KEVIN MAILE O’KEEFE has traveled the world since 1982 to both teach and study circus, theater and yoga. As the artistic director of Circus Minimus he has directed residencies and performances that have touched the lives of over 200,000 children and their families. In 2001 he was awarded an Excellence in Education award from the IJA. He received an advanced Hatha yoga certification in 1991 from the Integral Yoga Institute. For five years he was an instructor at the Big Apple Circus School in Harlem, New York. He is the founder and past president of the American Youth Circus Organization. Kevin taught for years in the MFA Theater program at Sarah Lawrence College. Before he ran away to join the circus he was a SAG-AEA actor in NYC for twenty years on stage, screen and television. "http://www.circusminimus.com" www.circusminimus.com