Life's a circus for teenager Remi
from--mydailynews.com.au
Emma Galliott
8th October 2012
YOUR average 13-year-old might spend their free time playing their Xbox 360 until all hours of the morning, but not Remi Rodriguez.
Instead the fit teen spends his time practising acts for his family's travelling circus.
Remi is a seventh generation family member and a crucial part of the Ashton Entertainment circus which travels all over Australia for the majority of the year.
He has only been a teenager for two weeks but has already decided he wants to be a performer for the rest of his life.
Being born into a family of performers it was inevitable that Remi would have at least a little bit of talent in his blood.
"When I started performing I was 16 months old," he said.
"I did bareback riding with the granddad and my aunty and I still remember it."
More than a decade later the teen said he had moved on to more technical stunts.
He has since developed into a seasoned performer, adding tumbling, clowning and modelling to his growing repertoire
Remi Rodriguez, 13, atop a stack of chairs.
John Gass
"I now perform on the high chairs," he said.
Remi stacks four chairs on top of each other and then balances and performs handstands on the top of them.
"When I really wanted to learn it took about a week to be able to do it," he said.
"When I first did it in front of people I was nervous because it was pretty much a full house.
"It then got easier but then got harder again and now it's easy again."
He said the surface of the circus floor made a massive difference to his performance.
"If there are holes or rocks it can make things a bit shaky, but usually it's okay," he said.
Remi still has not suffered a fall from the tricky stunt.
His mother, Tamara, is the world's fastest speed juggler and she taught her son how to perform a handstand.
read more---
http://www.mydailynews.com.au/story/2012/10/08/remis-life-in-the-spotlight/
from--mydailynews.com.au
Emma Galliott
8th October 2012
YOUR average 13-year-old might spend their free time playing their Xbox 360 until all hours of the morning, but not Remi Rodriguez.
Instead the fit teen spends his time practising acts for his family's travelling circus.
Remi is a seventh generation family member and a crucial part of the Ashton Entertainment circus which travels all over Australia for the majority of the year.
He has only been a teenager for two weeks but has already decided he wants to be a performer for the rest of his life.
Being born into a family of performers it was inevitable that Remi would have at least a little bit of talent in his blood.
"When I started performing I was 16 months old," he said.
"I did bareback riding with the granddad and my aunty and I still remember it."
He has since developed into a seasoned performer, adding tumbling, clowning and modelling to his growing repertoire
Remi Rodriguez, 13, atop a stack of chairs.
John Gass
"I now perform on the high chairs," he said.
Remi stacks four chairs on top of each other and then balances and performs handstands on the top of them.
"When I really wanted to learn it took about a week to be able to do it," he said.
"When I first did it in front of people I was nervous because it was pretty much a full house.
"It then got easier but then got harder again and now it's easy again."
He said the surface of the circus floor made a massive difference to his performance.
"If there are holes or rocks it can make things a bit shaky, but usually it's okay," he said.
Remi still has not suffered a fall from the tricky stunt.
His mother, Tamara, is the world's fastest speed juggler and she taught her son how to perform a handstand.
read more---
http://www.mydailynews.com.au/story/2012/10/08/remis-life-in-the-spotlight/
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