Patrick Léonard

LES 7 DOIGTS DE LA MAIN

Despite four consecutive titles as Canadian Artistic Roller Skating Champion, Patrick Léonard rejected a life of glory to pursue a bachelor’s in chemistry. However, he could not suppress his ever-lingering passion for performing, and he soon abandoned his mad scientific career for the equally mad world of circus. Upon co-founding Les 7 doigts de la main in his native Quebec, Patrick has received special recognition for his comic performances, which has wowed ideacity audiences in the past.

BIOGRAPHY

After training at Montreal’s National Circus School, Patrick performed as a comic character and diabolo artist at the Montreal Casino; in German cabarets Wintergarten Variete, Freidrichbau Variete, and Pomp Duck and Circumstance, in Teatro Zinzanni, and in the traditional Cirque Knie.

Upon co-founding Les 7 doigts de la main in his native Quebec, Patrick’s comic performances have been recognized with numerous awards (Newcomer Award, Montreal Mayor’s Foundation; Prix Nikouline, Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain de Paris). He co-created and performs in Loft and La Vie and collaborates in the Fibonacci Project. His love for creative projects leads him as a conceptor and performer for many events and projects, including the co-creation of the parapeze, a trapeze on a hang-glider.

In 2011 Patrick premiered his solo show, Patinoire.