Mick Holsbeke is an internationally renowned producer, clown, mentor, and cultural advocate with two decades of experience performing on center stage and behind the scenes in production.
Versatile, strategic, empathetic, and highly creative, Mick works as a performer, producer, project manager, and teaching artist in projects worldwide.
A graduate of Seattle University's MFA in Arts Leadership and Fundraising Leadership, plus the University of Washington’s Project Management program, Mick's unique blend of artistic vision, performance experience, and arts leadership makes him an invaluable asset to creative projects of all forms.
As a performer, Mick performs with companies such as Cirque du Soleil, Teatro Zinzanni, Cirque Plume, and The Seven Fingers, bringing hilarity and comic innovation to hundreds of thousands of spectators internationally.
Locally, Mick works as an associate producer with EnJoy Productions, producing custom live and live-streamed events, and volunteers both as a cultural advocate with Inspire Washington and as a board member for the Issaquah Valley Water Association.
In 2024, Mick launched The Clown Garage, a school for theatrical Clowning, physical theater, and circus arts, empowering individuals and teams to embrace creativity, play, improvisation, and vulnerability as sources of strength, leadership & joy.
Mick's deep knowledge of performance, event production, and leadership development earned him the nickname "Nimble Rogue" from his peers, a badge of honor that Mick humbly wears with pride.
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