Annette Kuusinen and AJ Kuusinen
Recorded
July 12, 2024
40:17 minutes
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Id:
mba000381
Description
Annette Kuusinen (54) has a conversation with her child, AJ Kuusinen (18), about their shared passion for circus performing.Subject Log / Time Code
Annette Kuusinen (AK) talks about the color guard and performing with rifles.
AJ Kuusinen (AJ) talks about the first circus show he saw and how he got into trapeze.
AK recounts memories of AJ playing on the monkey bars as well as him watching a parade when he was young and not wanting to leave.
AJ talks about how much he has learned about body movement and exploration through the circus, a community that always has their back.
AK talks about starting to do circus at the age of 48, feeling celebrated, and her first big accomplishment on trapeze.
AK talks about her experience in the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps and the lessons she learned from losing world championships in 1989.
AJ tells a story about AK during a thunderstorm.
AJ remembers the summer he fell in love with drum and bugle corps, watching the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps.
AK talks about the coaches who have impacted her most.
AJ and AK remember AJ having a burn incident.
AJ talks about a dance trapeze act he iss working on this summer and other acts.
AK talks about AJ as a child.
AJ tells a story about a time he fell off his bike.
Participants
- Annette Kuusinen
- AJ Kuusinen