FROM the circus clown to the character clown like Charlie Chaplin, clown acting has substantially evolved.
It has now become an important part of the culture and also a basis in the training of an actor.
An eight-lesson course, ''The Foundation of Clown Acting'', organised by the Hong Kong Arts Centre, will show you what a clown is and teach you how to be a good one.
The course aims to help students discover their own style as a clown and to understand the relationship between the clown world and performing arts.
''Everybody has his ego which includes his physical body and his mind. A clown is not only a 'fool' in the ordinary sense. In fact, it is the dynamic process of the revelation of the ego of a particular person,'' said course instructor Shu Tang.
Contents of the course will include: Fundamental corporal training; training of imagination and emotion; training of energy; the relationship between a person and an object; the expression of power of a clown; the power relationship between two clowns; makeup and formalisation of a clown; improvisation.