- Rob Mermin
Rob Mermin is the founder of the award-winning international touring youth circus
Circus Smirkus .Rob Mermin ran off to join the
circus in 1969. He clowned with various European circuses including England'sCircus Hoffman , Sweden'sCirkus Scott , Denmark'sCircus Benneweis in the Circus Building by the Tivoli, theHungarian Magyar State Cirkusz , and circus palaces throughout the former Soviet Union. Formal training includes mime with mastersMarcel Marceau andEtienne Decroux , and a degree in Drama and Literature fromLake Forest College . He is former Dean of Clown College forRingling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus , and President ofBlackfriar’s Summer Theater . In 1987 Rob foundedCircus Smirkus . Rob’s awards include Copenhagen’s World Star-Time Gold Clown; The Bessie Award; Russia’s Best Director Prize at The International Festival on the Black sea; It Takes A Village Award; and theVermont Arts Council Award of Merit.External links
* [http://www.robmermin.com Rob Mermin]
* [http://smirkus.org Circus Smirkus]
* [http://www.vpr.net/episode/42198/ An Audio Remembrance of Marcel Marceau] byRob Mermin former student of The Maestro.
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