Elisa Tauro, Acrobat at Cirque du Soleil’s ‘O’ tells us her Story (2/2) - CircusTalk

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Elisa Tauro, Acrobat at Cirque du Soleil’s ‘O’ tells us her Story (2/2)

Elisa Tauro grew up in Toronto and, from a very young age onwards dreamt of becoming a circus acrobat. 1 year ago, she became part of the cast of Cirque du Soleil’s show O in Las Vegas. A position every circus acrobat dreams about. In this second part of our interview, Elisa tells us how life and work at O developed and how things are going now. We all hope of getting our dream job. Getting a job that you identify so much with, love so much, and care so much about. For me, getting that phone call from Cirque du Soleil if I was still interested in O first triggered a whole range of emotions. It had taken me the whole pandemic to get over not being on stage anymore. I had to find out what else I had to offer. What else I can do. With something as intense and all-encompassing as being an acrobat in the circus, you feel your job does define you. Becaus...
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