Arturo Gaskins

COFOUNDER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ACTOR, CIRCUS, MASKS, TANGO Circo Nacional de Puerto Rico Inc. Non-profit Theatre and Circus Company, from June 2010 - present. Clown and creations assistance for Clowns Without Borders USA Tour: Puerto Rico 02/2018, Cali, Colombia 06/2018, Puerto Rico II 08/2018 Co-founder, Principal Dancer and Instructor... y entonces Tango Puerto Rico Tango performance and dance school, from August 2011 to present. Visiting professor of physical theatre, comedia del arte and clown International school of theatre creation and movement Cabuia Buenos Aires, Argentina (2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018) ACTOR and CYR WHEEL in BÄMSEBLE COMPANY with “SALT” Teatro Franco Parenti, Milan, Italy 6,7,8, 12/2018 and 1/2019 Born in Castañer, Puerto Rico, he jumped from surfing to Sk8 like BMX to motocross,4 time championship, arrived theater and then circus, finalmente en el Teatro extremo. Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Naropa University / Trained at Lispa (London International School of Performing Arts) Lecoq Based Actor Created Theatre, Graduation July 2007. Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities and History (BA) University of Puerto Rico – Cayey Campus, Graduation June 2005. Humanities Honors Medal in Theatre 2005. President, Atelier Teatral, University Theatre Troupe, UPR-Cayey, 2003-05 International Circus Studies: Cirque Eclaire, Circus School, Bordeaux, France, October 2003 – February 2004; International Clown School Eric de Bont, Ibiza, Spain, March-June 2004; Circus Space, London, United Kingdom, 2006 – 2008; Passe Muraille, Centre des Arts du Cirque, Besançon, France, April – May 2009; Cirque Bubof, Besançon, France, 2009. Training Cyr Wheel with Master Éric Deschênes, Montreal, August 2015, with Master Sam Tribble, Santa Monica, California, March 2016. Artist in Residence, Cirküs Cirkör, Stockholm, Sweden, August 2016, training in techniques, education and Social Circus concepts.