Rachel Strickland is an artist and business coach who helps creative entrepreneurs. She runs The Audacity Project, a program for creatives who want to step up their game, but what makes her so special is she comes from the world of circus, so she knows what it’s all about.

Susan Voyticky has a singing and swinging lyra act that will knock your socks off and it makes no logical sense. This episode is all about following your heart.

www.voyticky.com
www.theunclejrproject.com

Krin Haglund is a clown, circus director, and the first female cyr wheel performer and she uses every part of her to create- from her humor, to her skills, to her hair (or lack thereof).

www.krinhaglund.com

IG: @krinhaglund 

Marion Crampe explains her life as a movement artist and shares her story. This episode is guaranteed to inspire you to dream big and work hard.

Marion Crampe is online at: Marioncrampe.com

Instagram: @marioncrampe

 

John Gilkey’s influential performance style defined Cirque du Soleil’s clowning style. This interview is a funny, upbeat, and surprising look at how this comedy master transforms himself and his students in ways both ridiculous and sublime.

https://www.theidiotworkshop.com/

https://www.johngilkey.com/

It’s episode 100 and The Artist Athlete Podcast is celebrating it with our most ambitious project yet! Today, we’re interviewing Victor Fomine, a legendary coach who invented swinging trapeze in Russia and introduced it to the world. Thanks to everyone who made this episode possible!

String quartet playing in the streets of Paris – lmartins on freesound.org
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In this two part repeat, Veronica Blair tells the story as one of the premiere aerialists in the USA and how she tells the stories of the contribution African American circus performers who came before her.

 

In this two part repeat, Veronica Blair tells the story as one of the premiere aerialists in the USA and how she tells the stories of the contribution African American circus performers who came before her.

Benjamin Domask-Ruh spends a great deal of time thinking about circus- what it is and what it might not be and in a rare break from her normal role as interviewer, Shannon can’t help but chime in.

Kristina started training contortion at age 31 and now runs Fit & Bendy, a thriving contortion studio in Hollywood, CA.  Hear her unusual story and pick up some pearls of wisdom along the way!

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