antes do comezo do evento o escenario deixou de ser o Auditorio para cederlle o protagonismo ao parque que o rodea.
Unha banda musical de clowns seguida por un axente das ‘forzas da orde’ deu o sinal para o comezo da presentación. Nela Peter Ercolano, Jango Edwards, Pablo Trasno, Sergio Claramunt e Pablo Pudnik, acompañados do concelleiro de Cultura, Néstor Rego e de Iván Prado foron os encargados de dar a coñecer con breves intervencións o contido de cadanseu obradoiro dentro do Formaclown deste ano.
Read more…
Der Clown als Komiker? Clown-Sein ist zunächst ein Prozess, sich dem Unerwarteten, dem Überraschenden, dem Unsinn, der Unlogik zu stellen. Der Clown zieht seine Kraft aus unserer versteckten Freude am Scheitern. Die Weisheit ist begründet in einer Schadenfreude am Perfektem. Der Clown sucht und liebt das Chaos in einer Welt der Ordnung.
Der Clown ist die Figur einer “direkten Emotionalität”( Stan Laurell). Er ist der Spieler unserer Gefühle. Durch seine Arglosigkeit bringt er das Eigentliche, den Kern des Menschen, durch eindeutigen körperlichen und stimmlichen Ausdruck zum Vorschein.
Read the rest of this entry »
After performing 30 Years ago on the first event of the ZOMERPARKFEEST IN VENLO, Jango Edwards and the Little Big Red Nose Band came back for the anniversary.
The Band Members:
Jango Edwards
Micky Edwards-(Musician and performer)
Turne Edwards-(DJ, musician & performer)
Rick Parets -(Performer &Vocals)
Peter Echo-(Vocals & Performer)
Stan Haywood (Piano & Clarinet) (Vocals)
Jimmy Sernesky (Trumpet & Percussion) (Vocals)
Sean Bergen (Sax) (Vocals)
Martin Baker (Bass) (Vocals)
Tjeerd Van Zannon (Guitar)
Alan ‘Gunga’ Purvis (Drums)
Davy Norket (Keyboards) (Vocals)
Ron Vogel (Sound)
Tony Murchland-(Lights and stage effects)
They hadn’t been playing together for 15 years, but after a few rehearsals at Davy’s studio in Amsterdam they were ready to rock the house! And they did!
Jango Edwards (USA)
Om 22:40 op het Hoofdpodium. Die grijze slechtziende clown met lange grijze haardos in die Pearl reclame, dat is Jango Edwards. Clown voor het leven en oprichter van het internationaal fameuze Festival of Fools, een jaarlijkse bijeenkomst van clowns over de hele wereld en een waar spektakel. Jango Edwards is een uniek man. Als zelfverklaard voorganger in de Church of Grins trekt hij al jaren over de hele wereld om zijn hilarische shows te verzorgen. In clownspak of niet, zijn muziek zal zelfs bij de meest verzuurde zeurpiet een lach tevoorschijn toveren, of hij nu wil of niet!
Jango Edwards Masterclass during the Performance de Acteur Festival Cannes 2006
Click below if you want to read more about this Clown Workshop, there are also Photos and Videos waiting for you! Read the rest of this entry »
Here you’ll find all the information about the Clown and Fool Jango Edwards and his Clown-Partner Peter Ercolano, upcoming Shows, Events & Clown-Workshops.
Jango Edwards has dedicated his life to the study of comedy and devoted himself to the art of clown; not a job but a life style, a comic religion which he calls the Church of Grin.
Eventually his vision gave birth to the internationally renowned “Festival Of Fools” which, from 1975 until 1984, became the world’s first comedy convention of the Nouveau Clowns. It set the foundation and form for a new trend in comic festivals; an annual gathering of the clown tribe, where all performed, taught and exchanged the secrets to a new direction and rebirth of an all but lost tradition.
Peter Ercolano met Jango Edwards at the age of 40, and finally decides to stop working at a shipping agency after 21 years, becoming a professional actor and clown, forming a duo with Jango. Today Peter teaches, performs, directs and writes with his partner Jango Edwards, with Giovanna Bellina and on his own. His goal in life is to fight ignorance, violence, sufferance and arrogance with the power of laughter. As a clown his aim is to help as many people as he can through his art. Together Jango and Peter, through their work, are building a global clown army to help reach these goals and aims.
His belief, experience of his own life, is: it’s never too late to be a clown !
