Helen Donnelly
Haliburton School of The Arts
Helen Donnelly holds an Honours BA Specialist Degree in Drama from the University of Toronto and has directed, taught and performed in clown in Canada and the US for over 15 years. She is a professional circus, theatrical and therapeutic clown. Credits include theatre shows, Cirque du Soleil, Circus Orange and Zero Gravity Circus. Her work as a professional therapeutic clown has benefitted children at Sick Kids and Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, as well as elders through Dr. Clown Toronto. She has been trained extensively in the Pochinko technique and also studied Lecoq methods and those of David Shiner and Roch Jutras when she worked with Cirque du Soleil. She currently trains under Francine Cote in Montreal. Helen has been interviewed in clown on CBC radio (Here and Now), CTV (Canada AM) and CityTV (Breakfast Television). She is a founding member of the Canadian Association of Therapeutic Clowns and training coordinator at Holland Bloorview. She is known for her bizarre clown personas and her dynamic yet empathetic teaching methods. www.HelenDonnelly.com
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