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.

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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!

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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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This week we continue the journey of following Ron Oppenheimer in his first year as a professional circus artist. Follow his journey from the beginning on Episode 21!

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This podcast is dedicated to CIRCUS. Aerialist, Shannon McKenna interviews guests from acrobats in Cirque du Soleil to circus therapists and everyone in between. Learn the backstage lives of those who flip, twist, sparkle, and shine under the big top.

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The delightful Genevieve Bessette made history when at 12 years old, her coach measured the length of her leg and manufactured for her a steel hoop to perform on. Today, this apparatus is known around the world as the aerial hoop, the cerceau, or lyra. This episode is all about innovating, who gets credit for it, and how to continue to be creative, even when you’re an adult with bills to pay.

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This podcast is dedicated to CIRCUS. Aerialist, Shannon McKenna interviews guests from acrobats in Cirque du Soleil to circus therapists and everyone in between. Learn the backstage lives of those who flip, twist, sparkle, and shine under the big top.

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This interview occurred on the day all the gyms in Montreal shut down again, and Olaf Triebel did the long distance over the internet version of hold me and tell me it was all going to be ok. And he would know! He is an accomplished performer and works behind the scenes as a director and choreographer, and has a reputation for excellence in coaching hand balancing.

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