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For this special Inaugural episode of the Live Like An Acrobat Podcast, host Shenea Stiletto honors a historic moment in American History by interviewing Aerialist, Instructor, Moderator, Director, and Circus Historian Veronica Blair as she celebrates the Ten Year Anniversary of the Uncle Junior Project; her ongoing docuseries which archives the legacy of African American circus artists for future generations.


The Uncle Junior Project:

https://www.unclejrproject.com

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https://m.facebook.com/UncleJrProject/

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Veronica Blair:

https://www.veronicablairaerial.com


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https://www.instagram.com/veronica_blair_aerialist/?hl=en

@BlackAerialist:

https://instagram.com/blackaerialist?igshid=rv44iirgoztv

@HOTBROWNHONEY:

https://www.instagram.com/hotbrownhoney/?hl=en

@victims_voices_circus

https://instagram.com/victims_voices_circus?igshid=1n6w6ctlza023

CircusTalk Panels:

https://youtu.be/cUPm4TRraBE

https://youtu.be/767uaNr-zfg

Veronica Blair has studied with some of the most celebrated and prominent artists in her field, including trapeze great LaNorma Fox, Ringling Bros. first African-American Aerialist Pa-Mela Hernandez, and the renowned “God Father of the Tissu” Gérard Fasoli of Centre National des Arts du Cirque / Cnac.

Veronica has since performed with several other renowned groups and productions around the globe such as AntiGravity, Universal Studios Japan and Warner Bros. Music. She has been a part of Germany’s most successful circus show, “AFRIKA! AFRIKA!”, and was the lead aerialist in KAMAU’s “BooDha” music video with over 100k views on YouTube.

Expanding her portfolio beyond performing, Veronica launched the development of “The Uncle Junior Project” in 2010. The ongoing documentary shines a light on the careers of African-American circus performers, including Emanual “Uncle Junior” Ruffin who remained largely uncredited for his contributions to American Circus until after his death. In 2017 she was invited to speak at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival about her experience as producer and director of “The Uncle Junior Project”, and served as organizer and moderator on a panel highlighting the African-American circus experience. She’s also worked with the African-American Art and Culture Complex to stage Entrapment to Entertainment: A Celebration of Blacks in American Circus, a three month exhibition that ran from October, 2013 – January 2014 with over 1,000 attendees.

Veronica Blair is presently an aerial performer, instructor and aerial director at Celebrity Cruises Productions.


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