Training
I finally have my new staff! And I named it Lil’ Saint, after me. 
I also promoted Chameleon back up to the status of performance staff; though, Lil’ Saint will be my main one now. Instead, I got myself a NEW practice staff, that doesn’t cause me as much pain when I mess up with it. Hooray!
As you may have guessed from the title, there are two essential things to master when learning a new circus art. The first is conditioning and the second is technique. Though some skills require more of one than the other, both are extremely important aspects of each art. Read More…
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I am now enrolled in a teacher training course over at Simply Circus and my first class was today. (Hmm… is it still a class if you’re learning to teach?) In any case, I had a great time. I remember just how much fun and also how much work it can be to teach 7 to 10 year-olds.
What makes things even more exciting is that at the end of class there is time for us (the teachers) to train ourselves. Nothing makes me more happy than to have an entire gym open for me to try whatever I want. Heck, it’s one of the reasons I wanted to become a circus instructor in the first place! Read More…
I say it all the time to people I meet: “Of course you can do it!”
Part of what makes the circus such a marvelous and extraordinary place is because the audience believes these performers are breaking the bounds of human capability, flexibility, and strength. Many circus performers would have you believe that it is indeed true, especially when they make their acts look so easy and yet, the regular person trying to recreate the same feat at home (though you should NEVER try this at home! 
) fails miserably. Most people think that circus performers must work at their skill since birth or childhood. Read More…
