January 10, 2012
John and Andy are gonna Spark-Up Cirque Off! We're gonna Cut-It-Up, we're gonna Tear-It-DOWN!...
Presented by Cirque This & Triskelion Arts January 19-21 at 8pm (John&Andy: just Thurs/Fri, Jan 19/20) Triskelion Arts' Aldous Theater 118 North 11th St, 3rd Floor Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211 Directions: L train to Bedford Ave. Walk north on Bedford, left on North 11th St.
Tickets: $15 Reservations strongly recommended: info@triskelionarts.org or 718.599.3577
THURSDAY, January 19, 8pm John Leo and Andy Sapora, Audrey Crabtree, Jeff and Buttons, Hilary Chaplain, Billy Dee Bedlam, Vangeline and Jonathan Nosan
FRIDAY, January 20, 8pm John Leo and Andy Sapora, Billy Dee Bedlam, Carol Lee Sirugo and Honey Goodenough, Groundgrippers Dance Company, James and JF, Vangeline and Jonathan Nosan
SATURDAY, January 21, 8pm Carol Lee Sirugo and Honey Goodenough, Audrey Crabtree, Hilary Chaplain, James and JF, Groundgrippers Dance Company, The Maestrosities
-- Cirque This is: Lauri Berritta, Andy Dickerson, Perry Garvin, Ethan Leinwand, and Jason Leinwand
Visit us at our website: www.cirquethis.com
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December 20, 2011
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October 10, 2011
Two slightly perverted but naively well-intentioned mutes drag each other through life with only each other's mischievous cruelty to keep them warm. With voyeuristic vaudeville bits and surrealist non sequitors, John Leo and Jay Dunn marry Beckett's existential bleakness, the Marquis de Sade's power-games, and Keaton's comedic sincerity. Both epic and infinitesimal, these gentleman comrades will laugh you out of your seat while they steal it from under you. Continue reading...
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September 9, 2011
Come check out new material from Jay Dunn and John Leo at the
Amuse Bouche: A NY Clown Theatre Festival Hors d’OeuvreClown CabaretWEDNESDAY, September 14, 2011, 8pmHosted by The Donovan Ensemble Directly from their summer tour The Donovan Ensemble hosts this night of clown antics, featuring: Emmett and Merril and their popular comedy stylings. Former Ringling clown Emily Carragher in How to Catch a Man. Festival veteran Vincenzo Tortorici, doing an adaptation of Brecht’s Baden Lehrst or Mr...
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June 8, 2011
The Pinks & Handshake Uppercut
How the Pinkerton Detectives defeat the Lincoln Assassins and foil the Wild Rose of the Confederacy, No. 1
Tuesday, June 14 at 7:30PM
at Dixon Place
161A Chrystie Street
New York, NY 10002
between Rivington and Delancey
F to 2nd Ave, J to Delancey, B/D to Grand, 6 to Spring
Crime, capers and endless fake mustaches. It’s 1860 and the Pinkerton Detectives uncover a plot to assassinate president-elect Lincoln. Kate Warne, the first female detective, and her bumbling pa... Continue reading...
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May 27, 2011
I'll be teaching Clown (INTENSIVELY) at EARTHDANCE'S Western Mass. Moving Arts Festival  August 4 (Thursday evening) - August 7 (Sunday afternoon) The Clown's Job with John Leo The Clown's Job: be seen...seeing! Zen Buddhism's Beginners Mind will be the jumping off place for this investigation into the painfully silly quality of Now. We'll play fiercely in a nurturing, gun-to-yer-head environment, listening for the unexpected in ourselves, in our bodies and in the audience. So...dip your feet... |
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May 9, 2011
Ready to (Blank)  OUR LONG-FORM HOUR-LONG improvised dance theater piece! @ The Tank, Upstairs Theatre May 19 and 20, 2011 at 9:30!
$15 (buy tickets early it’s teeny weeny! http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/176630
354 West 45th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues). Ready to (Blank) is a highly physical improv group that creates
spontaneous theater for intimate spaces. Movement, text and sound are
woven, smashed and twisted together to tr... Continue reading...
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April 17, 2011
Get ready...
 Not only is it America's favorite Mexican holiday, it's also the birthday of the Maestrosities!
That's right, May 5th is ¡Cinco de Maestro!
Come celebrate with us at Dixon Place!
A very special show, featuring very special guests:
The awe-inspiring & mystifying magnificence of The Amazing El Macho del Norte (& John Leo)!The absurdly adorable and awesomely talented, Uke-Lola!
The magic moves and madcap mayhem of the Leroy Sisters!
The sweetly melodious and savagely com... Continue reading...
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March 31, 2011
The second
annual Comedy in Dance Festival! April 15-17, and 22-23 at 8pm 
Triskelion
Arts is psyched silly to be presenting this unique program, a
five-night festival that showcases 22 hand-selected works by an arsenal
of some of the funniest choreographers, dancers, physical improvisers
and clowns from New York City and beyond. Be prepared for an assault of
the goofy, daring, and not-so-serious sensibilities we all secretly
crave. Detailed festival schedule below. Tickets $15. Reservation... Continue reading...
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March 26, 2011
 At the People's Circus
Sunday, March 27th
8pm
Stonewall Inn
53 Christopher Street
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March 1, 2011
a new group I'm in:
 will have it's FIRST PERFORMANCE (ever!)
on Saturday, March 5, 2011
at
Studio A.I.R. with...
Ready to ________
Jackie Moynahan
Stephanie Sleeper
Violeta Tellez
John Wheeler-Rappe
Doors open at 8pm and the show begins by 8:30.
To keep the series running, we ask for suggested donation
of $5 and/or bring food or drink to the reception.
Studio A.I.R. is located at 67 Metropolitan, 4th Floor, (between Wythe and Kent) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
L train to Bedford Avenue... Continue reading...
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January 7, 2011
come take this workshop at this amazing place in the Berkshires!
E a r t h d a n c e
E | MERGE Interdisciplinary Arts Exchange Workshop Weekend
February 4 - 6, 2011 MORE INFO I'll be teaching: Clown in Contact with John Leo . Haven't you looked at
contact improvisation and said to yourself, "this stuff is WEIRD! and really FUNNY!"
In this class we'll expand on the comedic potential of contact improv.
Using extreme contrasts, timing and stillness we'll delve into... Continue reading...
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November 8, 2010
Off the Hook: Original Plays by Red Hook Kids
Friday, December 3 at 7:00 pm
Saturday, December 4 at 3:00 pm
PS 15 — The Patrick F. Daly School
71 Sullivan Street, Brooklyn
Admission is free. Off the Hook is a free program for youth who are 11 - 14 years old to write and act in their own plays. Kids learn theater basics working 1:1 with adults. Plays get finished during a field trip out of the neighborhood. There are two Saturday rehearsals then kids and adults perform the plays. Continue reading...
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October 20, 2010
I'll be doing a short improvisational Dance Theater-ish piece with Amy Larimer as part of a new project:
Spontaneous Vaudeville!
Scoros Torpeo Presents: House of Horror!!!
Time: Friday, October 29 · 8:30pm - 10:00pm
Location: The Panetta Movement Center
214 West 29th Street, 10th Floor
Starring: Maryanne Chaney, Elise Reynard, Jon Gundel, and Spontaneous Vaudeville
The show will be roughly 45 minutes and will be a relaxed and fun way to begin your Halloween celebrations. Come join us!!!
Or... Continue reading...
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September 12, 2010
 I'll be performing in a Very Interesting, INTENSE piece with Jay Dunn as part of a CLOWN CABARET
Hosts: Hilary Chaplain, Audrey Crabtree Thursday, September 23rd @ 10:30pmThe Brick Theatre 575 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn
(between Union Avenue and Lorimer Street) Subway Directions: Take the L train to the Lorimer stop or the G train
to the Metropolitan stop and the theater is less than one block away.
Price: $15
For information about this AWESOME FESTIVAL,...
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May 21, 2010
I'll be teaching "Clown in Contact" & "The Performer's Presence" at this years:
Western Massachusetts Moving Arts Festival @ Earthdance, August 6 - 8
with Angie Hauser,
Martin Keogh, and Leigh Evans plus Cynthia McLaughlin, Eric Huther, Felice
Wolfzahn, Heather Kuhn, Jennifer Hicks, John Leo, Julia Handschuh
Contact Improvisation, Performance
Improvisation, Contemporary Butoh plus Action Theater, Site Specific
improvisation, Voice, Clown, Somatic forms, and much more! This festival has
some...
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May 11, 2010
There's
a few more slots available!
"John challenges students to
continually go deeper in their self-awareness, to use their emotions
intelligently, and to use this power to connect with an audience."
Edy
Rodewald, former student
From fancy to flop to flight, the
world of Clown is full of extremes. In solo, duo, trio, and group work,
we'll examine status, minimum to maximum, letting go to the moment &
keeping it simple. Come play in a safe, but challenging class ... Continue reading...
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May 10, 2010
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April 30, 2010
Guatemala
April 2010
CWB returns to Guatemala and also
ventures into El Salvador to work with children and their communities
that were hit by Hurricane Stan and Storm Ida. The group will
collaborate with Poyecto Payaso and Save the Children.
John’s Journal
April 15, 2010
Two days ago I was in alone in a hospital
room (bacterial infection in the gut and dehydration) hooked up to an
IV, making an hourly pilgrimage to the bathroom- a ten days worth of
Guatemala and ... Continue reading...
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April 29, 2010
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