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 Henry
Camus
Henry started his performing career by studying the violin at the
age of 4. He decided to take his first artistic pause at the age
of 4 years and 2 months (even then he was sensitive to screeching
noises, and the viola wasn’t an option either). Years later,
at the ripe old age of 6, he discovered his love for the piano which
he dutifully studied for the next 14 years. He would have launched
into a musical career had he not made a fateful trip to Paris to
“see the world” and was enticed by the world of “Bobourg”
to become a street performer. He delved into different disciplines
of the artistic world while studying at various international circus-schools.
An important part of Henry’s comic development was performing
in foreign languages, of which he mastered several. Quite unusual
for an American, Henry is illiterate in 5.5 foreign languages plus
his mother tongue English, so that's makes 7. (His math skills are
a bit under par unfortunately.)
In 1989 in Verona, Italy, just like Romeo, he met his Juliette,
alias Gaby Schmutz, and he was done for. The meeting, however, was
a positive move for his career because the two united their unique
and diverse entertainment skills and founded Duo Full House. |
 Gaby
Schmutz
At eight years of age Gaby was already walking on her hands and
dangling from a trapeze. Lucky thing that the Swiss have good insurance
policies and that her parents decided to send her to a children's
circus school where she perfected her innate acrobatic skills. After
graduating, she founded “Circolino Limbonelli” with
four other teenage girls and traveled extensively performing in
the various squares, piazzas and plazas of Europe. While on tour
she picked up several foreign languages, quite usual for a Swiss.
She is an “Eidgenössisch diplomierte Turn- und Sportlehrerin”
as well, which sounds quite impressive in German, but basically
means she could teach gym if she wanted to. (Unlike the USA, Swiss
gym teachers have to do things like climb snow-covered mountains
with fur on their skis before dawn, build igloos, and then telemark
down, so no smirking please).
In 1989 in Verona, just like Juliette, she met her Romeo, alias
Henry Camus, and she was done for. The meeting however was a positive
move for her career because the two united their unique and diverse
entertainment skills and founded Duo Full House.
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