One of only a handful of U.S.-based circus artists specializing in German wheel, Carly Schuna is a five-time competitive wheel gymnastics national champion as well as a highly acclaimed, certified coach of multiple award-winning wheel athletes. With over a decade of training, coaching, and performance experience, Carly also performs professionally in static trapeze, juggling, and tricks with her dog, Piper.
With a style characterized by high-level technique and dynamic, momentum-based skills, Carly enjoys creating senses of tension and wonder in her work and lives for the moments when her audiences gasp or scream. As a kid and young adult, Carly was never active and constantly had her nose stuck in a book. She often felt like a brain without a body. After discovering wheel in 2012, Carly's entire life changed when she began hard physical training. Now, she sometimes feels like a body without a brain!
Carly’s brand-new solo production, “Inspire,” features all of her movement disciplines in a whimsical, 45-minute show that explores the relationship between the human brain, heart, gut, and lungs while taking on the concept of how our bodies can work both for us and against us. Carly is based in Madison, Wisconsin, where she is a founder and executive board member of the Madison Circus Space. When not coaching or performing, Carly works for her three very demanding doggos, who do not appreciate respectfully defying death.
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