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Vote for Dan C. !!!

Sep 12, 2007
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A while ago I got an email from Jeff Raz the director of the clown conservatory and current clown touring with the Cirque du Soleil's "Corteo".

"ABC7 and Cirque Du Soleil are running a contest and looking for entries...

Entrants can win a day behind the scenes at Cirque Du Soleil, meet the cast & directors, and spend the day with the Cirque family.

We are looking for people to show off their talents, whether it is dancing, singing, juggling, acrobatics, anything goes!

Just submit a 1 minute or less video to ABC7 (details attached)

The videos will be sent to a casting director with Cirque and they will pick the top 5 videos. Those five videos will then be placed on abc7news.com and the public will vote for their favorite."

WINNER: Winners will receive a day long experience with Cirque du Soleil during one (1) Bay Area performance of KOOZA. Prize also includes two (2) Tapis Rouge tickets to see one (1) Bay Area performance of KOOZA. ARV of prize: $599.00 US

Guess what:
I received an email saying I've made it to the final voting round.

Please vote for Dan C. From San Francisco and help make my dreams come true! (Please note there is also another Daniel C. from Martinez)

The voting period will last until October 1^st. Just follow the link below to vote!

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/index?section=contest_sweepstakes&id=5509750

You can see my video here:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=contest_sweepstakes&id=5653455

Inspirational Chinese Acrobatics - 2004 & 2006

Mar 28, 2007
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Amazing

As a performer, I make every effort to catch live performances whenever I can. I've probably seen over one hundred live shows over the last 9 years. During Thanksgiving 2004, I had the opportunity to travel to China with my family. We purchased a package including airfare from SF, lodging for seven days, and food for under $900. During this trip we saw on amazing acrobatic act in in Beijing. Pictured above is my favorite act from the show.

In November of 2006, I had another opportunity to visit China again. This time we visited, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, and Xian. The purpose of this trip was to watch the "The Seventh Wuhan Optics Valley International Acrobatic Art Festival of China". When we were presented our badges for the festival we tags had Guest of Honor labeled on them. My master trainer Lu Yi is highly respected in America's circus circle and now I found out that he is famous in China as well. Below is a picture of two people training. They two held this pose for over 45 minutes!

Head to Head

Next we traveled to a school in Nanjing and saw this girl do 200 handstand pushups in the period of 20 minutes with out touching the floor.

Nanjing Circus School

More at the Circus School

Here's a video of some of the mad skills we saw. The first video is of children training at Shanghai and Nanjing Circus Schools. The next video are highlights from the Wuhan Acrobatic Festival.