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About
Born out of the radioactive ruins of Washington DC, Fleeky Flanco has increasingly become known as the "Thomas Mann" of frontbending (klishnig) for a unique embodiment of modern and classical frontbending styles. Currently a nomad refugee of the art apocalypse currently imploding in San Francisco, Fleeky's teachers include Master coach Xia Kemin, National Treasure of Mongolia, contortionist Serchma Byambaa and Acrobatic Visionary Dominik (The Swiss) Wyss. A former certified doppleganger technician for the mormon church, and a one time holder of the great key of Utah; Fleeky is also a co-founder of Circus Automatic and also co-founder of the Royal Russian Kung fu Circus Training Academy of Heaven Mountain. When not figuring out which town to go to next, Fleeky is also developing (along with several other amazing developers) the Autonomous Theater with the eventual goal of creating an open source affordable and compelling set of technologies to empower itself and the next generation of performers.
Career
- 22 years as an SF Bay Area performer - 15 years performing in Germany
Venues: GOP (2007-2014), KrystallPalast (2007-2014), Wintergarten Variete (2014-present), Friedrichsbau Variete (2015)
Guest Director at Aloft Circus in Chicago, 2019
1st Place KrystallPalast Newcomer Show, 2006
Shows
Circus Flim Flam (2010-2012) — Track in a Box, Pretty Lights, Soft as Glass
Circus Automatic (2012-2022) — Into the Tree of Smoke, Schematics, Walking in Bloody Shoes, Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast, Raised by Wolves, Into the Mouth of the Wolf, The Boy Who Died Wolf (co-production with Witchtech)
Hamburger Cat Cabaret — Co-Producer
Teaching
Co-founder of 915 Cayuga Ave (Royal Russian Kung-fu Circus Training Academy of Heaven Mountain), a coop living space and circus training center. Regular student and community-based shows (2010-2019). Teaching frontbending, handbalancing, and general contortion training (2010-2019).
Current Work
Working on the Cthuloid Autonomous Theater Project — open source technologies for the next generation of performers.
Fleeky Flanco, March 2026