Jan (“Yahn”) Damm has been touring in the U.S. and internationally as a circus artist for 17 years. Originally from Maine, he has worked street corners, big-tops, theaters, and opera houses, specializing in clown, juggling, acrobatics, balancing, and eccentric skills. Jan enjoys collaboration and creating original work, but is also at home in classic spectacles inspired by the greats of vaudeville and circus. He has toured with ‘Clowns Without Borders’ to Haiti, Indonesia, Lebanon and Greece. Recently Jan toured 30 cities as lead character and solo act in Ringling ’s 2023 revival of ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’. He lives in Brattleboro, Vermont with his wife and their two children.