Circus Cities with Shenea Stiletto – Santiago
…contortion at the age of 10 years old, but due to an injury in 2021, decided to develop a different style of aerial hoop, transitioning from aerial contortion to aerial…
Read more…contortion at the age of 10 years old, but due to an injury in 2021, decided to develop a different style of aerial hoop, transitioning from aerial contortion to aerial…
Read more…to see an abridged version of Circus Sarasota. The guests enjoyed a special one-hour performance featuring a number of the acts performing in this year’s Circus Sarasota show, including contortion/hand…
Read more…Darren Trull (aerial straps). Sailor Circus Academy students presented acts including aerial rope and rings, roller skating, trampoline, jump rope, contortion and more, culminating in a spectacular multi-act mash-up that…
Read more…on the Chinese Pole. Noemi España (Contortion & Hand Balancing): Noemi, an eighth-generation circus performer, debuted her hula hoop act in Spain at the age of 14, later performing in…
Read more…on-stage blocking. After all, contortion is all about subverting the typical angles of the body. Unless one faces it dead-on, it is hard to appreciate the sight of someone dislocating…
Read more…Elite troop, The St. Louis Arches. Kyran has performed in various disciplines, including banquine, hand to hand, contortion, hand-balancing, juggling, unicycle, and flying trapeze, among others. Kyran is also a…
Read more…Southwest Florida family holiday tradition for years to come.” Some of the acts audiences will see include: The Bone Breakers (acrobatic contortion); Ermiyas Muluken (freestanding ladder); Emma Clarke (aerial pole);…
Read more…heart-stopping acrobatics, contortion, light-hearted comedy, and more. “Each year we strive to create a season that will not only surpass the previous year but will exceed all expectations of our…
Read moreAerial, contortion, costume design: this circus student does it all—and wants to take it even further! Get to know up-and-coming artist Veronika Agle, winner of our Spotlight Award at the…
Read more…if it trickled into the circus community as well. Anke described general hardships with the corporate-performing lifestyle: travel, late nights, etc. More specifically, “Lena, she’s a contortionist. There was one…
Read more…without apparent pain, and swallowed swords, sensually undressed contortion, a funambulist trolley, and the masterful manipulation of leaping toasts compose a succession of sequences where humor flirts with fatalism, where…
Read more…that examine contortion and practices of body flexibility in East Asia, namely China, Mongolia, and Japan. It explores the performance art forms of Chinese contortion; Mongolian contortion; and the Kakubei…
Read more…mesmerised the audience on rope and hoop respectively. At the inaugural Circus Open Stage, local artists flaunted acrobatics, juggling, contortion, and other wide-ranging disciplines. A heartwarming Cyr wheel performance by…
Read more…Richie also dove deep into the world of weightlifting and calisthenics to build a well-rounded understanding of fitness and kinesthetics. Richie is dedicated whole-heartedly to partner acro, hand balancing, contortion,…
Read more…contortion, awe-inspiring acrobatics, and mesmerising fire-juggling with a rocking, exuberant soundtrack. Circus Abyssinia has toured all around the world, including a sold-out run in New York, and has been featured…
Read more…Cirque’s star contortion handbalancer. Not to mention, what it’s like the date the man, the myth, the legendary Guy Laliberte! You are about to enter a members-only zone. To share…
Read more…a solo contortion artist. As a second-generation circus artist originally from Azerbaijan, he has been performing for audiences since he was nine years old. Araz traveled all around the world…
Read more…Peters: Fundamentals of Contortion, Depth & Texture: Movement Quality & Musicality: Inroads to Act Development Anastasia Timina: Dynamic Sling Theory & Skills, Fabric Theory Immersion Sam Tribble: Traveling Rings, Beginner…
Read more…to 30-minute shows will rotate onboard Sun Princess in The Dome. With performances in the disciplines of aerial hoops, aerial pole, bungee, Cyr wheel, silks, mind-bending contortion, and more, guests…
Read more…They are looking for the following disciplines: juggling, hand balance/contortion, straps, aerial pole, trapeze/hoop, and Cyr wheel. Rising Star Talent also has multiple job opportunities for those seeking cruise ship…
Read more…aerial hoop, and contortion/handstand. I spent my childhood in the circus, had all my friends there, and later directed the programme, trained the children and helped run the organization. The…
Read more…from an aesthetic point of view, one of the most interesting acts competing; but the summit of artful refinement was Ukrainian contortionist Victoria Dziuba, winning a Silver Clown. A similarly…
Read more…the past five years. It showcases acts that have never been seen in the United States as well as non-stop, breathtaking performances, including aerial acts, hand-balancing, slack wire, juggling, contortion,…
Read more…(Argentina, Brazil, Spain, France, Italy, Uruguay); Andy Jordan, juggler (Austria); Arthur Cadre, dance-contortion (France); Antoine Boissereau, silks (France); Carlo Cerato, juggling (Italy); Peng Chan, diabolos (Taiwan); FootStyle Freestyle football (France);…
Read more…as Cirque du Soleil’s contortion star. Proudly representing Mongolia all around the world, in what they now consider a traditional art form, Oyun has been upside down, inside out and…
Read more…Medal of the 6th Festival in 1983, Founder & CEO of Angels Mongolian Modern Circus, President of the Mongolian Contortion Association, MONGOLIA Markus Pabst, Artist, Artistic Director BASE – Berlin,…
Read moreIf you are an artist, coach, producer, or clinician you know that keeping circus artists training and performing uninterrupted by injury is crucial to our field. Do you currently seek…
Read more…from contortion to hoop diving, hair hang to foot juggling, will awe and astound with modern and distinctive whimsy and theatricality. Tickets are priced from $20-$50 and can be purchased…
Read more…the Finnish Youth Circus Association. We were then entertained by two impressive local acts—Lyra and contortion—before we all attempted Finnish folk dancing! NICE conference attendees in workshop Then the workshops…
Read more…the word “exposed” just kept coming to mind. Lessard is an outstanding athlete. You can tell that she has mastered her apparatus and contortion in the codified ideals of contemporary…
Read more…Tigris’ hula-hooping sailor, Natalia Vasilyuk’s spinning contortion, the Swiss-American Vertical Tango, or Vanessa Alvarez’s foot-juggling Señorita. Fuelled by passion and a desire to find their niche in this industry, they…
Read more…training by taking private classes in contortion— a skill that is not necessarily easy to learn, due to both its unaffordability and technique. Ray notes that she began taking contortion…
Read more…Eustis, Florida about contortion and her practice. Growing up as an award winning dancer and gymnast, she found her true love, the antiquated art form of Mongolian contortion, later in…
Read more…fans contortion duo acrobatic tumblers of 2 to 4 members Secondary disciplines/skills are welcome. Showcase your talent! Complete your profile page and add your act or show to the pool…
Read more…Lyons Contortion, all ages: Eva Lou Rhinelander Dance trapeze, all ages: Ava Kapelczak Ground group, all ages: Kaho Hakka, Tara Canales, Kosa Yatagawa, Sachika Imoto Ground solo, all ages: Jocelyn…
Read moreMy name is Ulziibuyan Mergen Kee. I’m a contortionist and a mom of 2 wonderful boys. I am writing this article to reach out to performers who want to have…
Read more…the idea of not performing to the best of my abilities, and I knew I could not do that at UCSC. Contortion training. While I was feeling less and less…
Read more…– a contortion of the social landscape by decreed isolation of the body. The performers in Circa’s On hurl themselves against that experience, and there might be no better way…
Read moreChina’s Bending Bodies: Contortionists and Politics in China is a research study monograph that covers the theories, history, and development of global contortionists. It is highly recommended as a foundation…
Read more…is best known for his juggling, and Santini for contortion, this program emphatically encourages applicants from all circus disciplines. Joel Mason assures prospective candidates that the instructors are most interested…
Read more…her work, rather than settling into a position of contortion, Andréane is interested in the path(s), within her body that might lead there, creating amplitude inside her joints and organs…
Read more…the only important factor- becoming a contortionist also requires long and rigorous training. Acquired contortionism is related to intense training and is strongly dependent on physical activity. Many contortionists start…
Read more…The Acts The remaining competing acts, each with a different classic music choice were: Florian Brummel (Germany, trick bike) Duo Des Articules (France, balance/contortion) Camila Ganclarska (Poland, aerial hoop and…
Read more…on Penelope’s hair and they can’t see each other. EQUILIBRISTICS/CONTORTION – KALLE PIKKUHARJU, FINLAND «The spectrum of human emotions is very wide: It is impossible to say where one emotion…
Read more…feats of acrobatic daring, dance, and contortion. Circus Abyssinia has traveled from Addis Ababa around the world and comes to the SNF Nostos stage in Athens in 2021 bringing its…
Read more…it through a different, more complex lens.” If we are thinking of circus as being upside down, of being contortion, of being juggling – all those metaphors in which the…
Read more…hand balancing and contortion. Following the onstage introduction, Scarlett Business shared that he would be performing “hand balancing, contortion and a bit of drag.” The judges looked mesmerized right after…
Read more…from the floor to the tip of their toes. Some circus disciplines such as Washington trapeze and contortion have integrated hand balancing elements to their acts’ composition and there isn’t…
Read more…International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo. Chassé toured internationally from a young age, performing hundreds of shows with an innovative and dynamic contortion quartet. Earlier in her career she also performed…
Read more…the audience’s vote in TV talent shows. Russian contortionist Alexey Goloborodko goes further by affirming that their acknowledgment of a contortionist’s discipline and endurance is behind this response. “People really…
Read more…one of the most sought-after circus trainers in the circus world specializing in hand-balancing and contortion. https://youtu.be/nQp6fMpLhe0 You are about to enter a members-only zone. To share this article on…
Read more…Dopazo how she incorporates elements of contortion into her act and performance. She replied: “I incorporate the contortion trying to connect one movement to the other, I never do a…
Read more…name is Eir Ólafs, I am 18 years old and I use they/them pronouns. I am Icelandic, asexual, and mainly a contortionist when it comes to circus arts. (U) My…
Read more…Amok – Photo: Nina Mouritzen Panelists Lina Johansson – Joint Artistic Director, Mimbre Simone O’Brien – Founding Member and Director – SeedArts Australia Panni Spiers – Master contortion teacher &…
Read more…contortion, juggling and acrobatics. The sidelined performers have been working out without a specific goal until members of the newly formed Visionary Pack Collective drafted a blueprint for the show…
Read more…1 Feb 2021. The very best street performers will show off their impressive skills throughout the weekend, with energetic displays of Mexican wrestling, hula-hoops, contortion, fire stunts, magical illusions, acrobatics…
Read moreFollowing up with part one of my series, Mapping Contortion in Japan, I continue exploring the history of contortion and body flexibility in Japan. I decided to interview Tomomi Homma,…
Read morePanni Speirs is a contortion master coach, jazz musician, and motivational speaker who also holds the Guinness World Book of Records title for non-stop exercising (a very impressive 38 hours…
Read more…accessories should be washed by the student that used them Physical training, flexibility, yoga and contortion Individual small mats for each student, students have to disinfect the mat at the…
Read moreThis weeks episode of the Live Like An Acrobat Podcast hosted by Shenea Stiletto features the fierce Mongolian aerial contortion duo known as The Contortion Sisters. Suvda & Buyana have…
Read more…in love with contortion during a high school exchange program in Mongolia. She has since studied contortion in Mongolia at the Mongolian National Circus and opened her own contortion studio…
Read more…and touch in a year of distance and finding community in a time of solitude. Aerial rope, aerial straps, contortion, and hand-to-hand acrobatics are featured alongside many other circus skills….
Read more…performers have in spades, it’s agility. Contortion jokes aside, performers are skilled at changing course at a moment’s notice. No green light from stage management? Act, react, fill the time….
Read more…Harris at Five Dock and trained herself in Contortion before running away with the circus. Jasmine later toured the world as a contortionist, aerialist and dancer with both classical and…
Read more…Are you the aerialist who turned to hand balancing? The wire walker who learned to be a contortionist? The once-a-week-studio-visitor who became the take-every-Zoom-class-around-the-world-at-any-hour-because-you-can? Or the regular devotee or professional…
Read more…to hear any talk about diversity. It’s about representation and it’s about how we’re represented out there.” We can all perform the mental contortion necessary to identify with a British…
Read more…at NECCA. She will graduate in Spring 2020 with a major in “ground” (hand balancing, acrobatics and contortion) and a minor in theatricality. Marysia says of her time at NECCA,…
Read more…fall of 1867. Group of 19th Century Japanese Contortionists Sketches of Contortionists at Paris Expo 1867 Ukiyo-e of Japanese Contortionists during Edo Period Octopus Boy Misemono. Meiji Circus. Feature photo…
Read more…Contortion Duo Dadiva – Rola Bola Oksana Awkward – Clown The Cast The Cast Anhui Acrobatics Troupe – Head Balance Andrey Lyamin – Aerial Pole “The Ladder” – Balance “The…
Read more…goals. There is contortion class on Sunday to explore a new discipline, and rehearsal every Tuesday and Friday to build your dream show. But if you don’t mix it up…
Read more…the costumes and lighting. Kudos to lighting designer Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew; I have never seen such a well-lit tassel spin as when contortionist Lilin arched backward in a goblet full…
Read more…people would say, “Ah, this is not breakdancing. This is a circus. Get out of here!” and things like that, because I did contortion and strange things. I didn’t feel…
Read more…and Soralino found a personal, different and amazing result. Marco Motta (Brazil) With the air of his Brazilian culture, a mix of capoeira, afro and break dance seasoned with contortion…
Read more…the hall, Montreal’s National Circus School’s (ENC) alumni and students took to the stage with their special guests. Igloolik’s clown quartet Artcirq and Nadine Louis’ contortion in and around a…
Read more…a book. Combined with Friedman’s extraordinary contortion skills, it elevates the act into a perfect duet. Anastasini Brothers Fabio and Guliano are 9th generation circus kin whose Icarian act has…
Read more…performers were passionate and skilled, with varying degrees of experience in performing. The circus disciplines included in the show were Cyr wheel, aerial silks, roman ladder, contortion, arco, straps and…
Read more…now, if she still has anything to offer the world, and her contortion unfolds from her fears like plot falls from a Dickens novel. Are her fears warranted? Is there…
Read more…best set pieces were dazzling, featuring gravity-defying aerialists, gymnasts whose feats of tumbling or contortion made your eyes widen, and a performer who handled flaming batons with life-affirming glee. But…
Read more…began my contortion practice in 2016. In parallel with this dream was my long term goal of one day being able to perform zubnik, the impressive contortion skill where an…
Read more…Wirth with her horses Historical photo of May Wirth Historical photo of May Wirth doing contortion What advice or encouragement would you give younger Simi Genziuk ten or even twenty…
Read more…an underlying “freaky” element, such as contortion, fire breathing, and sword swallowing, found their way center ring. The most heartfelt talk in that panel belonged to Alexandra Doll, whose “Permission…
Read more…problem isn’t a lack of strength, it’s a lack of hip & spine mobility. Cross-training in yoga, contortion, or dance can help improve their active flexibility & core control, allowing…
Read more…atop two horses trotting side by side, conjured by a coy harlequin character, played by Alexandr Bautev who follows that act with a character-driven contortion routine that is by far…
Read more…comedy emerged (a clown-Emi Vauthey— who can’t manage in her wedding dress and conveys it with contortion), and connection (love for an immigrant grandmother conveyed by Hugo Ragetly in a…
Read more…lead to further work? Troy Semaj at Cirque de Demain in 2019, where he competed with his contortion partner, Ess Hödlmoser. Photo credit: Kim Campbell Troy James is a contortionist…
Read more…a dazzling array of aerial work, contortion and juggling is performed against a soundscape of traditional Vietnamese instruments mixed with hip-hop beats to deliver a unique and dazzling blend of…
Read more…(Fast Track, Russia), Troy James & Ess Hödlmoser (Contortion, Canada) and Winston (Magic, Manipulation, Vénézuela).Julian Saether (Juggling, Norway), Kostiantyn Korostylenko (Juggling , Ukraine), La Testa Maestra Juggling , Spain /…
Read more…“mobile immobility” is well exploited in Passagers. Maude Parent shines in a contortion number where she stops the time in a wagon and slips between passengers, borrows their accessories and…
Read more…their native foods. Who doesn’t want the recipe of a beloved contortion teacher for Mongolian dumplings? Or a Hungarian casserole dish called Rakott Krumpli from a juggler (hint; there are…
Read more…Mallakhamb performers (Indian pole art) , acrobatic bikers, Cyr wheel artists, contortion artists, hair hangers and break dancers, to teeterboarders. The show has two performers of Indian heritage, one named…
Read more…cohesion. The acrobatic movements of the first act feature extreme writhing, twitching and contortion as the performers fight the end of the world. The ensemble work ranges through duos, trios,…
Read more…skill in aerial rope, contortion, Straps and physical theatre, they told their stories about keeping the household together, being a mother while training and performing. The most touching moment was…
Read morePascal Jacob knew he wanted to work in the world of the circus from the age of four. “Every Wednesday, my grandmother would ask me what I wanted to do,…
Read more…flawless…sublime elegance…”[1]. She’s a living fantasy, as her hand-balancing and contortion act is a seamless stream of impossible motion. Hers is not a mere presentation of poses, but a theatrical…
Read more…stretching, and contortion. KC: What is something unique about the festival? NS: It’s the oldest and largest of its kind. Plus, the cross-pollination of aerial dance and circus arts. Yuki…
Read more…The short answer is yes. The long answer is – it depends on what type of circus activity you’re about to do. Some circus disciplines such as aerial hoop, contortion,…
Read more…a concept often in counter-intuitive ways, such as exploring tenderness with acrobatics, or digging in to abandon and the power structures of relationships with contortion (you haven’t seen contortion until…
Read more…aerial hoop showed a masterful interpretation of the spinning single point lyra, claiming the stage and the air with her dance and contortion moves on the device. Nicole Heaslewood of…
Read more…of quality. There are plenty of small circus companies with one tissue act and one contortion act, but that will not do in circus. What you need to see is…
Read more…rope, lyra, contortion, hand-to-hand, Chinese pole, single point trapeze, straps, handstands, jump rope, juggling and silks. The age of the performers ranged from 10 to early 30’s. The center, a…
Read more…(Une Chambre de Verre) is about the action. It goes far into circus technique, contortion, hand balancing, and acrobatics. It’s a real physical performance. In Une Chambre de Verre, it…
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