The Joy of Practice (Advice from a Circus Performer)
Avi Pryntz-Nadworny
Growing up in Rochester, NY, Avi spent his youth bouncing between a fascination with animation and a playful obsession with juggling and gymnastics. His interest in animation eventually brought him to Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where he studied Graphic Design and New Media before the lack of movement made him decide to audition for a circus school in Quebec City, Canada. Two years later, he landed a job with Cirque du Soleil and began working as an acrobat and fire juggler in Les Chemins invisibles. After the show ended he traveled across to Europe to study Tumbling and Cyr wheel at the Italian school FLIC Scuola di Circo. A few years later, he made the move back to Rochester to join the critically acclaimed company, PUSH Physical Theatre.
Throughout his career he has performed all over America and Europe as a soloist and with companies such as: Cirque Gravity, CirqOvation, Airplay Juggling, and Cirq’ulation Locale. He was also a finalist on TruTV’s Fake Off.