Emma Magazine - CASE

27When she joined a circusschool in Italy, this alumnafound her footing.aerialathleteHow it all startedI began taking silks classes around two and halfyears ago because my mother, of all people, toldme she thought I’d enjoy flying. After about ayear of on-and-off classes and lots of fun with theBrooklyn/New York circus community, I felt thepull to go deeper. I started the professional programpart time at the Circus Warehouse in Queens doingsilks and flying trapeze (the best thing ever), ballet,and stretching classes. The school is absolutelygreat but too expensive to do full time and not ascomplete of an education as I realized I desired.Full-time, rigorous circus schools exist primarilyin Europe with a few in South and North Americaand Russia. My sister had twin boys in August of2011 in Italy so that helped me decide to headtoward Europe, as did the fact that I speak Frenchand Italian. I did some research, packed up my lifeand flew to Milan. A fantastic teacher of mine fromthe Circus Warehouse had mentioned she had seensome cool stuff come out of FLIC in Turin, so Iheaded there and there I stayed.Summer 2012