| Ray Pierce started his circus training in 1976 on
the tightrope and high wire in Atlanta, GA while working at "The
World of Sid & Marty Krofft" His years of teaching gymnastics and
trampoline paid off as he took to it naturally, developing his
skills on the static trapeze and other circus skills as well.
Years later when legendary stuntman and flying trapeze aficionado
Gary Littlejohn retired and took down his flying trapeze rig, Ray
felt a void in the flying trapeze community so he set up a small rig
for friends to practice on and along with Vicky Roberge and Carolyn
Hennesy founded "The Secret Circus".
"The Secret Circus"
The avocation soon grew
until the small rig wasn't enough to contain the interest in his
teaching. A few years later Ray founded the Dream Circus
Aerial
Arts
School in
Hollywood
at what is now known as Vanguard. This amazing partnership between
Ray and Vanguard founder Jordan Birnbaum paved the way for what is
now
Hollywood
Aerial
Arts.
Dream Circus at Vanguard
In
2005, Ray moved
Hollywood
Aerial
Arts
to the new location by Hollywood Park where it continues to grow and
thrive attracting aerialists and instructors from around the world. |
