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(OR, WA, UT, MT, WY, AK) Albert
Alter is a clown, actor, physical comedian, mime, fire eater, funny guy, and
Professional Fool. Albert has toured internationally performing and
teaching physical comedy, clown and mime in the United States, Japan, Canada,
Cambodia, Cuba and Vietnam. He toured as a clown with Ringling Bros. and Barnum
and Bailey Circus and helped set up and served as the assistant director of the
first Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College Japan in Tokyo, Japan. He
has opened for the Smothers Brothers, and has performed in concert with the
Oregon Symphony as a clown, mime, physical comedian and holiday elf. He also has
performed in concert with the Washington-Idaho Symphony, Oregon Repertory
Singers and in films and on television.Albert works as an Artist-In-Healthcare at Legacy Emanuel Hospital, doing “clown rounds” clowning room to room. He has created numerous unique characters for corporate and nonprofit clients. In addition to his many cheaters he performs solo clown and mime shows, and also tours other shows with partners. Two of the shows are "The BoZoArtZ Duo" a comic song recital, and "LeRoi-Nickel Piano Duo" a four-hand piano team combining mime and classical music for the whole family. For corporations, health organizations, social service and governmental agencies, he conducts "Play shops", a seminar on using humor in our lives. He is a producer of "The Physical Comedy Video Library", a series of educational videotapes for teaching physical comedy to performers. He is also the owner of Red Nose Products, a line of clothing and gifts. When not performing Albert takes time out to share his art forms in school, colleges, men’s and women’s prisons, mental hospitals, juvenile centers, churches, theaters and communities with all ages and types of participants. He has taught handicapped adults and teenagers, talented and gifted students, Asian refugees in English as a Second Language, Elder Hostel participants, ministers, and drama teachers and other groups. He was honored by Young Audiences of Oregon and Southwest Washington with the "Sun Burst Award" for his commitment to arts in education. He also teaches at clown conference through out the United States and Canada. As preparation for all the above he has a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Notre Dame. When he grows up he hopes to run for political office so that finally there will be a professional clown in government. Albert lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Susan, and a room full or "treasures" and clown props his wife calls "JUNK"! = |
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