Apr 30, 2018

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Can circus be a vehicle for personal growth?

Carrie Heller has spent 30 years in the social circus world, helping clients and creating resources. Carrie and Dr. Lauren Taglialatela show empirical evidence in a data driven study, that circus is...

Apr 23, 2018

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Inka Siefker is an internationally renowned contortionist who holds the Guinness World Record for farthest arrow shot into a target using the feet. Not too shabby for a southern girl who started circus in her twenties!

Shannon sits down with Inka...

Apr 16, 2018

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Ever wonder how a Cirque du Soliel show is made? Shannon talks with Brandon Livanos, an artist on the CdS show, Volta, about creating and going on tour. He shares his daily routine and how he landed a job, first on Franco Dragone’s House of...

Apr 9, 2018

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In a world where every trick and transition under the sun is already out on Instagram and YouTube, how do you go about making art that is truly your own? Shannon is joined today by aerialist, choreographer, and studio owner Liza Rose who in her...

Apr 2, 2018

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Shannon sits down for the debut episode of The Artist Athlete to talk to acrobatic rigger Brett Copes about safety vs risk and what EVERY aerialist should know about rigging.

Shannon McKenna is an internationally recognized circus performer and...