For an artist, the act of auditioning comes with a host of challenges. Anxiety about the audition process in and of itself is enough to discourage the average person. The reality for most who endure the long lines hoping to secure a place in a show, program or school, etc., is often a series of…
Of all the many trapeze artists I’ve had the pleasure to present, not a single one ever considered such a career in flight as a plan B or something to hold them over until their real dream kicked in. The trapeze is either for you or it is not; and you know it in your…
Imagine there’s nowhere you can go where you are not the curiosity that tempts roving eyes and odd glances. Imagine that your very presence evokes a profile in the imagination of others, which instinctively limits who and what you are. Not all of us have the luxury of concealing that which might conjure the base…
Adrielle Alves had a secret. A secret she’d been clinging to since joining Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey approximately four years earlier. Initially, she was hired to perform alongside the featured flying trapeze ensemble. She immediately proved herself remarkably capable for flight — performing everything from layouts to double and triple somersaults in midair….
The Coolest Black Family in America, No. 58: The Iversons YES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS PRODUCED ONE OF OUR COOLEST BLACK FAMILIES EVER! MEET PRISCILLA AND JOHNATHAN LEE IVERSON ByALEXANDRA PHANOR-FAURY RELATED TAGS coolest black family in america Ringmaster Johnathan Lee Iverson with wife Priscilla and kids When the Iversons were growing…
We met over 13 years ago upon my return from a very brief vacation following the conclusion of my first tour, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents The Living Carousel. The company was abuzz about our new arrivals, Brazilian dancers. At least the men were. After all, who hadn’t heard of the stunning beauty…
