  Anaïs Guimond President and creator of Atlantic Cirque Head Coach At the age of 5, Anaïs took some ballet before developing her new passion for theatre and gymnastics. After a few years in gymnastics but still doing theatre (for 8 years), she also practiced other sports competitively such as basketball and alpine skiing. It was in her last year of high school when she discovered what would eventually become her career and something that would change the rest of her life: The Art of Circus. After just a few months of training on her bungee-trapeze, she went to Orlando, Florida, to perform for the first time as a professional acrobat. She performed in "Elastics Gymnastics", a show concept created by Yves Millord and Bill Brown. Following these performances, she went to Montreal for two weeks training with aerial specialist Andre Simard, at the Cirque de Soleil studios. In 1997, she left Quebec City to go to Las Vegas with her partner at the time. While he performed in Cirque du Soleil's show "Mystere", Anaïs trained in Cirque's studio, improving her bungee-trapeze act, as well as her hand-balancing techniques. Before returning to Québec City, Anaïs performed forty more shows with "Elastic Gymnastics" at the Tuscon Annual Fair in Arizona. She then returned to Quebec, where she and her partner opened their own circus school, "Cirque de l'Odyssee". While teaching circus courses, Anaïs started to work on a new solo routine on her trapeze. Nine months later she was hired by the first permanent Cabaret of Quebec "Les Folie's de Paris" where she performed as a bungee-trapeze artist and dancer for three years, a total of 500 shows. She then accepted an offer from the Cabaret "Le Théâtre de Nouveautés" in Montreal where she performed her act for more than 100 shows. In 2001, she was added as co-host of the "Caribbean Workout" for over sixty shows taped on location in Barbados. Later that year, she moved to Halifax to work on the TV series "Made in Canada". Since 2003, Anaïs has been the French spokesperson and voice talent for Superstores in Atlantic Canada. Since coming to Halifax, her main objective has been to open Atlantic Canada's first and only school for circus arts: Atlantic Cirque Agency and School. Atlantic Cirque has been a great success since its opening in September 2002 and now counts over 100 registrations per session. After almost 5 years in business, Atlantic Canada's first professional circus troupe was finally born. Cirque Siana presented its first show: "Premiere" at the alderney Landing Theatre in February 2007, all the shows were sold out! Thank you for your support. Our next show will be presented in February 2008 at the Alderney Theatre.
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