By no means complete, here is a list of leads in the direction of Clowning (Historical, Contemporary, in the Theater, in the Movies, on the Street, in Hospitals, on the Res and otherwise), Physical Theater, Social Circus, and other topics that seem relevant to the Theme. If you have any additions, please feel free to comment!
Schools and Teachers who lead Workshops for Theatrical Clown
L’Ecole Jacques Le Coq (Paris, France)
Dell’Arte (Blue Lake, CA)
Clown Conservatory at the Circus Center (San Francisco, CA)
Pochinko Technique (as led by Sue Morrison, John Turner or Donna Oblongata)
The Celebration Barn
Giovanni Fusetti
Kenny Raskin
Avner Eisenberg
Hilary Chaplain
Hospital and Humanitarian Clowns
Patch Adams (Gesundheit institute)
Bob Widdup (BB the clown)
Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit
Hearts and Noses, Boston
The Humor Foundation (in Australia)
Clowns with out Borders
Theatre Companies (None are clown troupes per se, but all contain clown elements)
Bread and Puppet Theater
San Francisco Mime Troupe
Wise Fool New Mexico
Theatre Grottesco
Some Clowns and Performers Worth Knowing About:
Movies and TV:
Charlie Chaplin
Buster Keaton
Laurel & Hardy
The Marx Brothers
Red Skelton
Lucille Ball
Gilda Radner
Lily Tomlin
Tracy Ullman
Modern Theatrical Clown:
Bill Irwin
Slava’s Sno Show
Avner the Eccentric
Hilary Chaplain (look up the piece “The Classically Trained Musician”)
Gardi Hutter (Swiss clown)
Puddles the Clown
The Red Bastard
Nineneeth Century:
Grock
Grimaldi
American Circus:
Emmett Kelly
Native American Clowns:
Hopi clowns