Christine Cadeau: Skipping a Way to Join the Cirque

From competitive jump rope/rope skipping to performing with Cirque du Soleil in their show Quidam to co-founding Zacada Circus School, Christine Cadeau pulls back the curtain a bit for us on her time with Cirque and her career in circus and jump rope/skipping.

You can find Christine, Zacada Circus School, and their Ninja Warrrior program on the Zacada Circus School website. 

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The Rope Wrap:
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Your hosts:
Carly Simpson- @carlyssimpson
Chris Brown- @prodigalzephyr

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 3:29 The early years of the sport
• 4:48 Competitive gymnastics and jump rope
• 8:02 From the sport to Cirque
• 8:58 Jump rope in Cirque
• 12:24 Training for Cirque
• 17:19 Cirque travels
• 21:47 Teaching a significant other to jump
• 24:36 Typical performance day
• 28:04 Creativity vs. repetitive performance and burnout
• 32:59 Artistic license
• 35:42 Spoilers! Life after Cirque
• 39:04 Starting a circus school
• 41:01 Adult circus classes: Carly attends!
• 43:00 Circus classes for all
• 46:55 Ninja warrior program
• 48:00 Pandemic effects
• 52:26 Teaching/learning to perform
• 1:02:04 The magnitude of what Christine has done
• 1:02:58 Advice: going from competition to performing professionally
• 1:05:39 Zacada
• 1:10:41 It’s a small world