Aug 31, 2020

This week, the red-haired tornado herself joins the podcast to talk about how moving from her small town in Ireland to London, England sparked a revolution in the life of Chantal McCormick (8:42). She quickly became an aerial dancer with big dreams and bigger ideas to get funding (11:41). She visited the United States...

Aug 24, 2020

Jon Stranks started his professional career at the age of 6 years old. (7:18). He went on to be in a winning acrobatic troupe on Britain's Got Talent (13:54) before making the transition from competing to performing (17:09) on Cirque du Soleil's stages, most recently in Messi 10 (25:52). During quarantine he has...

Aug 17, 2020

From a childhood history of designing costumes and "pratting about onstage" (7:05), Rebecca Truman began Skinning the Cat, one of the UK's first contemporary circus companies. In this interview, Becky talks about her creation methodology (16:02), mental health issues (35:37), writing her biography and publishing the...

Aug 10, 2020

Born in China under the rule of Chairman Mao Zehdong, Guang Rong Lu began his circus training at the age of 11. After a long career as a performer, Mister Lu arrived in Australia to bring with him systems of teaching circus. He aided in establishing The National Institute of Circus Arts in Melbourne, Australia...

Aug 3, 2020

Listen in as hoop artist and self-proclaimed sparkling garbage, Julie Marshall, grapples with the question: WTF is ART anyway? And how the heck can circus artists make work that channels individual expression while maintaining technique, clarity of vision, and a relationship to the audience? This interview addresses...