Mark Schreiber
Published: 2024-02-12
Total Pages: 0
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In 2003 Olga Sidorova retired as one of the world's top trapezists. She had performed around the world with Cirque du Soleil and before that with the Moscow State Circus. I had written a book about her called Dreams of the Solo Trapeze: Offstage with the Cirque du Soleil, and we remained great friends. A few years ago she asked me to write another book that would be a kind of manifesto of her vision for the future of aerial arts, as exemplified by her aerial studio in Sydney, Dancing in the Air, where she trained everyone from beginners to teachers to world-class performers. But over time this project evolved into something more than a photo book about the aerial arts. It became an intimate memoir of her journey after trapeze, into becoming an Australian citizen and putting down roots after a life of travel; of reinventing herself as a university student, an entrepreneur, a coach, a mother. I think this is a beautiful work that transcends aerial arts, that would be of interest to Australians, to women, to those battling mental illness, to mothers and mothers to be. There are lots of books that claim to be inspirational, but Olga's journey is truly a singular one. She has both literally and figuratively leapt over Life's many hurdles!Mark Schreiber