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Michael Portnoy
American artist (born 1971)
For the Dream Theater drummer, see Mike Portnoy.
Michael Portnoy (born August 2, 1971) is an American visual artist, filmmaker, choreographer and performance artist.
He calls himself a "Director of Behavior".
Leonid portnoy biography of michael
He has been described in Art in America as "one of the most interesting performance artists anywhere",[1] and by Artforum as "the great Absurdist".[2]
Background and early work
Portnoy was born in Washington, D.C., and studied comparative literature and creative writing at Vassar College and theater at the National Theater Institute at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.
After moving to New York City, he formed several short-lived experimental theater groups and then began concentrating on solo performance. His early performance works, such as Gymnastics and Schizophrenia and 5teen3sy: Kicking Games of Lip, were antic and unpredictable, and characterized by dense language play, song and movement f