Performance:
Balloons, juggling, puppets, magic, broom, chair, unicycle.

Defining “clown”
Appearance or behavior?  Attitude.  Ability.  Wit & style.  Breaking rules & taboos.  Energy level.  Focus.  End result with the audience.  Archetypal figure.

Games:
“What is it?”  “Yes, and….”  “Statue, Artist, Clay”   “Trio Tag”  “Knots”  “Last Detail”
Improvs: Tag-Ins, The Chair, Human Puppets

Skills:
Juggling, unicycle, stilts, trapeze, balloons, face painting, story telling, puppets, ventriloquism, dance, music, acrobatics, balancing, magic, mime.

Character:
Happy/sad?  Talking/mime?  Smart/confused?  Agile/clumsy?  Fast/slow?

Costume & face:
Clothes.  Make-up/mask.  Nose & hat.  Hands & feet.  Unusual features.

Style:
Expressions  & gestures
Idiosyncracies
Entrances & exits
Pacing

Skits:
• Disagreement ending in a chase
• Difficulty completing a task
• Repetition with surprise ending
• Condensed story with a twist
• Slice of life close-up
• Parody of the familiar
• Clarifying the confusing
• Tricking someone