For the Love of Trapeze

by Kirsten Edwards
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A few days ago a good friend and amazing circus colleague asked me if I would be interested in writing a short piece about the importance of Trapeze as an aerial circus discipline.  I immediately jumped at the opportunity and started plotting my argument in my head.  In other words, I looked at this as [...]

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Gio’s Circus Diary – Week 7 of 8

by Giovanna Gatto
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Week 7 of 8 (First Session of 2011) 1.     Silks on Sunday 2.     Hoop on Thursday 3.     Open Gym every day of the week One week left, can’t believe how fast the time flew by! Sunday’s silks class was super fun.  Everyone has officially been able to do both halves of our “routine,” separately.  We [...]

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Gio’s Circus Diary – Week 6 of 8

by Giovanna Gatto
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Week 6 of 8 (First Session of 2011) 1.     Silks on Sunday 2.     Hoop on Thursday 3.     Open Gym every day of the week Where has this session gone?  Only two weeks left! Time really does fly when you’re having fun. Silks class this week was back to normal with our favorite Miss Elisa back [...]

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Gio’s Circus Diary – Week 5 of 8

by Giovanna Gatto
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Week 5 of 8 (First Session of 2011) 1.     Silks on Sunday 2.     Hoop on Thursday 3.     Open Gym every day of the week Congratulations Elisa and Tony!!!  Wishing you a happy and healthy life together! Post-wedding week!  Woo hoo! The lovely Kirsten Leila Edwards taught this week’s silks class!  We had such a blast [...]

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Circus Diary – Week 4 of 8

by Giovanna Gatto
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Week 4 of 8 (First Session of 2011) 1.     Silks on Sunday 2.     Hoop on Thursday 3.     Open Gym every day of the week Can you believe we are already four weeks in?  I can’t!  A month in and everyone is looking like rock stars. The amazing Cassy taught our silks class this week.  Everyone [...]

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Gio’s Circus Diary – Week 3 of 8

by Giovanna Gatto
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Week 3 of 8 (First Session of 2011) 1.     Silks on Sunday 2.     Hoop on Thursday 3.     Open Gym every day of the week What I learned this week: do not do a “bullet drop” while wrapped in “diaper drop.”  Ouch!  This week’s silks class was great, it was a small class of only 4 [...]

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Gio’s Circus Diary – Week 2 of 8

by Giovanna Gatto
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Week 2 of 8 (First Session of 2011) 1.     Silks on Sunday 2.     Hoop on Thursday 3.     Open Gym every day of the week What a week! Sunday was a long, busy, but super fun training day – hoop rehearsal, duo rehearsal then silks class.  This week’s silks class we were up to five and [...]

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Gio’s Circus Diary – Week 1 of 8

by Giovanna Gatto
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I started this virtual diary on Circus Blog to keep track of my progress in learning the circus arts at C2 (A2D2’s Cirque Centre).  I have been dancing for 16 years and have now started transitioning my skills into both the aerial hoop and aerial silks apparatus’.  Because I am relatively new to the world [...]

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Cirque Eloize “ID” Review

by Giovanna Gatto
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Cirque Eloize “ID”, Sony Centre, Toronto Cheers of excitement, screams of fear and a complete adrenaline rush, where can you find all these emotions?  Cirque Eloize “ID” is the show.  No sparkles, fancy costumes, crazy singers or clowns, just pure acrobatic circus with a twist of everyday urban living.  Including skipping ropes and everyday schoolyard [...]

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Cirque du Soleil, Banana Shpeel Review

by Giovanna Gatto
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Are you looking for a little “Ha Ha” in your life? How about some “La La’s”? What about “Ta Da’s”? Well, there is a place where you can get all three of these things and that is at Banana Shpeel!  This new vaudevillian Cirque du Soleil production is jam-packed with “Ha Ha’s” from its crazy [...]

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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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