Rob Mermin is the founder of the award-winning international touring youth circus
Circus Smirkus.
Biography
Rob Mermin ran off to join the
circus in 1969. He clowned with various European circuses including England's
Circus Hoffman, Sweden's
Cirkus Scott
CirKus are a trip hop band formed by Burt Ford (Cameron McVey), Karmil (aka Matt Kent), Lolita Moon and Neneh Cherry.
History
DJ and producer Karmil was recruited by Burt Ford (Neneh's husband Cameron McVey) as an assistant recording engi ...
, Denmark's
Circus Benneweis in the Circus Building by the Tivoli, the Hungarian
Magyar State Cirkusz, and circus palaces throughout the former Soviet Union. His formal training includes mime with masters
Marcel Marceau and
Etienne Decroux, and a degree in Drama and Literature from
Lake Forest College in 1971. He is former Dean of the
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, and President of
Blackfriar’s Summer Theater. In 1987 Mermin founded
Circus Smirkus in
Greensboro, Vermont.
Awards
Mermin's awards include Copenhagen's ''Gold Clown'';
Vermont's ''Bessie'' Award;
''Best Director Prize'' at the International Circus Festival on Russia's Black Sea;
the Lund Family Center's "It Takes A Village" Award;
the Vermont Arts Council Award of Merit;
Lake Forest College's Outstanding Alumni Leadership Award; and the 2008 Vermont Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts.
Personal
, Mermin resides in
Montpelier, Vermont. He is
Jewish.
Rabbi blesses the circus
Harris, Ben. ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency.'' JTA.org Published June 29, 2009. Accessed January 8, 2016.
References
External links
Rob Mermin
Circus Smirkus
An Audio Remembrance of Marcel Marceau
by Rob Mermin
A 2006 interview of Rob Mermin on Vermont Public Television's show ''Profile''.
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American clowns
American circus performers
American Jews
People from Orleans County, Vermont
Living people
Lake Forest College alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)