I like to call him Bello Nock--his clown name and his family name. Although he doesn't act like it, Bello, who keeps his real first name secret, is aristocracy. Members of the Nock family (their performance roots date back to the 18th century in Switzerland) have been circus artists and great clowns for generations. I saw Bello's uncle Pio Nock in the Ringling show when I was 22, and I applied immediately to the Ringling Bros. Clown College. Bello's thoroughly American accent--he speaks many languages, but all of them like a guy from Florida, which he is--doesn't mask his European take...
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