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Jonas

The original one-man carnival

About Me

Circus performer, Cyr Wheel, German Wheel, accordionist, clown, gypsy, carny. Circus is my life's work and my passion. Brazilian-Canadian parents, born in New York City. Currently touring in the Cirque Eloize show, RAIN www.raintheshow.com

My Interests

Circus, physical comedy, kick-ass music, dancing, travelling, things that roll, sushi, yoga, making out.

I'd like to meet:

People ready to throw down and dance their asses off. Circus performers, circus aficionados, djs, dancers, visual artists, accordian players, people who stand really still, filmmakers, pirates. Je parle Français, Falo Portugues, se habla Espanol.

Music:

Balkan/Gypsy Fanfares, Circus Waltzes, Brazilian Samba, 20s & 30s Tango, Opera Crooners, Torch Songs, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Jane's Addiction, Tom Waits, And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead..., Dresden Dolls, My Bloody Valentine, Arvo Part, La Traviata, early NIN, Morphine, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Apocalyptica, The Cure, Jacques Brel, Pixies, Lhasa, Emilie Simon, Peaches, Manson, Ministry, Mozart, Louis Prima, Les Negresses Vertes, Saul Williams, Devotchka, Nino Rota (Fellini flicks), The Streets, Faun Fables, White Stripes, Sly & the Family Stone, Otis Redding, Wolfmother.

Movies:

Kusturica: Black Cat White Cat, Underground, Arizona Dream. Fellini: Nights of Cabiria, La Strada, 8 1/2 Chaplin: all early silents, The Circus, Modern Times, City Lights, The Great Dictator. Iñaratu: 21 Grams & Amores Perros. Woody Allen: Manhattan, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Match Point. Orfeu Negro ('59), Fight Club, Wings of Desire, The Hours, Anchorman, The Lost Boys, Jan Svankmajer shorts & features. Bukowski: Born Into This. Les Amants du Pont Neuf, Punch Drunk Love, Eternal Sushine of the Spotless Mind and any other film where the protagonists have 'l'amour fou'

Television:

Don't own a TV! When I'm in France I'm addicted to the circus acts on Le Plus Grande Cabaret du Monde (FR). TV On DVD: Little Britain (UK) Da Ali G Show (US). Booyakasha.

Books:

French circus books, Bukowski's Women & Post Office, Proulx's Accordion Crimes, Melville's Moby Dick, Palahniuk's Fight Club, Welsh's Porno, Filth, Trainspotting, Cunningham's The Hours, Hornby's Long Way Down, Saramago's Blindness. Plays by Stoppard, Pinter, Shakespeare...

Heroes:

My Mom, Gypsy Snider, David Shiner, Bill Irwin, Patrick Leonard, Daniele Finzi-Pasca, Jerry Snell, Emir Kusturica, Charlie Chaplin. And apparently, the Incredible Hulk.Your results:
You are Hulk Hulk 100% The Flash 95% Green Lantern 90% Catwoman 85% Supergirl 80% Spider-Man 80% Iron Man 75% Robin 70% Wonder Woman 70% Batman 60% Superman 45% You are a wanderer with
amazing strength.
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When I was a little boy I used to love to watch the Incredible Hulk on TV. But I would get seriously freaked out when Bruce Banner turned into the Hulk. When he was the Hulk I was fine but I would have to leave the room when he was undergoing the transformation process.