This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Vicente Quirós, a 60-year-old circus performer who works with Cirque du Soleil. It has been edited for length and clarity.
As I grew up, my father saw I had good balance, so my brother and I tried the high-wire. We immediately did it very well. Despite high-wire being the most difficult art in the circus, we chose it to be our art and have been doing it for 40 years now.At the time, we had animals. I saw one elephant like he was my brother. The spirit within the circus was really nice; I'd play football with the other kids, and I was always surrounded by my family. Everybody took care of each other.
It's normal for high-wire artists to fall, like a football player breaking their leg or a Formula One driver crashing their car. I'm lucky that I've only ever fallen twice in my whole career, and that both falls were from low heights. I was only out for a couple of weeks.My brother and I had entered a circus competition in Monte Carlo in front of the Prince of Monaco. We were the first high-wire artists to ever win it, and our prize was to join Cirque du Soleil.
I don't have to cook for myself anymore, as Cirque du Soleil has an amazing kitchen. We have three chefs who tour with us, and depending on where we are in the world, we get a local chef to cook for us too.
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