 |  tinyDANGEROUSfun is created/mc'd by John Leo & Andy Sapora John Leo won the Gold Medal in the 2008 New York ClownOlympics 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 Romantic 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 CareUnit 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. www.johnleo.net Andy Sapora performs regularly as a Flying Karamazov Brother and is a clown and facility supervisor with Big Apple Circus Clown Care Hospital Clown Program. He is also a founding member of the comedy music troop, The Maestrosities and co-host and co-founder of the monthly variety cabaret tinyDANGEROUSfun. He has been performing on stage since he was 10, street performing, juggling and clowning since he was 15. He studied extensively at the Jacques Lecoq International School of Theater and at the Belgian National Circus School. He's taken workshops and master classes with Keith Johnstone, Bill Irwin, David Shiner, Steve Smith, Jeff Raz, Rick Davis and Ami Hattab. In addition to teaching privately he has taught theater & presentation at both The New York Circus Arts Academy and The Circus Warehouse. He's also taught general circus skills and clowning with the outreach programs of Big Apple Circus, Cirque du Soleil and The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. www.maestrosities.com |
