STREET ARTIST, ENTERTAINER, CLOWN
The Dancing Bear - Footsbarn Theatre
The Tramp - Oerol Festival
The Chain Breakers - The Barneys
Back on the street
Inspired by his years with The Footsbarn Theatre, Daniel decided in 1979 to go back to the street where he became a successful performing artist, poetic clown, mime, and master of improvisation.
Festival Un piano sous les arbres,
Lunel Viel, France
Festival Gallo-Pins,
Saint Jouan les Guérets
1997 "Destin de Clown" with Stan Haywood and Lorand Sarna "Just for laugh" Montreal & Vancouver Comedy Festival Canada
Footsbarn Theatre
Daniel returned to Footsbarn Theatre in 1987 for "Mir Caravan 89". Tours Eastern Europe with other groups, including Russian clown Slava Polunin and his company "Licedei".
The Fools at work
The Tango Show
Fools on De Leidseplein, Amsterdam
At the Limburg festival
Improv with Johnny Melville at Oerol Festival
Bringing serious fun to festivals
The Loonies with Flip Aartsen & Eric van der Steen
Men in Green,
Lowlands 2003
The pope comes to Lowlands
The Flying Fool
Clowning around Europe
Festival of Fools in Copenhagen
with Russian performer Yevgenij Sitochin
also with Yevgenij Sitochin
With Brothers Rozenstraten
Magical music and mime
A musical cabaret mime show, The Barneys pocket show, toured Great Britain and European Theatre Festivals.
With the incredible Thom Pod
The Chrain Breakers, with Margaret Biereye
The Train, also with Margaret Biereye
The Fire Show on tour in the UK
The Fire Show on the Vondelpark Stage in Amsterdam
The tramp
The Tramp - Oerol Festival
Pierre François the Stuntman - Oerol -
Rougham Fayre (Great Britain)
2004 Hare Krishna show
with Eric van der Steen, Annette Hildebrandt, Debby Mulholland, Carla van der Steen, Judika Leszmann, Saar van Gerwen and Henry Kalb
Many faces, Many Places
with Rod Bedall
Daniel's Fools Party at the Spiegeltent at Oerol Festival
Top: "Woyzeck" with German Theatre Company Ton und Kirschen Theater (1993) Bottom: from "La Strada"
1992 "La Strada" inspired from Fellini. With Agneska Bihel and Misty Veugen.
1995 "Fools" revival With Johnny Melville & Jango Edwards, Vondelpark, Amsterdam.
1996 "Destin de Clowns" with Stan Haywood, Jim Sernesky & Eric Van de Steen, Festival Modern Clowns, Amsterdam
1998/2002 Trio RRR with acrobats and slapstick artists De Rozenstraten
2007 Dutch Revue Clini-Clowns, Het Koninkrijk der Zintuigen
2008 - 2012
Daniel Rovai & Friends
Comedy Good Time Band
Tour Holland, Germany, Sardainia
With Jim Sernesky, Lorand Sarna, Stanley Haywood & Judika Leszmann
2014-2015
Dan & Stan - Rendez-vous
Beckett Festival (Enniskilen Northern Ireland) Holland
& French Festivals + Gallo-Pins, Un Piano sous les arbres (Lunel-Viel)
