TANYA BURKA | CIRCUS ARTIST
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Tanya Burka
Birthdate: 1981
Citizenship: US
Residency: Canada
Languages: English, French
Height: 5'10" (1.78m)
Build: Slim/Athletic
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Show Highlights
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Silver Starlets Outdoor Aerial Acrobatic Show 2023
Circus Sessions 2023
Moisture Fest 2023
Alberta Circus Arts Festival 2023
St John's International Circus Fest 2022
Magic Immersive/Illusionarium 2021/2022
Battements du Cirque Outdoor Distanced Shows 2020/2021
Cirque Alfonse "Barbu" 2019
Cirque du Soleil "Toruk: The First Flight" - 2017-2019
La TOHU/En Piste "Sans Filet" - 2016
Pacha Ibiza Dubai “The Intimate Show” - 2016
Wonderbolt Circus "Circus Glorious", "Bolt out of the Blue" and "Cirkzilla" tours - 2011-2016
Cirque Eloize “Monaco the Show” creation - 2015
Vancouver CircusFest “Cover Me” - 2014
Cirque du Soleil “Quidam” - 2011-2013
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies
Corporate/Private Event Clients
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Cirque Eloize, TELUS, Western Financial Group, Glowbal Restaurant Group, TED Conference, Whistler Foundation, Business Without Borders, NAFSA, International Bar Association, Verizon, Somali Mam, Club Bud, The Vancouver Opera, TMX/World Federation of Exchanges, The Playhouse Hollywood, NICOR, Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Center, Linux, RWR Enterprises, Bravolive!, NIKE, Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce
Formation
2022 McGill University School of Continuing Studies
Professional Development Certificate in Executive Production in Creative Industries (focus on Live Show Creation/Production)
2006 Graduate of Ecole Nationale de Cirque
Diploma of Studies, major in aerial acts, minor in contortion
2003 Graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS in Course XXII, minor in Course VIII, four-year varsity gymnast
Coaching and Choreography
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Alberta Circus Arts Festival, Aloft Circus School, St. John's International Circusfest, Aerial Factory Bangkok, Adedance Aerial Singapore, Avion Aerial Arts, Move with the Beat, Dubai Circus School, Frequent Flyers’ Aerial Dance Festival, Southern Fried Circus Fest, AIRE Festival, iFly Aerial Arts, Aerial Horizon, Pendulum Aerial Arts, Les Productions Fantastix, Vancouver CircusFest, Circus West, Circus Lab, The Underground Circus, Aerial Acrobatic Arts Festival, The Cabiri, American Turners Circus, Aerial Fabricators, Caroline Calouche Company, Cirque du Vol, Quantum Gymnastics, Air Born Aerial Arts, Learning2Fly Fitness Studio, Miraas Aerial, Samadhi Aerial, Kinetic Theory Circus Arts, Lohikan Summer Camp
Management and Direction
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Stage Manager, St. John's International Circus Festival Opening Soiree 2023
Assistant to Creation (Direction/Production), Puller, Assistant Stage Manager, "NYX" by Cie Chimere, Montreal and Quebec City 2019-2023
Artistic Director/Show Concept for Circadium School of Circus Arts graduating show "In Human" 2022
Stage Manager for Metonym Circus experimental streamed show "Playable Characters" 2022
Assistant Stage Manager, Puller, St. John's International Circus Festival "Cabaret at the Edge of the World" 2021
Assistant Artistic Director, Company Manager, Puller, "Filament" by Short Round Productions 2015-2019, Czech Republic, Australia, Scotland UK
Co-Director/Choreographer, "Cover Me" original show for 2014 Vancouver Circus Fest