Difference between revisions of "Pedro and Tatiana Carrillo"
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Tatiana Scetkovska was born in Dagupils, Latvia. She began training in circus acrobatics when she was thirteen, eventually becoming a proficient hand-balancer, contortionist, and aerialist. She and Pedro met while performing in Berlin. They decided to get together, and Tatiana began training on the high wire. At the same time, she and Pedro worked on a trapeze act, taking advantage of both Pedro’s experience as a catcher and Tatiana’s experience as an aerialist. | Tatiana Scetkovska was born in Dagupils, Latvia. She began training in circus acrobatics when she was thirteen, eventually becoming a proficient hand-balancer, contortionist, and aerialist. She and Pedro met while performing in Berlin. They decided to get together, and Tatiana began training on the high wire. At the same time, she and Pedro worked on a trapeze act, taking advantage of both Pedro’s experience as a catcher and Tatiana’s experience as an aerialist. | ||
| − | In 1995, Pedro and Tatiana married and went on their own with their trapeze act and a new high-wire act. They have performed all over the world, including a two-year engagement with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], a season with [[Circo Mundial]] in Spain, and another with the [[Big Apple Circus]] in New York and | + | In 1995, Pedro and Tatiana married and went on their own with their trapeze act and a new high-wire act. They have performed all over the world, including a two-year engagement with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], a season with [[Circo Mundial]] in Spain, and another with the [[Big Apple Circus]] in New York and other U.S. cities. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 03:46, 6 January 2009
Trapeze
By Dominique Jando
Born in Cali, Columbia and raised in Joliet, Illinois, Pedro Carillo, Jr. is the son of the legendary high-wire artist Pedro Carillo. When he was eighteen, Pedro, Jr. began his professional circus career as a catcherIn an acrobatic or a flying act, the person whose role is to catch acrobats that have been propelled in the air. for the Flying Españas. Two years later, he joined his father’s high-wire act. He continued his training, gradually acquiring his father’s outstanding skills as a wirewalker.
Tatiana Scetkovska was born in Dagupils, Latvia. She began training in circus acrobatics when she was thirteen, eventually becoming a proficient hand-balancer, contortionist, and aerialistAny acrobat working above the ring on an aerial equipment such as trapeze, Roman Rings, Spanish web, etc.. She and Pedro met while performing in Berlin. They decided to get together, and Tatiana began training on the high wireA tight, heavy metallic cable placed high above the ground, on which wire walkers do crossings and various acrobatic exercises. Not to be confused with a tight wire.. At the same time, she and Pedro worked on a trapeze act, taking advantage of both Pedro’s experience as a catcherIn an acrobatic or a flying act, the person whose role is to catch acrobats that have been propelled in the air. and Tatiana’s experience as an aerialistAny acrobat working above the ring on an aerial equipment such as trapeze, Roman Rings, Spanish web, etc..
In 1995, Pedro and Tatiana married and went on their own with their trapeze act and a new high-wire act. They have performed all over the world, including a two-year engagement with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, a season with Circo Mundial in Spain, and another with the Big Apple Circus in New York and other U.S. cities.
See also
- Video: Pedro & Tatiana Carillo, Trapeze Act, in the Big Apple Circus production of Carnevale! (2002)
