On this episode of the Live Like An Acrobat Podcast, host Shenea Stiletto interviews Founder of the
Las Vegas Circus Center Michelle Hunt. She, together with her husband
Brand Hunt, founded the center in 2018, and all of the center’s setups are designed to the exact specifications of Strip shows for the athletes’ convenience, which explains why so many artists from Cirque, Spiegelworld, and other shows spend so much time training there. The massive warehouse space offers plenty of space for weightlifting, aerobic workouts, and dance training in addition to its vast collection of specialized circus arts apparatuses, everything from teeterboards to Russian swings. There’s even an “American Ninja Warrior”-style stunt course.
Acrobat, Podcaster, Circus Artist, Handstand Instructor -United States Shenea Stiletto (Shenea Booth) is a two-time World Champion Gold Medalist in Acrobatic gymnastics, a USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame Member, and World Acrobatic Society Inductee. Her career includes a decade of collaborations with Cirque Du Soleil including the coveted hand balancing role as "The Promise" in Varekai, becoming the first-ever African American female soloist to play a lead character in a Cirque Du Soleil production.
Shenea was also a finalist on America’s Got Talent and has continued to be a featured artist with prominent circus entertainment companies worldwide.
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