25: Karen Quest: I’m happy performing! This is a Happiness Business!

This week’s guest is Karen Quest, a cowgirl performer born in St. Louis, Missouri, raised in Studio City, California, studied and taught in New York City, and now based in San Francisco, CA. After earning a B.A. in Theatre Arts from California State University at Northridge, she moved to New York City to join the No Elephant Circus and taught with Circus Education Specialists.  She continues to blaze a trail with her one-woman act which she calls “Cowgirl Tricks”. Karen trained at the Dell' Arte School of Physical Theater, Ringling Brothers and Barnum. She is an instructor at the San Francisco School of Circus Arts. She has performed to audiences between the size of 5 to 10,000 persons. Did you know that her grandma sent her to a modeling school?

What you’ll hear in this episode:

• Where she had trained
• What tricks are included in her show
• What else she does while stilts-walking
• What she calls her 8-foot tall cowgirl (herself, on stilts)
• Why she is the perfect choice for your events – fair, festival, corporate, private,or special events

• Her age (yes she says how young she is)
• Countries she had performed in
• Movie stars she had trained
• Historical personality whom she would have wanted to meet
• Circus bands she had joined
• Characters she had portrayed on stage
• The book she recommends for reading
• The shows she recommends for watching
• Her tips to those interested in the same career
• The awards she has won
• Her secret dream

Resources:

 

Website Cowgirl Tricks 

Facebook, Personal: https://www.facebook.com/karenquest

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/CowgirlTricks

 Email: kq(at)cowgirltricks(dot)com