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Get to know some of our Sailor Circus Academy students heading to Washington, D.C. for the @smithsonianfolklife festival! 🎪🇺🇸
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This is the week 🎪
We’re bringing 26 Sailor Circus Academy students, 12 world-class professional artists, two trucks of equipment, and almost 100 years of circus tradition with us to Washington D.C.
Next Stop: The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 🇺🇸
We are one week away from participating in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C., part of America’s 250th anniversary celebrations! 🎪🇺🇸
🎪 Meet the Cast: Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2026
Meet Uranbileg Angarag, known to audiences worldwide as Urnaa, a contortionist, hand balancer, and aerial artist from Mongolia.
Urnaa discovered her gift for contortion at age five and began training at the prestigious Mongolian National Circus School at six. By nine, she was already performing on stage. Since then, she has taken her breathtaking talent to more than 30 countries, collaborating with Cirque du Soleil, Teatro Zinzanni, and the Ringling Museum, and competing at the highest levels of the international circus world -- earning 1st place at the Cirque Life international circus competition in 2020, a bronze medal at the Princess Circus Festival in 2021, and the Leading Employee of the Mongolian Cultural Sector honor in 2014.
On stage, Urnaa performs aerial duo silks, lyra, chandelier, hand balance, adagio, and contortion. Off stage, she is an internationally certified yoga instructor, a 2021 IYSF Yoga Athlete National Champion, and an in-demand contortion coach who has organized retreats across Japan and beyond.
She brings all of that to the Rotunda stage at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, September 5-7. Three shows daily. Free and open to the public! 🎪
#UrnaaAngarag #Contortion #SmithsonianFolklifeFestival #CircusArtsConservatory #MeetTheCast
🎪 Meet the Cast: Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2026
Meet Ermiyas Muluken, a native of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, whose journey to the circus stage is one of the most remarkable in our cast.
Ermiyas fell in love with circus as a youth after experimenting with rolla bolla using a whiskey bottle, a glass, and some wood. That spark of curiosity grew into a professional career that has taken him from the African Roots Circus School in Addis Ababa to stages across the globe, including Mother Africa, Funexpress in Turkey, Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, and Cirque du Fringe: D`illusion at the Rochester Fringe Festival.
Today, Ermiyas amazes audiences with his ladder, rolla bolla, and juggling acts, combining incredible balancing skills with undeniable showmanship. And fitting for this moment, he calls Washington, D.C. home.
He takes the Rotunda stage at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival September 5-7. Three shows daily. Free and open to the public! 🎪
#ErmiyasMuluken #CircusArtsConservatory #SmithsonianFolklifeFestival #Sarasota #MeetTheCast
🎪 Meet the Cast: Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2026
Meet Noel Aguilar, a world-renowned juggler from a multi-generational circus family in Mexico. Introduced to the art of juggling at a young age by his father, a skilled juggler himself, Noel developed a passion for the craft that has taken him to shows, theaters, and circuses around the world.
His talent speaks for itself. Noel has won multiple awards for his juggling act, including the prestigious Clown Award for the New Generation presented by the royal family of Monte Carlo. Fun, energetic, and charismatic, he never fails to dazzle, no matter the stage.
This Labor Day weekend, Noel brings his incredible artistry to the Rotunda of the Arts and Industries Building at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Three shows daily, September 5-7. Free and open to the public! 🎪
#NoelAguilar #Juggling #SmithsonianFolklifeFestival #CircusArtsConservatory #MeetTheCast
🧳 Packing list for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival:
Aerial rig. Olympic trampoline. Stilts. Unicycles. Bicycle built for five. Ropes. Safety mats. 26 students. 12 professional artists.
Hmm... have we forgotten anything? 👀
See you in Washington! 🎪
#CircusArtsConservatory #SmithsonianFolklifeFestival #WashingtonDC #Sarasota
