Russell A. Taylor - Creative Director and Performer
PRESENT -
....Tim Suliman
....Brian Dambacher
....Dave Dambacher
PAST -
....Warren Benberry
....Angela Topacio
....Paul Meyers
....George Friend
SATORI CIRCUS is one of Detroit’s longest lasting performance artists. Beginning as an idea of combining elements of music, film, theatre, slapstick, vaudeville, poetry and movement, SATORI CIRCUS has become the alter ego of Russell A. Taylor for 20 years.
Getting his beginnings in rock and punk bands throughout the Detroit Metro area in the early 80’s, Taylor decided to take art mediums he was most interested in and combine them to create a hybrid type of performance which later was dubbed by the local media as performance art.
Since its inception, SATORI CIRCUS has built up notoriety throughout the Detroit area. It has been the recipient of mini-artist grants as well as awarded the ‘Best Live Performance’ from the Detroit Music Awards and a scholarship to the University of Michigan for a Masters in Art.
In 2006, after a long ‘walkabout’ as Taylor describes, SATORI CIRCUS had its first complete performance art piece in over 4 years titled, MOSES:39, based on the life of Taylor’s father. And in 2007, another piece titled, FUNY AS HELL, derived from Dante’s Divine Comedy. Both performances were widely anticipated by both the local media and past supporters, and covered extensively.
In 2008, SATORI CIRCUS will launch two pieces in pre-production presently, as well as many guest spots throughout Michigan, Ohio and Canada.
Yaaaa! Glad you'll be at theatre too. When i saw you were on the other event schedule, we thought we wouldnt see you. So might you be at Bert's Warehouse Friday night by chance?
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