Professional Circus Artist and Circus Arts Conservatory Coach, Karlene Griggs, comes from a long line of family circus performers and has traveled extensively in the US and Europe with The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. She performed Flying Trapeze, Russian Swing, and Casting Cradle. Karlene and her family were featured in an article in the New York Time focusing on their adventurous life traveling the country aboard a circus train while working for Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus.