The art of clowning in the USSR. Makarov S.M.

The glory of the masters of the Soviet circus in the 20th century rattled the whole world, but clowns were used by unprecedented popularity and love - therefore, a real monograph is devoted to their art. The author of the book Sergei Makarov is a theorist and practitioner of the circus who personally knew many legendary comedians.

The book traces the processes of the formation and development of Soviet clowning - the birth of a comic hero of a new type, the formation of aesthetic principles of comedic art of the Soviet circus; A detailed characteristic of clown masks is given, the repertoire of the leading masters of the arena is analyzed. A lively and vividly tells about creative search, funny and witty comedy numbers, funny reprisals, funny scenes of domestic comedians, such as pencil, Oleg Popov, Yuri Nikulin and Mikhail Shuidin, Akram Yusupov, Boris Vyatkin, Konstantin Berman, Leonid Engibarov, Clown May, Clown May, Konstantin, May. Andrey Nikolaev and others.

For students and teachers of schools of circus and pop art and departments of the circus of theater institutes, as well as all admirers of circus art and just lovers and connoisseurs of good humor.