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Olympic Games

Get Your Head in the Game

by Julie
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Whenever the Olympic games are upon us, I feel the familiar pangs of inspiration. Each one of the athletes we see on television has achieved such a high level in their relative discipline, that their very existence in the arena is reason for applause. Amazing. Because all of these athletes are already at such a [...]

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Olympic Aerials!

by Julie
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Each Olympic Opening ceremonies have their “high” points. For me, it was when circus performers maneuvered snowboards and skis in harnesses high above the crowds at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games opening extravaganza. As it turns out, those aerialists were direct from the National Circus School in Montreal. Read on for more details and enjoy! [...]

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Performance Under Pressure

by Julie
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Image via Wikipedia In the spirit of the Olympics I thought I’d re-blog this awesome post published by the team at Speaker Spotlight about performing under pressure: Performing Under Pressure at the Winter Games Circus artists, and generally those of us in the performing arts, often must execute while under tremendous amounts of pressure. As [...]

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