"Cirque dreams are up in air
Acrobats, gymnasts and dancers train their whole lives for this big audition." -
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-cirque0506nov05,0,861443.story?coll=sfla-news-florida
[quote]Michelle Vera has an idea. An 18-year-old college student from Miami, Vera has trained as a gymnast since she was 5 and long dreamed of making the Olympics. She left public school after fifth grade, so home schooling could be organized around 40 or more hours a week of gymnastics. Last year she made the national gymnastics team. But when a former teammate who had gotten hired by Cirque told her about opportunities, Vera rushed a tape and resume into the mail.
She had seen Cirque's touring show Alegria and almost overnight developed a new dream.[/quote]
