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Multidisciplinary Artist and Entrepreneur with an Academic Background in Japanese Design of Sacred Space.
Welcome to His Worlds…

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Unable to touch his toes at 22, Jonathan changed life-course from Academic to Acrobatic in 1994 after a Fulbright Fellowship in Japan and seeing a circus in Tokyo. The story continues to continue…

Jonathan Nosan
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Broadway, The Metropolitan Opera, Film Stunt Doubling including Jim Carrey, Russel Crowe, Philippe Starck and much more Jonathan created and continues life as a Career Contortionist and Performance Artist. His singular style combines Butoh trained in Kyoto, Physical Theatre in London and Contortion by Mr. Lu Yi in San Francisco… let's take a look…

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A kinetically perilous strength and elegantly unique expression of fragility grounded. Nosan brings out in Porcelain and Gold the similar simply complex voice found in his physical work. Dive in…

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Backstage: 'Prometheus Within'

“the very human Jonathan Nosan, as the alternatingly boastful and mournful Prometheus, anchors the proceedings. A contortionist, Nosan is suspended in a cube of metal pipes, writhing around them in torturous positions. It’s a brilliant reimagining. Rather than remaining completely immobile, Nosan displays Prometheus’ agony to stunning effect while still providing a reminder of his wretched captivity.”

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