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Circus Star USA is an annual circus arts competition attracting emerging circus artist from around the world. Circus Star USA is produced by The Aerial Classroom circus school in Los Angeles. The competition is judged by leading circus and entertainment industry professionals; the audience also gets to participate by voting for their favorite acts.
The goal of Circus Star USA is to help expand and connect the ever-growing circus community. It offers a place for up-and-coming talent to showcase their performance to industry leaders, peers, and potential clients while competing for prizes.
Management
Circus Star USA is produced and managed by Jessica Piekos & Linda Souza.
Jessica is the owner and head instructor of The Aerial Classroom. Before starting her aerial arts career nearly 14 years ago, Jessica trained in and performed ballet, modern, and jazz dance with the Nashville Ballet.
Jessica has enjoyed a successful international modeling and acting career, which brought her to stages all over the world including Paris, Milan, London, and New York. She has performed on and trained in many aerial apparatuses, including tissue, hoop, hammock, Spanish web, trapeze, stilt dancing, and several specialty apparatuses such as aerial chains, cube and fire hoop. In 2005, Jessica opened The Aerial Classroom. Today her studio is one of the top aerial schools in Los Angeles, producing performers who have gone on to successful careers with companies such as Cirque du Soleil, Ringling Brothers, Sea World, and Club Med.
Linda Souza, has trained and performed in a number of choreographed circus shows and concerts over the past six years. As an instructor at The Aerial Classroom since 2012, Linda enjoys helping others build strength and confidence in the aerial arts while developing their own style. A lifelong proponent of physical and mental fitness and discipline, Linda trained in mixed martial arts for nearly a decade prior to learning aerial acrobatics, earning a black belt and teaching for several years.
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