DOLLY JACOBS - ANTONIO MOORE - DARREN TRULL
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CIRCUS ART SPOTLIGHT
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Today we are going to talk about the traditional versus the contemporary circus.Dolly, Antonio and Darren are all circus performers and coaches with very different backgrounds. Dolly comes from a traditional circus family, lived on the Ringling Brothers train and has been performing since she was 13. Antonio and Darren are former and current Cirque du Soleil performers without circus in their backgrounds.
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Today we are going to talk about the traditional versus the contemporary circus.Dolly, Antonio and Darren are all circus performers and coaches with very different backgrounds. Dolly comes from a traditional circus family, lived on the Ringling Brothers train and has been performing since she was 13. Antonio and Darren are former and current Cirque du Soleil performers without circus in their backgrounds.
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AARON WATKINS
Aaron Watkins
email: [email protected]
website: CircusArts.org
As a clown and magician, Aaron has laughed with people everywhere from The White House to China & the Middle East to the 3 rings of the Greatest Show On Earth & is a proud recipient of the Raoul Wallenberg Humanitarian Award for his work at the Big Apple Circus & Paul Newman’s Hole-In-The-Wall Camp, where he served as Resident Clown Doctor. At The CAC he is The Circus Arts in Healthcare Program Manager.
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email: [email protected]
website: CircusArts.org
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