About Marco
Lifelong performing artist and enthusiast of all things creative
I don't knowhow we met, but it was probably doing something super weird and fun! Was it while traveling? Did I interview you for a podcast? Did we perform together? Were we part of the same creative circle somewhere?
If so, get in touch! I'd love to catch up!
A little background info
Marco Landin (born May 11, 1967) is a performing artist and variety entertainment producer. He is known for his involvement in the Seattle alternative performance scene of the 1990s, his work with Earth Circus in the San Francisco area, his role as entertainment manager in one of the top nightclubs in Cancun, Mexico, his time performing for Cirque Du Soleil as a fire-manipulator, and most recently his stilt performance work and variety show productions in Las Vegas NV.
Personal Life and Education
Landin (pronounced “lan-deen”) was born in Mexicali, Mexico, in the Baja Peninsula, the son of Leonor Landin, and grandson of Jose Dolores Landin and Benita Silva deLandin. He has been living in and a citizen of the United States since age 10, and enjoys a rich bicultural life with family members in both countries. Landin spent his high school years in Houston, Texas, learning theatre arts and choral music, and attended college at University of Houston, where he studied Theatre and Technical Theatre.
career
Marco Landin began his career as a repertory theater actor and voiceover talent in Houston (if you don't count the fact that he was cast in his first movie at age 5). Then he quickly moved to Shakespearean theater.
At that point, he began to accept extra performance work in Renaissance Fairs, where he was exposed to many forms of variety artists such as jugglers and bellydancers.
He became fascinated by the diversity of talents he witnessed on that circuit, and decided to evolve away from traditional theater arts and into this rich, experimental realm of expression.
going off-menu
Marco’s quest through the alternative arts brought him in contact with traditions as diverse as Modern Dance, Butoh, unicycling, giant puppetry, fire-breathing, and high-energy stilt performance.
As he explored 1990's Seattle's diverse arts scene, he became a regular member of the performance group ¡TCHKUNG! , which helped sharpen his skills for situationist theatre and the avant-garde. And also how to put out large fires.
in 2000 he became a performer as well as technical coordinator for the San Francisco area-based Earth Circus. There he met and performed with talented circus performers from around the world,many of whom became lifelong friends.
While there he also co-produced a theatrical piece entitled “Prometheus’s Revenge” with Infinite Kaos. The script written by Cris Sia was a “sequel” to the Greek Classic tale of Prometheus and Pandora, and was well-received by audiences and critics.
An artistic career heats up
At this phase, Marco was honing his skills as a fire-performance artist and traveling a large amount for performances. In 2000 he was contracted by Vallarta Adventures in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to act as the primary fire-performance
skills instructor to the company’s cast of professional dancers for their new theatrical production. A version of that show ("Rythms Of The Night") is still being performed to this day, featuring much of the original fire performance
skill set taught by Marco.
in 2001 Landin took a position as fire performer for Glazz, a new high-concept nightclub in Cancun, Mexico. During that time he quickly became the club's Director of Entertainment, and we was quite busy with the double workload. Apart from his role as fire performer every night, as the Entertainment Director he also was responsible for producing high-quality cutting-edge performance concepts. He additionally was concept designer for all the entertainment, which included circus arts, dance, and surprise variety guests.
playing with the big boys
in 2003 Landin was called by Cirque du Soleil to accept the role of fire-performance soloist in the show “O” in Las Vegas. It was a role he was honored to be offered, but before long it was clear that his creative passions lay in a broader artistic expression than he could find as a cast member in a large company show.
back to mine
In 2004 Landin left Cirque du Soleil and concentrated on building a performance and production career in Las Vegas, where is based to this day.
He has produced variety shows such as 10MINUTEMAX, an exploration of cutting-edge experiments in dance, theatre and alternative performance.
He is owner of Dream City Entertainment ( www.dreamcityvegas.com), a variety & stilt-performance company he manages with his beautiful and talented wife Heather Hyde de Landin.
the story continues
Marco & Heather have become a powerhouse creative team. & Although the pandemic of 2020-2022 was bit rough for the performing arts, Marco and Heather persevered. And now, as of 2023 they are busy restructuring their
entertainment empire, casting new talent, building novel creative ideas, and coming out of quarantine stronger than ever. The story definitely continues!
Marco likes to post pics of what he's doing on instagram. If you want to see what their entertainment company Dream City is up to, click here. There's also some fun media stuff.
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