orlando youth circus LLC
After leaving the circus, she created and presented a single trapeze act at a dinner theater and a Spanish web act at a night club, both in the Orlando area.
For the past ten years, she has been sharing her love of the circus by teaching workshops for at-risk youth through an outreach program of Cirque du Soleil. She founded Orlando Youth Circus in 2007 to enrich the lives of Central Florida youth by offering a unique opportunity to experience the physical, emotional and social benefits of circus arts through classes and camps.
about
the
director
Grace Brett ran away with the circus at the age of 19 when she joined Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus as a showgirl. For this classically trained dancer, the circus presented opportunities she hadn’t previously considered. The clowns taught her how to juggle and she learned basic aerial skills from the acrobats. She spent the next four years touring the United States and Japan, and has never been able to shake the sequins from her heart.
photo by Michael Cairns
music by Cirkestra