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Gabriella DeBartolo – Why I Love Circus! (Student Series)

by Giovanna Gatto

Continuing with our circus interview series, I decided to check out the amazing students of A2D2’s C2 (Cirque Centre) for a special Cirque Student Addition.  Since November of 2010, we have had almost a full year of aerial classes and they are going great.  Many of the students have been with C2 from the beginning [...]

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Molly Keczan – Interview

by Giovanna Gatto

My Interview with Toronto Aerialist Molly Keczan ~ Q: How did you get started? A: My interest in circus started when I was about 10 years old after seeing Cirque Du Soleil perform Alegria here in Toronto. At the time I was training as a rhythmic gymnast which I continued competing in at a national [...]

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Emily Hughes – Interview

by Giovanna Gatto

My Interview with Toronto Aerialist Emily Hughes ~ Q: How did you get started? A: I started out going to circus camp at Harbourfront when I was about 8 years old. I fell in love instantly and we found out that the woman who ran the camp, Marsha, also offered classes year round at a [...]

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Mark Segal – Interview

by Giovanna Gatto

My Interview with Toronto Aerialist Mark Segal ~ Q:  How did you get started? A: I got started about ten years ago when a girlfriend of mine came home and told me there was a circus school in Toronto.  She’d found out because she was a dancer and was doing a club job where she [...]

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Jennifer Fell – Interview

by Giovanna Gatto

When I tell people; “I work as a circus performer,” I always get: “So you’re a clown?” or “So you’ve run away and joined a circus now, have you?”  For me, I haven’t physically “run away” (unless if you count Mississauga as far from North York, then I run away at least four times a [...]

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Cirque Wedding: Circus and Music Can Make It Unique

by Julie
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A2D2 ~ Aerial Dance Cirque Co. has had the pleasure of being made a part of many weddings this year however we felt we had to feature Co-owner, Elisa DeAngelis’, wedding on Circus Blog as it truly was a CIRQUE-TACULAR celebration! Here’s how we integrated Cirque into Elisa’s Wedding: As guests walked in they were [...]

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Networking Events – Do’s and Don’ts

by Julie

I have taken part in my fair share of networking functions over the years. Face-to-face networking is a fantastic way to grow your personal network, meet new people, and expand out from your usual circle of contacts. Over time I have learned a few things, both as a guest/event attendee, and also as the event [...]

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Effective Leadership vs Ineffective Leadership

by Julie

In recent weeks, I’ve had the privilege of attending meetings and gatherings with leaders of two sorts: 1) Effective Leaders and 2) Ineffective Leaders. Here are a few qualities and characteristics I ‘ve observed of both classes of leaders… Effective leaders listen and speak when necessary – Ineffective leaders talk non stop Effective leaders are [...]

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Start With The “Why”

by Julie

Each year, the meetings and events community comes together in the heart of Toronto to take part in the annual trade show – Incentive Works. For the last three years running, my partner Elisa and I have attended, participated, and connected with fellow event professionals. As always, it’s great to walk the trade show aisles [...]

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Five Tips to Survive the Countdown to Showtime

by Julie

As many of you know, my partners and I recently completed and executed our second annual fund raising cirque show. In the circus, dance, and theater worlds the countdown to showtime can be both an exciting and stressful time. On the one hand you have all of the magic and beauty of the creative process, [...]

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Feeling Uninspired?

by Julie

It happens to all of us. Sometimes we “have it” and sometimes it elludes us. The “it” I’m talking about is inspiration. When I’m excited and passionate about a project – everything seems to flow. On the flip side, when I am unmoved or even bored by what it is I’m doing – everything seems [...]

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