138: A Look Into Extraordinary Bodies with Billy Alwen
“If you want to change who’s in the audience, you need to change who’s onstage.” is the firm credo under which circus director Billy Alwen and his collaborators built Extraordinary Bodies- which focuses on representation for disabled circus artists. --------------------------------------------------- Please won’t you be a Patreon?: http://www.patreon.com/theartistathlete This podcast is dedicated to CIRCUS. Aerialist, Shannon McKenna interviews guests from acrobats in Cirque du Soleil to circus therapists and everyone in between. Learn the backstage lives of those who flip, twist, sparkle, and shine under the big top. Find her online: www.theartistathlete.com Facebook: theartistathlete IG: @the_artist_athlete --------------------------------------------------- Extraordinary Bodies Website: https://www.extraordinarybodies.org.uk/ Watch Humans: https://youtu.be/rgRGN08_W30 Cirque Bijou: https://www.cirquebijou.co.uk/ Guardian Article: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/oct/05/circus-extraordinary-bodies-human