Davide  Fontana

Davide Fontana

Multidisciplinary Circus

Davide Fontana, a.k.a Gibbo, was born in Piacenza, Italy in 1983. Upon finishing his studies at age 18 as an electrician, he started to get interested in juggling. He soon gave up his career as an electrician and decided to follow his dream and began performing his juggling street show.After gaining a few years of experience and participating in various workshops with masters such as Peter Wayel and Rita Pelusio, Gibbo created his solo show “Top Secret”.He studied theatre at the “Philip Radice’s Atelier Teatro Fisico” in Torino, Italy for 3 years. He then decided to give up the circus life and focus all of his energy on his true vocation: MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH!!!Between 2004 and 2005 he participated in festivals, television programmes and conventions. He collaborated with Sandro Berti (Banda Osiris) on the show “Invasioni Poetiche delle Città”. He performed at “Venice’s Carnival” in Piazza San Marco, he won the competition “Artemisia” from S.Giovanni Marignano City Hall as well as having the opportunity to host the “Police Academy” show at the amusement park Mirabilandia. In 2009, he met S

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