Reprise: what is the clown's number in the circus performance

The very term "reprise" is used ratherwide. First of all in many kinds of variety and circus art, where it is a number or scene filled with actions, strung on one plot. The clown's reprise is a verbal scene or pantomime (and often a fusion of these two directions), which in the original game or tragicomic vein carry a certain message expressed in the language of symbols, replicas and allegories.

The essence of the number

Virtually all clown reprises thatleft behind the world-class artists, being real works of art, popular and quite applicable on stage today. The secret that makes hundreds of thousands of people laugh or think about them from decade to decade is their semantic fullness, depth and references to eternal and lasting values. This is one of the striking features that a really good reprise has. What is the action means for the circus numbers, it is difficult to exaggerate.

A vivid example of the importance of a clown in a circusperformance can be the work of the great mime Leonid Yengibarova, whose numbers, as a rule, were placed at the end of the whole circus program and were its main spectacle (the case is almost unprecedented).

In general, the order in which theperformances in the concert action, is of great importance. Especially it concerns such a thin material, which is usually a clown reprise. What is the high value is given precisely pantomime or speech satirical or parody numbers, to explain quite simply.

Artistic presentation fabric

In order to demonstrate clearly whichplace should take a reprise, what is the order and rationality of the arrangement of numbers, you should refer to the example, which in large numbers can be found in the history of circus art.

So, the legendary Pencil, which, as you know,was distinguished by a subtle sense of artistic space, successfully selected props and possessed an innate sense of proportion. For example, in his issue "Foci", a Soviet artist, as a real illusionist, showed the public a sheet of a newspaper, in front of which everyone was wrapping a bottle, and after several bright gestures with a shout of "Focuses!" He unfolded it. A bottle with a bow rolled out of his trousers, and the clown "disgraced" ran to the joyful laugh of the audience.

It is easy to guess how difficult it would be toa true illusionist to speak after such a number of Pencil. And because the clown always put such performances strictly after the parodied objects, thereby strengthening the effect of their numbers. This is the meaning of reprise; what is a real interlude in circus art.

Result

It should be noted that over time, activitiesclowns, aimed at debunking the myths of circus strongmen, sinks of fire and circus miracles, has done its work. And now on the arena the rate is increasingly being made for visual numbers and acrobatics. Illusionists are gradually moving back into the past.

Arguing about the overriding goal of the clown in general, it is quitewe can assume that it is ridiculing the very nature of the circus and its methods: it jumps on horses, climbs under the dome to walk along the rope, boxing with kangaroos - and does it all so that the audience laughs. However, this is just what is on the surface.

Seeking funny sides in a wide variety ofthe pictures of his life surrounding him, the artist as if shades something that is worthy of respect. The canopy can fall - the clown falls, causing fear in the viewer. A juggler can drop a mace - the clown will surely drop it, and not only on his head (himself or his companion).

However, where there is nothing to laugh at, thina feeling artist will not do this. So, even at the beginning of his career Pencil planned to organize a room with live lions, taking as a basis an episode from Chaplin's famous film Circus. However, very soon abandoned his idea, explaining that he could not find anything ridiculous in the fact that animals are kept behind bars and forced to dance to music with the help of a whip.