'When I first got into circus school, I was afraid of heights,' aerialist Sante Fortunato (Santedf) tells hereandnow. She's now a performer with Cirque.
I would just practice tricks at a low height, and then all of a sudden, you feel like, 'Oh, I feel comfortable.' And then like the coach brings you a little higher. 'Oh, this feels fine.' And then a little higher, and then you trust yourself."Corteo" is an Italian word meaning cortège or procession. Partly inspired by a Federico Fellini film, the show follows a clown watching his own funeral take place.
"I did aerial hoop at the National Circus School Of Montreal along with hula hoops and contortion, and then I started working like for different companies all around the world. And then I started with Cirque. The job opportunity was to work on an arrow chandelier, which I had never done before. If you're an aerialist and you do like dance trapeze or aerial hoop, you can learn how to do aerials on a chandelier.
"I honestly just had a lot of fun. I grew up doing dance for 10 years, and I did rhythmic gymnastics for five years, and then I heard about a circus college in Montreal. And then I applied and got in and I didn't really know much about it. I just live life in the moment, and I enjoyed what I was doing at the moment, and I still enjoy what I'm doing today.""That's probably the hardest part of the show.
"I feel like I saw a woman once be like, 'Wow!' and like I could just see ... the sincerity in her expression. Or I even just other moments in the show where it's more just like character work, not an acrobatic act, and you can really get to look into the audience and see just a little kid be super happy and like just so engaged, and that's really rewarding.
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