I’m Happy to Be Here! with Hans Liebedich

Overview

International variety artist and existential romantic Hans Liebedich explores the limits of acrobatic performance, mind-manifesting manipulation, and teutonic comedy. After two decades ascending the heights of circus and variety, Hans asks the tough questions while balancing atop increasingly precarious objects and extended metaphors. Expect thrills, laughs, pathos, as Hans attempts to answer: What is the meaning of circus in a metaphysical age? Do Germans feel Joy? And what would it mean if you truly felt ‘Happy to Be Here’?

About the Artist

Jan ("Yahn") Damm has been touring in the U.S. and internationally as a circus artist for 17 years. Originally from Maine, he has worked street corners, big-tops, theaters and opera houses. He specializes in clown, juggling, acrobatics, character and eccentric skills. Jan enjoys collaboration and creating original work, but is also at home in classic spectacles inspired by the greats of vaudeville and circus. He has toured with 'Clowns Without Borders' to Haiti, Indonesia, Lebanon and Greece. Career highlights include Celebrity Cruises, Cirque Mechanics' Pedal Punk, and Big Apple Circus' 40th Anniversary Tour. Most recently Jan toured 30 cities as lead character and solo act in Ringling ’s 2023 revival of ‘The Greatest Show on Earth'. He lives in Brattleboro, Vermont with his wife Ariele and their two children.