In what year was the clown who, together with Vladimir Olshansky, founded the clown theatre comany Litsedei born?
Vladimir Olshansky Vladimir Olshansky (9 August 1947 in St. Petersburg, Russia) is a performing artist, director, composer, sculptor, graduate of the Moscow State Circus School (Russian: Государственное училище циркового и эстрадного искусства им. М. Н. Румянцева (Карандаша) (ГУЦЭИ) ), together with clown Slava Polunin, he is the founder of the clown theatre company Litsedei (Лицедеи). He creates numerous one man shows and performs at the Leningrad's State Variety Theatre (Ленингрдский Государственный Театр Эстрады ), In parallel he studies directing at the Leningrad's State Theatre and Cinema Institute (ЛГИТМИК )
René Bazinet René Bazinet (born 1955) is a German-Canadian clown, mime, and stage and film actor. He is known for his work with Cirque du Soleil, first as a performing artist touring extensively with "Saltimbanco", and later as the clown act creator and acting consultant for the show as well as for Cirque du Soleil's 2011 production "Zarkana". He has also starred in shows at the Berlin Wintergarten and the Circus Roncalli.