Duo Cyr Wheel

Philippe Renaud graduated from the National Circus School of Montreal in 2007 in hand-to-hand, a number that won him a bronze medal in the Cirque de Demain festival of 2009. He spent the next five years performing all over Europe and North America, from German cabarets to Cirque Eloize’s ID.

Shannon Maguire started her circus career with a duo trapeze act that took her all over the world, and won her a bronze medal in the Wuqiao festival in China and the public’s choice award in Latina, Italy in 2012. She traveled all over the world, performing in cabarets, festivals, and a tour of American military bases in South Korea.

Philippe and Shannon started working together in mid-2014 to create a duo act in the cyr wheel, taking a common solo apparatus and exploring the possibilities and challenges of making it a duo act. The result is an intense, fast-paced and stunning blend of emotions and acrobatics. One minute playful, the next sensual, your heads will spin as they whirl across the stage!