How This Cirque Du Soleil Performer Hangs By Her Hair | TODAY Originals

the way I explained my job to them I'm an artist and then they ask me everyone do what they do like I'm a circus

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and then they keep asking like well I'm the

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hanger that I hang from my

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I'm Vanilla I'm the artist hair suspension from Volt and Cirque de Soleil. I started in the art as a dancer and when I was 18 I decided to try something new like circus just to diversify my work and then I started learning more Aero and acrobatics. air suspension is painful when you are learning, but in all circus disciplines it took me between three and four months to be able to support all my weight on my scalp alone, also for my body to get stronger, my neck, to get stronger, my hair . follicles to strengthen my entire spine it is very important to respect that learning time so as not to hurt yourself

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I am not sure if I don't feel it anymore if I got used to it I did get stronger but on stage I don't have any pain I'm not suffering I promise you that my day would start with my breakfast, getting on my bike and coming to the circus and then I play about two hours of my trombone.

I like to do things to congratulate myself. as an artist as a person, but they are not so physically demanding, we usually go to Herschel's for about an hour, depending on the discipline you are doing. I'm a fan of the people I work with so I've always tried to look behind the curtain a little bit and it still amazes me if every move they make we have to deal with sometimes people outside the program or an injury so we have to be prepared to adapt to action, whatever the circumstances, sometimes a person is missing. a different technical situation, so one show is never exactly the same as another, we are always adapting for my act.

I have to be flexible and strong at the same time, so I wake up my joints and make my muscles remember that they had to do it. Be strong and committed depending on the discipline you are doing, so if I do all the hoops, I will spend two hours or an hour and 30 minutes stretching, twisting and hanging. What it takes to be an artist is much more than just the physical level. because yes, we have to be strong, we are going to be flexible, we have to maintain a routine of so many shows, but the most important part is without a doubt the mental level we have to show ourselves sad, happy or sick, and surely mentally you have to to be very stable it takes about 45 minutes to do all the makeup

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is the moment when I calm down I put on my musical and concentrate for the show it is my preparation between my warm up my body but mentally

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is very important they must be placed in the right place , otherwise the wrinkles, like the way the face moves, are all kept, it is a very important part, a strand of hair is very weak, so the trick in my act is to gather all the hair together so that be a fort and I spent about 25 minutes 30 minutes during a series of knots that allowed my hair to support all of my weight.

It's just a metal ring and a rope. People always think your whole act is beautiful, but there are so many people involved in my act. Make this happen. I have people call me, they know my act and they know exactly the time to get up and down, and people press the button to make the motor run. I have to trust that they did their job so I can do mine, that's a very important thing. I have a lot of confidence before going on stage. It changes every day. You know, sometimes I'm a little sadder or sometimes I'm a lot happier, so I try to calm down, relax, breathe and prepare to connect with almost 3,000.

People, I have to give all this energy, so I need to be very, very calm. I can't do the same thing every day because I'm not the same every day, so I used that to make my act more real, so it's not just choreography. repetition every day to make them fresher Serkis is not about being someone else it is about being you and showing yourself as you are with all your fears desires and that is what makes it so special it is about being you in front of so many other people every day is a different reaction like the screams are even like laughing when they applaud and show me that they would like to perform I feel good,

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you did your job you can go home they like that they are with you they are applauding are you here you your