the Amazing Sladek

Gary Sladek is amazing, he does this funny, artsy ,cool comedy trampoline act.

He does handstands, chair balance.He is a great performer.

Eggrole says, " you and Sladek!! every show is like Broadway for you!!"

He is a dancer , singer, pied piper, aerialist very cool person.

Wendy B and he are a couple, they are so alike yet so different.

I am very very lucky he is on this show. He is my ground guy for trapeze and he is excellent.

trapeze

single trapeze with iron jaw..that is my act..

I have been performing this act since 1987...

A few amazing people have given me notes or taught me something and they deserve credit because you are only a product of your environment...

Marshall Eckelman -musical inspiration

Elisa King -Graham dance teacher and amazing musical dancer

The Corvinos -most amazing ballet teachers on planet earth

Karen Flanagan- first gig with trapeze and great director

Elaine Ostroff- harsh honest notes

Earl Ostroff- work ethic

Tavana Luvas -aerial greatness

Elvin Bale- keep your legs together when swinging and when you hook your knees over the bar don't dawdle and do something with your hair..that hair, do you have a hairbrush?? ok so maybe I am making that part up

Gary Sladek -keep your legs straight when you pass under the bar

Meg Emery-aerial greatness

blue skies smilin at me

I believe we have worked outside with the poles 9 times...

There is nothing that toughens you up like battling the elements..being cold in a tent ain't nothing compared to grabbing your fabric and negotiating the breeze. Sometimes one gets stuck in the fabric when your big top is the big night sky.. It is remarkable and beautiful. It is hard, it is a challenge and it is very satisfying to have won at the end of the day.

We have managed to cowgirl up ...I am maybe a wee bit sore..

JL has a remarkable voice. Listening to him croon is a treat.nuff said

timing is everything

easiest poles set up today!! yay!! it was actually fun!

except for trying to move the big box of webs and gouging my palm with a nail...I am such a martyr..

coo;l and cloudy..wondering about rain.

you think about that stuff when you work outside..

can you say bombay martini?

can you say panhandle?

I did hot yoga on the day off. It was amazing..

Fresia the dark fairy..halloween

and then there was one

Well Elise got sick and had to take four days off...on a small show that doesn't always work out..kind of bummed me out..she had so much potential, maybe she is too delicate..not everyone is cut out for this rough and tumble life..she took direction well and is quite lovery in the air..she is young and perhaps doesn't have that passion, that fire, that whatever it is to perform..you gottta have some kind of passion

Abby is a lot tougher...she is driven a little different than Elise.. also Elise had a boyfriend..he was very spoiled and lazy and expected things. I think he is a negative influence...hard work is not bad for you. especially when you are young..I am rambling.

The Dykes have their new trailer. YAY for them.

intermission