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Owner Spotlight - Gregg Curtis!

11/16/2015

So who is this Gregg Curtis, some of you may be wondering?
For those of you who don't know this crazy genius, Gregg is kind of a big deal. His creativity has propelled him through an incredible international career in the performing arts starting with his time as a
national champion gymnast.
Gregg trained at the US Olympic Training Center from 1990-1993 and was at one time the best male gymnast in America. (He was one of the first men to be able to do a triple back!)

From there, Cirque du Soleil recruited Gregg to be in the creation team and perform in a tumble track act in Alegria. That is still a huge part of the show today.
Cirque du Soleil, Alegria

Gregg then went on to perform on the John Hancock Tour of Gymnastics Champions. He performed physical comedy acts with his self-created character Seymore Crashin':

"The hardest thing to do is to do something bad really well."

Gregg, along with his incredibly talented wife Carmen, performed in a critically acclaimed, off-broadway, aerial theatre production called
De La Guarda. They toured with De La Guarda and captained the Las Vegas version of the show.

Enjoy this hilarious commercial and clips from De La Guarda. :)

Gregg and Carmen later moved to Las Vegas and was on the creative team to develop the show Le Reve at the Wynn Hotel. This show is still available to see and one of the most phenomenal shows in Las Vegas. You can see pictures of the creation on the wall right when you walk into the studio.

Gregg continued being a creative consultant for Cirque Du Soleil and was the creative director for the "Believe" after-party attended by 4000 Cirque du Soleil guests.

Gregg & Carmen took some time away from the spotlight when they moved to Ventura. They wanted to create a space for their kids and the community to train at a high level with encouragement, rather than negative reinforcement.

They still spent 2 of those summers, in Austria creating a piece for the Bregenz Opera Festival: Andre Chenier. The footage is a testament to the vast range Gregg has a creative director.

Bregenz Opera Festival -

Gregg has also recently worked with Julie Taymor. He designed, installed and developed the flying effects for the production of:

A Midsummer Nights Dream -

Gregg has most recently worked with Miley Cyrus, America's Got Talent, The Gap, Wanderlust Yoga Festival, and the Redbull High Performance Team. He is a non-stop guy with amazing talents. When he is home, Gregg spends time with his beautiful family, works on the creative direction of the studio, and surfs.

The Aerial Studio is fortunate to have Gregg and his many gifts and talents around this space!

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Gregg's been BUSY!!!

11/9/2015

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October was crazy busy for Gregg!
He was the Technical Producer for #FuerzaBruta at the #AdobeMaxBash2015. Working with Special Occassion Events. He was responsible for all the technical aspects of bringing the Mylar number from Buenos Aires, Argentina and ensuring that we were able to comply with an extremely technical rider.
Can imagine when you are moving a pool of water with six people on it over the audiences head - Yikes!
It was an honor for him to work with the director Fabio who's character Gregg had played 10 years ago in Delaguarda.

He was also working with the Red Bull High Performance Team Athletes (#RBHighperformance) in the "performing under pressure workshop series". Along side Cirque Du Soleil Director and my former cast-mate Benoit Potvin, we offered these athletes a glimpse of the creative process of Cirque Du Soleil. The athletes involved where:
Kirsten Sweetland, Sarah Hendrickson, Tatum Monod, Michelle Parker, Mike "Flamesword" Chavez, JT Holmes, Aaron Colton, Bobby Brown, DK Walsh, Shaun Walsh, Will Weisman, Alex Debelov, Jake Paul.

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Owner Spotlight - Gregg Curtis!

Gregg's been BUSY!!!

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