The `Speare Bearer: My friend, The Red Bastard. ...

28 May

The `Speare Bearer: My friend, The Red Bastard.

My friend Eric Davis, the Red Bastard, an incredible performer/artist/clown, lives in Hollywood, CA, where he performs in the Cirque de Soleil show, Iris, and he was nice enough to let me stay with him, and his wonderful girlfriend Deanna Fleysher, also a terrific actor/artist/clown while I was in town.

I interned for Eric in New York for a year and a half before he moved out to Cali, and learned so so much in that time, including the beauty and precision, and seductive immediacy of clown, and the kind of high high standards an artist should hold them selves to.

I hadn’t seen him and Deanna in a long time so it was wonderful to be able to catch a Red Bastard show (He does on a month in Hollywood, on a Monday, the only day he’s off from Cirque, and you’d be an IDIOT not to catch it. It’s a wild, mind-bending, freak-out of a show) and spend some time. Just wanted to post some of his work, and really encourage you to try to catch his show if you’re ever in the area.

(Source: vimeo.com)

Tags: eric davis, cirque de soleil, art, clown, bouffon, performer, new zealand, reckless, dangerous, seductive, monster, freak, wild, raunchy, unpredictable, actor, director, shakespeare, bike, bicycle, tour, red, bastard, Deanna Fleysher, Iris, Hollywood, California,

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