Daniel Warr, also known as Mon Oncle le bossu or DADO, is a Canadian street performer, magician and clown. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. He has been performing professionally under the stage name DADO for the past 14 years, with a repertoire of clown, magic and mime. Mostly self-taught in the arts of Vaudevillian performance, he has trained with the likes of Daniel Stein, Bob Burke, Jeff Raz, and

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. His interest in performance began early inspired by Mr. Willard of Willard's house of magic, he soon had his first "job" where he was discovered by The Greamizian Brothers who offered a job at the entertainment department at

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Career

Since 1997, DADO has been performing and traveling over the world thru the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and The United States. DADO is not only a

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he has performer throughout Europe in Varietè shows, Theater Festivals and has many cabaret and stage routines in his repertoire. Using physical comedy and his skills as one of the best

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in the field DADO, has created a

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show that is both stylistic and innovative. In 2001 he began development of Mon-Oncle le bossu clown character which debuted at

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2003. In 2009 he premiered his newest show "The Hunchback Ballet" at the Belgian showcase festival in Ieper, "City of Wings"."De Gevleugelde Stad Ieper" ("City of Wings Ypres") is an international promotion festival for street theatr

References

External links

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Podium for Theater Festival's in the Netherlands, review's DADO's show as Mon Oncle le bossu an international clown showcased in many Dutch theater festivals

News report on Canada's biggest street theater festival Edmonton Street Performers Festival

The Ruhrgebiet's top Theater festival in Recklinghausen, Germany
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