Emily Hughes

aerialist/actress/performance artist

<br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(50, 50, 50); font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, geneva; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 1px; "><table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr height="183"><td align="left" valign="top" width="485" height="183"><span class="copy" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, georgia; "><b>Emily </b>is a performer because she believes in the power of storytelling. Now at the ripe age of 27,&nbsp;she&nbsp;</span><span class="copy" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, georgia; ">already has more than 15 years experience in the "circus" world under her belt, including more than 13 teaching and more than 10 performing in a professional environment. Aside from co-founding her own arts collective (http://www.herciniarts.com), she's worked with such reputable companies as Cirque Sublime, Zero Gravity Circus, SmartCulture, Suspended Animation Circus, A2D2, Flam Chen (in Tucson, Arizona) and Toronto Aerial Dance as well as being a part of several independant initiatives. Her diverse background has led her to perform in venues ranging from The Air Canada Centre for a Raptors' Game to art galleries and the streets of Toronto as part of Nuit Blanche. Emily is also an alumnae of Ryerson University's Theatre Performance: Acting program. There, she learned, under chair Perry Schneiderman, &nbsp;that Clown Lessons are Life Lessons with Leah Cherniak, to "Take it personally, don't take it personally" and "Keep it Simple, Stupid" with Marianne McIsaac, that there is Freedom in Style with Peter Wylde, and, above all else, the value of creating one's own work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div>

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