I stopped in Las Vegas last week to catch up with friends with Cirque du Soleil. (Many Cirque coaches are former gymnastics coaches.)
Talent scout Marceline Goldstein showed me a list of proposed new projects for the world’s largest circus stretching into the future. The total number of artists on stage could double from 1000 to almost 2000 over the next number of years.
Cirque is already the biggest employer of acrobats. For coaches, this means future career opportunities for our athletes.
The circus looks for unusual body types: tall, slim, muscular, artistic, etc. Very small acrobats are in demand. And very strong men and women.
Unique physical qualities are helpful: strength, flexibility, power. Acrobatic specialties on trampoline, tumbling or bar can be useful. Other unusual talents like ability to surf, skateboard, inline skate are of interest.
It’s easy for adults to apply online. Click on the zebra guy (triple Olympian, Hungarian gymnast Zoltán Supola) on the top right corner of this page.
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