What people don’t know, and is not written in my CV, is that I started acting when I was 5 years old, I played the tree in our end-of-the-year school play.I didn’t have any lines in the play, but it taught me about the importance of silence.In high-school, I was passionate about literature and poetry, that I discovered through music.I was also fascinated by the circus which I learned about in the streets.And already in my little head I dreamt of mixing all of it : the tree, the rooster, poetry, and the circus…During my adolescence, my hobbies were a little circus school, a girl by the name of Miriam, the library and high-school (in that exact same order).
Later, I went to university to read and learn how to read.
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All of it allowed me to stay away from drugs, the church and other possible dangers. After many years spent practicing the diabolo, I finally joined the circus school in Madrid where I fell in love with the wire. I kept with this by doing a 20° degree trip to Russia, then circus school in Pekin, and finally in France. All of this was guided by a passion for learning about the wire, the circus, myself and others.In France, I ran into the Gosh circus and I went on tour with them.
I learned how to put up a circus tent, how to drive by myself, and about the pleasure of sharing.I’ve been practicing dance and martial arts to learn how to defend myself from myself.
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