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Shana

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About Me

I grew up in Natick, MA, and went to Washington, DC for college. Decided after 1 year of college that I needed to be a circus performer. Went to England, spent a year finding myself at Circomedia. Back in DC, finished school, moved to Philadelphia. Married Greg, performed for a few years as a juggler/stiltwalker/trapeze artist etc., and then started teaching & having kids!Currently: I have just opened the Philadelphia School of Circus Arts (www.phillycircus.com) Business is skyrocketing, the press is great, and life has sailed into a new chapter.I have 3 beautiful children: Baz is 5, Ayla is 3, and Isa is 1.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who loves the circus...

My Blog

Max

Last week, we had to put our beloved Rottweiler, Max, to sleep.  It was Thursday evening, and when I got home, he couldn't get up.  It turns out that he had a tumor on his spleen, which rupt...
Posted by Shana on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:33:00 PST

Merry Christmas

Christmas is finally coming to a close, it's been so much excitement around here.  It was the first year that I had children old enough to really anticipate Santa coming, and they were dragg...
Posted by Shana on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:02:00 PST

Space

I should not be surprised at this point that the long-anticipated new studio space has again slipped from my grasp.  This time, I'm hoping, it's temporary.  Here's what happened: For se...
Posted by Shana on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:09:00 PST

Vent

   This is hard.  In the big picture, having a small gang of children is what I wanted; but right now, this moment, it is feeling like a sort of hell.  The demands of my 4-yea...
Posted by Shana on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 06:53:00 PST

Mom (for the 3rd time)

So I am finally done with pregnancy, and baby Isa has joined our family.  I am immersed in the postpartum fog.  Dizzy with lack of sleep. Marveling at Isa's tininess.  And somehow ...
Posted by Shana on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:16:00 PST