So. I'm running off to join the circus

geoffrey taucer · Post by **geoffrey taucer** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:54 pm

Well, hopefully; a few months ago, I sent an audition video to cirque du soleil showcasing my gymnastics, juggling, and music.

Now, after viewing my video, they want me to come to live acrobatic auditions oct 31.

Joining cirque is my lifelong dream. Wish me luck

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 6:28 pm

WOW! Good luck!

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 6:59 pm

Yes! The best of luck to you! Enjoy your experience, too!

I'm impressed!

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:25 pm

I didn't know we had such acrobatically-talented people in NC!
Best of luck! I love cirque, but they need more jugglers...

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:28 pm

Wow!

My daughter and her husband saw that in Vegas back in the spring and were properly "wowed" by the whole thing.

geoffrey taucer · Post by **geoffrey taucer** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:34 pm

fearfaoin wrote:I didn't know we had such acrobatically-talented people in NC!
Best of luck! I love cirque, but they need more jugglers...

Hey! Another Raleighite!

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:29 am

Wow! Best of luck!

BTW-- I'm a juggler too (fair 3-ball, bit of 4-ball, devil stick, cigar box)..
Wonder how many we have here?

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:32 am

Give 'em hell!

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:39 am

3 Ball for me.

Geoffrey, the best of luck to you!!! I wanted to join the circus as a kid, I think a lot of boys did, and now you're just that much closer.

Cirque du Soleil is perhaps the single greatest live performance troupe I have had the pleasure to see. They are also pretty demanding, so to get an audition invite says something positive about your abilities. Very cool dude, very, very cool!!!

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:00 am

Cirque invites the best from around the world. You don't have to, but it wouldn't hurt to brush up on your French. I was born into the circus, but fortunately escaped, and was able to run away and join the real world.

djm

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:22 am

Only the best for the Cirque...best of luck.

Slan,
D.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:47 am

Blinking flip! Not just join A circus - join THE circus!

Yeah, I do three-ball juggle, four on a good day. Unicycle, Stilt-walking.
At the age of fifty (-ahem!) I'm out of practice. I am possible the worst Stilt-walker in the Northern Hemisphere. I can tell you which lampposts are safe to hang on to and which not. Once you get above six-feet high, you learn just exactly how delicate and wobbly some lampposts are.

Well done! I hope it all goes well!

geoffrey taucer · Post by **geoffrey taucer** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:41 pm

brewerpaul wrote:Wow! Best of luck!

BTW-- I'm a juggler too (fair 3-ball, bit of 4-ball, devil stick, cigar box)..
Wonder how many we have here?

My record's 9 balls, though I'm way out of practice. Given enough time to warm up, I bet I could still get 7 going pretty well.

But gymnastics is what they've invited me to audition for; they specified that these are acrobatic auditions. I'm pretty optimistic; they think they might want me based on what I did in my audition video, and I've gotten 10x better since then.

dfernandez77 · Post by **dfernandez77** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:46 pm

That's great! Best of luck to you.

Chiffed · Post by **Chiffed** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:34 pm

Supercool!

My gymnastic ability ends at lunging wildly across the room to prevent my 2-year old from shaving the dog,

I'm ok with 3 ball juggling, good with odd objects (my record is a baby stroller, baseball, and a set of keys) but 4-ball and clubs still elude me.