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ERIC TRULES, filmmaker, is a native of New York City and
has been in the performing arts for over 30 years. He began as
a modern dancer and choreographer with Shirley Mordine, and then
co-founded Mo Ming, the nationally renowned Dance-Theater in
Chicago. Eric was one of the first federally funded CETA grant
recipients in America for his dance work, which also received
support from the Illinois Arts Council and the NEA. He then returned
to NYC and founded and directed its Resident Clown Troupe, The
Cumeezi Bozo Ensemble, a company which was funded by the National
Endowment for the Arts, appeared at Lincoln Center and Town Hall,
and toured Holland, Switzerland, and France. Trules created the
concept and program of "Free Public Laughs" which brought
the performing arts to alternative, under-served and ethnically
diverse communities throughout the metropolitan area.
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