Bio John Leo won the Gold Medal in the 2008 New York Clown Olympics for wiggling his little butt and bribing the judge. Before that, he lived in Juneau, Alaska for seven years where he burlesqued brazenly and clowned bashfully with Perseverance Theatre, Kitschy-YumYum Burlesque & Wild Rumpus (Best of SF Fringe 2003). Mr. Leo graduated from Sue Morrison's Clown Through Mask, Dell 'Arte School of Physical Theatre
('99), Bard College (BA Drama/Dance '97). He has toured all over North America with Number's Up! a OneManOneChihuahaua Clown Show and with Peg-sss-us -a queer sex-ed burlesque (Best Comedy of the SF Fringe 2008). John has also toured with Clowns Without Borders (Mexico '04 & Guatemala '10) and is currently a "pediatric clown doctor" with the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit in NYC area hospitals. Mr. Leo teaches Clown to medical students/doctors/nurses (Big Apple Circus' Flip-Side of the Charts) and at Earthdance Retreat Center. He curates/MCs tinyDANGEROUSfun! with Andy Sapora, collaborates with Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, and made Handshake Uppercut with Jay Dunn . He is a recipient of an Individual Artist Project Award from the Rasmussen Foundation and a Career Opportunity Grant from the Alaska State Council on the Arts. |
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