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Bio
Short Description
Michael Menes is a touring performance artist whose work explores juggling as a physical and visual art form. With over 50 years of practice, he has performed internationally in theaters and festivals, as well as on major cruise lines worldwide. His work blends precise object manipulation with movement, theatrical design, and original staging. Menes has collaborated with a range of ensemble productions and continues to develop new solo work through ELEMENTAL, a contemporary exploration of balance, motion, and transformation. His work has been presented internationally across North America, Europe, and Asia.
Market Engagment History 1985 ~ Present
Awards & Honors
• The Founders Award ~ International Jugglers’ Association
• Arts Fellow ~ New Jersey State Council on the Arts
• 1st Place ~ University of Utah Student Talent Show
Theaters & Art Centers
• Shanghai Performing Arts Center in Shanghai, China
• The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, USA
• The Lincoln Center in New York, NY, USA
• Your Majesty’s Royal Theater in London, England, UK
• The White Theater in Tokyo, Japan
• Teatro Gayarre, Pamplona, Spain
• Bastero Kulturgunea, Andoain, Spain
• Ginger Rogers Theater, Medford, Oregon
• Alfil Theater, Madrid, Spain
• Celebration Barn Theater, South Paris, ME, USA
• Brown Memorial Auditorium, Pampa, TX
• Caldwell Auditorium, Tyler, TX
• Harral Memorial Auditorium, Plainview, TX
• Ashland Community Arts Center, Ashland, OH
• The Midland Theater, Newark, OH
• Auburn Performing Art Center, Auburn, WA
• Teatro Federico Garcia Lorca, Vitoria, Spain
TV
• “The International Humor Festival” on CCTV (China Cable Television) in Beijing, China
• Cirque du Soleil’s “Solstrom” Series for The Bravo Channel
• Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, Canada
• The Today Show on NBC in New York City, USA
• Patrick Sébastien’s “Le Grande Cabaret du Monde” in Paris, France (3 Engagements)
• Luis de Matos Productions in Oporto, Portugal (5 Engagements)
• Nickolodean’s “Just Don’t Sit There” in USA
• Made in Maine on PBS in Portland, Maine, USA
• TV1, Madrid, Spain
• Additional appearances on TV Specials in Japan, Germany and Spain.
Colleges & Universities
• Bard College, Annondale-on-Hudson, NY
• Community College of Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
• Green River Community College, Auburn, WA
• Guilford College, Greensboro, NC
• MIT, Boston, MA
• Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
• University of South Carolina, SC
• Washburn University, Topeka, KS
Cruise Lines
• Azamara
• Carnival
• Celebrity
• Crystal Cruises
• Costa Crociere
• Disney Cruise LIne
• Holland America Line
• Norwegian Cruise Lines
• Orient Line
• Princess
• Radisson Seven Seas
• Regent Cruises
• Royal Caribbean International
• Silver Seas
Festivals
• Bindlestiff Open Stage Variety Show, Brooklyn, NY
• Fest of Fools, Burlington, VT
• Providence Fringe Festival, Providence, RI
• AEMI Clown & Comedy Festivals in Liuzhou, Shanghai, and Bengbu, China.
• Kimtom International Clown Festival, Shanghai, China
• International Varieté Festival “Magic Moments”, Sennfeld, Germany
• Singapore Comedy Festival, Raffles Hotel, Singapore
• The Olympic Arts Festival in Barcelona, Spain
• Phyzgig Festival of Physical Comedy, Portland, ME, USA
• Mohonk Festival of the Arts, New Paltz, NY, USA
• Napolli Cabaret Festival, Naples, Italy
• Japan Jugglers’ Festival, Tokyo, Japan
• International Jugglers’ Association Festival, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Productions & Variety Shows
• Pomp, Snow & Cirqueumstance and Armed Forces Entertainment, US Military Tour of Cuba, Europe and the Middle East
• Tomfoolery Entertainment’s Touring Theatrical Circus “Cirque Voila!”
• Dirk Denzer Production’s “Traumspiede Varieté”
• Cirque du Soleil’s “Solstrom” Series
• Nissan’s “Tango Buenos Aires”
• Vice-Versa Variety, Cincinnati, OH
• Big Time Vaudeville Show, Portland, ME
• Wheelwork Arts, Las Vegas, NV
• New Wave Vaudeville, Bangor, ME
• Ragtime Harvest Revue, Camden, ME
Corporate Events
• Accenture
• Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
• McDonald’s
• LL Beans
• Unysis
• John Deere
• Graal (Spain)
• Paratek Pharmaceuticals (USA)
• Group Bosch at the Palacio de los Congresos, Madrid, Spain
• Next Move Real Estate Exposition with Amer Group, Cairo (Egypt)
Conferences
• Innotown Innovation Conference, Stavanger, Norway
• Tennessee Thespian Conference, Memphis, TN
• FISM, Lisbon, Portugal
• Magic Congresses of France, England, Portugal, Spain and U.S.A.
• Hocus Pocus Magic Congress, Grenada, Spain
Casinos
• Bally’s Grand Casino, Atlantic City, NJ
• Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, NJ
• Belagio, Las Vegas, NV
Resorts
• AM Resorts in Dominican Republic
• Secrets Excellence, Mexico
• Secrets Capri, Mexico
• Sunscape Tulum, Mexico
• Dreams Cancun, Mexico
• Black Diamond Concert Series, Sunday River Ski Resort, Bethel, ME
Special Events & Theme Parks
• Novena Square Atrium, Novena Sqaure, Singapore
• Singapore Science Center, Singapore
• Singapore Zoo, Singapore
• Yamay Water Park, Taiwan