Claque

A Claqueur (French claquer, clap ') refers to a person who supplies in a play or other public performance paid applause. Purpose of Claqueurs is to move the audience to applaud. The totality of the cheerleaders in a play called "The Claque ".

History

In 1820 was offered in Paris by Monsieur Sauton an " Assurance de succès dramatique " paid, a " secure the dramatic success ". In the jargon of Paris welcomed the practitioners of the activity " Chevaliers de luster ," Knight of the chandelier. Deals of the claque found mainly in France customers. However, they came in the first quarter of the 20th century out of fashion. Heinrich Heine reported in 1844 by the Ovation cost of Mietenthusiasten addition to the cost of laurel wreaths, bouquets of flowers with precious Kamelias and Lobgedichte, the Franz Liszt and accompanying him on his concert tour singer Giovanni Battista Rubini were asked by their manager Gaetano Belloni charged.

System

The tasks of the claque were distributed to specialized persons. Specifically, there were:

• Chauffeurs ( heater ): You stood in front of the announcements during the day and had to praise the piece before the bystanders.
• Chatouilleurs ( clitoris ): they were positive about the performances before the beginning of the presentation and during the breaks.
• Connoisseurs ( Kenner ): They had the task to make during the performance drop positive remarks.
• Rieurs ( laughs ): You had to put the people sitting around with their " spontaneous " laughter.
• Pleureurs ( Howler ), whose task was to sob while touching scenes.
• Tapageurs ( Turn heads maker): They had vigorously applaud.
• Bisseurs ( "Another painter", "adding " Rufer ): They called for the performance of " Da capo " and " addition ".

Figurative meaning

In a figurative sense can be described as Claqueur also someone who provides an overly enthusiastic consent - for example, as a listener of a political speech at a party conference.

As Jubelperser a group of around 150 Iranian citizens was called that accompanied the Shah's visit in 1967 by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his wife Farah Pahlavi on June 2, 1967, and violent vorgingen against demonstrators.