Cirque du Papier

Cirque du Papier – Origami Artist

Have you seen one too many card tricks, twisted balloons, or cartoons focused on your most self-conscious facial feature! Do yourself a favor. Hire Michael Roy, Interactive Origami Artist & Entertainer, to create unique and entertaining party favors right before your guests’ astonished eyes. They will cherish these keepsakes of exquisite 3D origami artistry for years! Everyone has a favorite color, animal, or flower. With over 125 designs (and counting!), Michael Roy folds favorites: elephants, dragons, cats, dogs, dolphins, penguins, roses, butterflies, you name it! No matter the direction of your event: up-scale, down-home, or out-back; Michael Roy’s Cirque du Papier will be a guest favorite! See what guests of the Kentucky Derby, MGM Resorts International, Cirque du Soleil, and hundreds of audiences around the world have enjoyed. Do yourself a favor.

Cirque du Papier is a mind-bending, paper-folding, your-world-ain’t-flat-no-more experience. Meandering event guests discover Folder Fantastique, Michael Roy Baldridge deftly displaying dazzling digital dexterity, morphing single flat squares of paper into 3D creatures by mere folding. No cuts. No tears. No glue. And no table! Without missing a crease, interactive performer, Michael Roy simultaneously (and at the same time!) keeps guests amused with a nonstop stream of offbeat witty repartee and useless (yet strangely fascinating) information, revealing the secrets and history of folding art. Guests marvel as Michael Roy works magic, with amazing manipulations, quick wit, and cool “transformers”.

And his mesmerizing MicRo Gallery displays pretty paper party pet caricatures so cool everyone will just have to have one! To “win” a colorful creation of exquisite artistry, elegantly executed right before their eyes, Michael Roy will engage your guests in carnival games, puzzles, riddles, and other attractions and interactivities. The best part? Your guests are always part of the show and may go home with an oh-so-cool keepsake!

Whether hanging out with guests at his MicRo Gallery of Origami Art or mingling among event guests, Cirque du Papier performer, Michael Roy, Folder Fantastique is appropriate wherever fine and fun close-up entertainment is needed. From high-end events to small parties, the fine art of entertainment for the discerning.

“Michael performed for my crowd of 200+ top executives [in San Francisco] and he was the hit of the event!” – JPMorgan Chase Investment Bankers Conference

Kentucky Derby
“Michael, Just wanted to drop a quick note and say THANK YOU for being a part of Derby 142. We enjoyed having you and I think your services added a unique experience for our guests. I hope you enjoyed your time at Churchill and if there is anything I can do for you going forward please do not hesitate to let me know. Thanks,” – Jared Ellis Event Manager Churchill Downs