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Michael Moschen
Performance artist and juggler Michael Moschen has performed with the Big
Apple Circus, with Bill Irwin in Not Quite/New York, and The
Courtroom, and with Lotte Golsar's Pantomime Circus. He has toured to
theater and dance festivals in Hong Kong, Perth, Edinburgh, Barcelona, and
Spoleto USA with Fred Garbo and Bob Berky in the Obie Award-winning
Foolsfire. Mr. Moschen collaborated with Mr. Berky in the creation of
The Alchemedians, which was presented off-Broadway in 1986, and has
toured throughout North and South America. In 1988 he created and performed
Michael Moschen in Motion at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave
Festival. He has also performed as part of the Serious Fun Festival at Lincoln
Center. Mr. Moschen's movie credits include Hair, Annie, and the Jim
Henson film Labyrinth; for the latter film he created, choreographed,
and performed with crystal balls as actor David Bowie's hands. On television he
has appeared in L.A. Law, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,
the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, the Montreal International Comedy Festival on
Showtime, Ricky Jay's Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women, Sesame Street, The
David Letterman Show, and PBS's Alive from Off-Center. In 1991 he
created and starred in In Motion with Michael Moschen for PBS's "Great
Performances." He has also made television appearances in England, Spain,
Italy, Chile and Argentina. Mr. Moschen is in constant demand for a wide range
of corporate projects, including industrial and educational films and live
performances. He was commissioned by Cirque de Soleil to create and stage a new
work for their permanent theatrical circus at the Treasure Island Hotel Casino
in Las Vegas. The recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, Mr. Moschen
has received support from the National Endowment for the Arts through a
choreographer's fellowship and inter-arts grant. Mr. Moschen is a NYC
Fireguard; when not performing, he is creating.