Chris Yerlig, is originally from England and began performing on the streets of France and Spain. He has been performing and teaching around the world for over 20 years.
Notable performances and collaborations include:
- Jeff McBride's Wonderground, Las Vegas NV
- Sony USA, Standard and Poors, Swissbank, Federal Reserve Bank, LL Bean: Company events
- Huis Ten Bosch theme park, Nagasaki Japan
- Kimtom International Clown Festival, Shanghai, China
- Circus America:
- Olympic Games Pan-Athenic Festival, Athens, GA: Clown
- Circo Mundial, Puerto Rico: Clown Doctor Program, Director/performer
- Beach Street USA, Street Performance,Virginia Beach VA; 2008-2010
- The Rock's Auto Extravaganza, Hot Rod Show, Little Rock, AR
- Project Troubador, Salisbury CT:
- HIV/AIDS awareness education through music and theater tours of the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean, and Cameroon and Benin in Africa
- tours to orphanages in the Dominican Republic and Cameroon
- tours to Schools for the Deaf in the Dominican Republic
- tours to Berber schools in Morocco
- Mundo di Mucha ('Child's World'- non-profit in Curaçao in Netherlands Antilles), Performances for schoolchildren, disabled children and adults.
- Magicians Without Borders, mime workshops and performances in El Salvador and Guatemala
- Enchanted Circle Theater, Holyoke MA:
- School theater residencies
- Touring theater productions for elementary, middle, and high schools, libraries and museums involving scripted storytelling, mime, percussion, dance, song, and mask-work --Folktales from Japan; Tales from Mother Russia; African Griot, Keeper of the Oral Tradition; Page to Stage (dramatized American literature sampler)
- Hasbro Children's Hospital, Child Life Services, Providence RI: shows and workshops
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Hartford Hopital CT, St Mary's General Hospital CT- Fund raiser events
- Bowery Poetry Club, NYC: family series with the Mime Enchanters youth troupe, LI, NY
- Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Hilsdale NY: Featured performer
- Clearwater Revival Festival, Westchester NY: Featured performer
- Long Island Fair, Old Bethpage Village, NY: Mime shows in a turn-of the century setting
- New Year Celebrations: First Night Northampton MA; Newton; Worcester MA; Rutland VT, Hartford CT
- Mime Resources International, NYC: Touring mime shows to schools
- Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter High School, Hadley MA: Mime classes
- Northern Stage, White River Junction VT: Teen theater productions
- Revels North, VT/NH: Solstice Festivals; Christmas Revels 2005-'The Fool' in The Fool and the Flying Ship
Chris has had the privilege of performing all over the world since his European beginnings in France, Spain and England. He now makes his home in New England, in Massachusetts, USA and travels all over the USA and the world. Other countries he has performed in are Canada, Switzerland, China, Japan, the Dominican Republic, Curaçao, El Salvador, Guatemala, India, and the African nations of Morocco, Benin and Cameroon.