My name is Damien Ball-Grote, I’m just a 21 year old boy who has danced for 17 years and counting. I was born and raised here in Missouri, St. Louis. But where I live isn’t the place for Arts, I don’t wanna just go to a regular performing arts collage because I want to grow as a performer in different genres of dance and I know cirque is the perfect opportunity for that. The training in cirque isn’t to train what your already good at it’s to challenge you ! take a rough diamond and polish it also the growth of the performers with in cirque is massive and astonishing to see as well so many people audition with one talent but gain many more with in he time of being apart of the cirque family. I’ve trained in all Art forms of Dance, such as Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop, Lyrcial, Muscial Theatre, Modern, and Acro ( Tumbling, Silks, Trampoline, Wall running and etc. ) My aunt lyricka Holmes ( Ex singer member of cirque ) told me to apply because she sees the fire and passion I have behind me on growing and being challenged as a dancer/performer.