This dissertation work the issue of types classic clown circus for the knowledge of the area on the subject, and the performance (practical and theoretical) of red nose in the theater, through the analysis of theories and practical examples analyzed (the Força hercúlea of "A.la.pi.pe.tuá!" and Abelha, abelhinha from" Reprisantes "). Relying mainly on studies of Mario Bolognesi and Luis Otavio Burnier, incorporating in this way, concepts that have meaning to the subtitle of this work, transformation and state . It also discusses the representativeness of the clown as a symbol of man on the scene, based on analyzes of the theories of Raymond Williams, Jean Chevalier, Mikhail Bakhtin, Junito de Souza Brandão, John Rudlin among others....