A few of the places Moshe has appeared
(scroll down the page for a bio timeline)

Belgium Teatre Op De Markt, St Truiden Fete des Artistes, Chassepierre Brazil Anjos Do Picadeiro: Rio de Janeiro, Rio Preto, Sao Paolo (1998, 2000, 2006) FILO 99, Int. Theatre Festival, Londrina Teatro De Anonimo, Rio de Janeiro Burma/Myanmar Clowns Without Borders Tour Canada Festival d’Eté, Quebec City Quebec City's 400th Birthday Folk Festivals: Winnipeg, Toronto, Edmonton Children’s Festivals: Calgary, Vancouver, Winnipeg.... Winnipeg Storytelling Festival Montreal Jazz Festival Festival du Voyageur, Winnipeg Croatia Clowns Sans Frontières Tour, Zagreb France Les Accroches Coeurs, Angers Eclat d’Aurillac Jeudis du Port, Brest Chalons dans la Rue Coup de Chauffe a Cognac Furies Festival, Chalons Festival de Ramonville Vivacité, Sotteville-les-Rouen England Stockton Riverside International Festival Bradford Intl. Juggling Festival Guatemala Teatro National, Guatemala City Payasos Sin Fronteras Tour Germany Saarbrucken SommerSzene Essen Festival Comedy Arts Festival, Moers Varieté, Berlin Theatre am Liebnitz Platz, Bremen Holland Limburg Straattheater Festival Oerol Festival, Terschelling Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Den Boss Street on Stage, Amsterdam De Klein Komedie, Amsterdam Israel Jerusalem Festival

Haiti Clowns Without Borders Tour Italy Festival de Torino Festival de Teatro Comico de San Omero Japan Fuchu City Theatre, Tokyo Setagaya Theatre Festival, Tokyo Toyama Tulip Fair, Toyama Kosova Clowns Without Borders Tour Mexico Muestra de Arte Escenico Popular, Mexico City Casa de la Cultura, San Cristobal Festival de Teatro Alternativo, Mexico City Payasos Sin Fronteras Tour, Chiapas Poland Teatr Montownia, Warsaw Loch Camelot, Krakow South Africa Little Theatres Tour, Capetown Townships Capetown University Theatre Spain Encuentro de Malabarismo: Madrid, Granada, Mieres Festival del Humor, San Sebastian Fira de Tarrega La Mercé, Barcelona Olimpiada Cultural, Summer Olympics, Barcelona Ple de Riure, El Manou Festival de Teatre de Carrer, Villareal Teatro Principal de Zamora USA A Traveling Jewish Theater, San Francisco Busker's Fare-World Trade Center, NYCity Marsh Theater, San Francisco, Berkeley (Cirque Do Somethin') One Arm Red, Brooklyn, NY Pittsburgh Children’s' Festival Sing Out For Seva, BCT, Berkeley, Ca PIXAR, El Cerrito, Ca US Festival, Los Angeles Theater of Yugen, San Francisco Intersection Theater, San Francisco Mattel Co.(Platypus) , El Segundo, Ca over 100 Bay Area School Assemblies

A brief timeline (in reverse) about my activities on the planet...

2008
New creation for the street theater world: 'Ploufff', premier in Luxembourg and Angers (Fr).

New creation for the stage working with Polish director Marek Psieczny in Krakow. Premier at Loch Camelot.
Develops the piece further with Theater of Yugen, 9 performances of 'Mr. YooWho's Holiday' Dec 12-28.

Resigns the position of executive director of CWB-USA to devote more time and energy to performing and teaching.

2000-2007
Places greater focus on teaching. Begins to teach more extensively in Europe. Begins teaching 'Clown your Zen' workshops with Roshi Bernie Glassman. Begins offering training intensives for Clown Doctors

Coins terms such as Sacred Mischief, Butohclown, ClownZen

Continues performing in international festivals (Brazil, Japan, Europe) and locally in the San Francisco area.

Continues work with Clowns Without Borders, executive director for the US and Ambassador for Clowns Without Borders, International.

In San Francisco:
-Creation with Derique McGee and Wendy Parkman: Cirque do Somethin'
-Local Collaborations with A Traveling Jewish Theater, Theater of Yugen

1994-2000
-Develops Mr. YooWho, who exists in the sphere of European butoh contemporary postmodern clowning.
-Plays indoor one man show in festivals in Europe.
-Creation for European street theater with Michael Farkas: Minkowitz Brothers.

in San Francisco:
-Creates/directs Clown Conspiracy. (1995-present) ensemble clowning for 3 to 7 performers. creations for festivals, events, concerts, parades and protest marches.
-Clowns without Borders. !st expedition with CSF-France to Croatia. Establishes group in the US (95), becomes very active in the CWB movement, with expeditions to Guatemala, Chiapas, Nepal (Tibetan, Bhutanese refugees), Kosovo, Sudan, Haiti.
-Collaborations with: A Traveling Jewish Theater, Harupin Ha

Teaches first clown workshops at Pickle Family Circus School, San Francisco

Continues Butoh Dance Training with Kazuo Ohno

 

1991-1993
Moves back to California. Continues to perform in European festivals. Takes one man show to Canadian fringe festivals.            
1987-1991
Moves to Europe. Lives in Amsterdam, then Toulouse. Many street theater festivals, develops/performs show for the stage.
           
3 months fellowship in Japan; training Kyogen (Kaoru Matsumoto,Juro Zenchiku), Kabuki, and Butoh dance with Kazuo&Yoshito Ohno.
Continues voice training.

1985-1987

Moshe Cohen. amuseur publique. Develops street theater performance playing festivals across Europe, Canada and US.
First refugee camp shows, 1987, for Guatemalan communities in Chiapas, Mexico.

Performs with:
Pyramid op de Punt (B)
lesser mortals (SF)
            Trains at Antwerpen Mime School. Voice with Roy Hart Theater

1981-1984

1981. First street shows in Europe.
1983. Quits job with Merrill Lynch and travels to Montreal to street perform. 1984. develops show as Moshe le Nuage
1984. First professional contracts with Winnipeg Children's and Folk festivals

            Training with Richard Pochinko, Sigfrido Aguilar, Phillipe Gaulier, Monica Pagneux, Ctibor Turba