Judy Finelli
San Francisco, CA
Judy Finelli (Circus Skills & Circus History) co-founded the San Francisco School for Circus Arts (now Circus Center) with Wendy Parkman and was the Artistic Director of the Pickle Family Circus from 1987 through 1990. She received a BFA in theatre, film and television from NYU School of the Arts in 1970. After graduating, Judy and Hovey Burgess appeared in the Circo dell 'Arte, the Electric Circus, at Carnegie Hall in a Lucio Berio concert, in the Theatre for the New City, Artpark and the International Mime Festival in La Crosse, WI in 1974. Judy's other circus credits include Merlin's Magic Circus. Circus Vargas and the Pickle Family Circus. TV credits include Sesame Street, the Leon Bibb Show, Hellova Town, the Mike Douglas Show, and a KQED documentary on the Pickle Family Circus. She also appeared in Robert Atlman's film "Popeye". Judy has taught at NYU School of the Arts, Juilliard Drama School, ACT Summer Training Congress, National Theatre School of Canada, Dell 'Arte School of Mime and Comedy, Brandeis College, Sarah Lawrence College, National Theatre of the Deaf, SUNY Binghamton, The Bathhouse Theatre and Ringling Clown College. She has visited the Government School for Circus and Variety Arts in Moscow and Lecoq's Le Central in Paris and was past president of the International Jugglers' Association.
Currently on the staff of Clown Conservatory
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