Giovanna Gatto

Sabrina McGrath – Why I Love Circus! (Student Series)

by Giovanna Gatto

My interview with A2D2 Hoop student Sabrina McGrath ~ Q: If someone had asked you two years ago if you would ever take an aerial class, what would have been your reaction? A: I would love to….where do I sign up?   I’m always open to trying something new so I definitely would have been [...]

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Gabriella DeBartolo – Why I Love Circus! (Student Series)

by Giovanna Gatto

Continuing with our circus interview series, I decided to check out the amazing students of A2D2’s C2 (Cirque Centre) for a special Cirque Student Addition.  Since November of 2010, we have had almost a full year of aerial classes and they are going great.  Many of the students have been with C2 from the beginning [...]

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Molly Keczan – Interview

by Giovanna Gatto

My Interview with Toronto Aerialist Molly Keczan ~ Q: How did you get started? A: My interest in circus started when I was about 10 years old after seeing Cirque Du Soleil perform Alegria here in Toronto. At the time I was training as a rhythmic gymnast which I continued competing in at a national [...]

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Emily Hughes – Interview

by Giovanna Gatto

My Interview with Toronto Aerialist Emily Hughes ~ Q: How did you get started? A: I started out going to circus camp at Harbourfront when I was about 8 years old. I fell in love instantly and we found out that the woman who ran the camp, Marsha, also offered classes year round at a [...]

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Mark Segal – Interview

by Giovanna Gatto

My Interview with Toronto Aerialist Mark Segal ~ Q:  How did you get started? A: I got started about ten years ago when a girlfriend of mine came home and told me there was a circus school in Toronto.  She’d found out because she was a dancer and was doing a club job where she [...]

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Jennifer Fell – Interview

by Giovanna Gatto

When I tell people; “I work as a circus performer,” I always get: “So you’re a clown?” or “So you’ve run away and joined a circus now, have you?”  For me, I haven’t physically “run away” (unless if you count Mississauga as far from North York, then I run away at least four times a [...]

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Kirsten Edwards – Interview

by Giovanna Gatto

When I tell people; “I work as a circus performer,” I always get: “So you’re a clown?” or “So you’ve run away and joined a circus now, have you?”  For me, I haven’t physically “run away” (unless if you count Mississauga as far from North York, then I run away at least four times a [...]

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Jamie Holmes Interview

by Giovanna Gatto

When I tell people; “I work as a circus performer,” I always get: “So you’re a clown?” or “So you’ve run away and joined a circus now, have you?”  For me, I haven’t physically “run away” (unless if you count Mississauga as far from North York, then I run away at least four times a [...]

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Cassandra Chung Interview

by Giovanna Gatto

When I tell people; “I work as a circus performer,” I always get: “So you’re a clown?” or “So you’ve run away and joined a circus now, have you?”  For me, I haven’t physically “run away” (unless if you count Mississauga as far from North York, then I run away at least four times a week) [...]

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A2D2 Directors Interview

by Giovanna Gatto

When I tell people; “I work as a circus performer,” I always get: “So you’re a clown?” or “So you’ve run away and joined a circus now, have you?”  For me, I haven’t physically “run away” (unless if you count Mississauga as far from North York, then I run away at least four times a week) [...]

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Aerial Hammock Workshop 1

by Giovanna Gatto

C2 hosted an aerial hammock workshop on Saturday May 7th taught by the lovely Cassandra Chung.  I, along with the other students who attended the class, learned a brand new apparatus and a lot of different tricks which incorporate maneuvers from both aerial hoop and aerial silks apparatus’.  What a fun class! Hammock Maneuver – [...]

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