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Mongolian Contortion Convention 2025 with Angelique Janov- Circuspreneur Podcast Ep.102
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On this episode of the Circuspreneur Podcast, host Shenea Stiletto interviews founder of the Mongolian Contortion Convention Erdenechimeg Jamiyan Janov also known as “ Angelique Janov. “
Angelique studied the art of contortion at the Mongolian State Circus, and became a professional contortionist in 1970. With over fifty years of experience, she made history by creating and performing the groundbreaking “Double Marinelli” Trick. She served as the coach and contortion expert for the Cirque Du Soleil show “O” in Las Vegas from 1998-2020. She has also received numerous awards from international circus festivals, such as the Queen of Contortion title, and the Merited Actress of Mongolia. In 2023, Angelique founded the Mongolian Contortion Convention, which will take place later this fall of 2025.
Drawing on decades of teaching experience, Angelique authored the book Supple. The book covers the history and unique features of Mongolian contortion, and for the first- time provides a step-by-step instructions on key techniques. Angelique has also been a Board member of the Mongolian Contortion Association since 2016.
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Introduction to the Circuspreneur Podcast & Guest Angelique Janov
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It helps us to continue to bring the industry high-level content. I'm your host, Shanae Stiletto, and my guest on today's Circuspreneur podcast is founder of the Mongolian Contortion Convention, Angelique Janov.
Angelique Janov's Legendary Career in Contortion
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Circuspreneur Podcast
Welcome to the podcast, Angelique.
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Angelique
Hi, Sheena. Nice to meet you and thank you having me in your podcast.
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Circuspreneur Podcast
You're so welcome, Angelique. I'm so honored to have you on the podcast
Founding the Mongolian Contortion Convention
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today. And i want to tell listeners a little bit about your history as a Mongolian contortion because, Angelique, you are legendary and you have had such an incredible career.
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Angelique
Yeah.
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Circuspreneur Podcast
So Angelique Janoff studied at the art of contortion ah at the Mongolian State Circus and became a professional contortionist in 1970. With over 70 years of experience, she made history by creating and performing the groundbreaking double Marinelli trick.
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Angelique served as the coach and contortion expert for the Cirque Soleil show O in Las Vegas from 1998 until 2020.
Mongolian Contortion's Influence in the U.S.
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Angelique
Yes.
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She has also received numerous awards from international circus festivals, such as the Queen of Contortion title and the Merited Actress of Mongolia. In 2023, Angelique founded the Mongolian Contortion Convention, which will take place later this fall of 2025.
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five Wow, if you have had just such an amazing and impressive, you know, ah amazing contortion career, Angelique.
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Angelique
yes
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And, you know, for those that are, you know, really interested in the history of Mongolian contortion, especially how popular it's become in America. And for those of us who love o and have been watching that act for so many years and are so in love with
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Angelique
Yeah. Yeah.
Unique Mongolian Training System for Contortion
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it,
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But, you know, would love for you to describe, you know, your journey in seeing how Mongolian contortion has changed so much in America and how it's become so popular.
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Angelique
yeah
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Circuspreneur Podcast
I'm sure so many new contortionists have seen the act in O for so many years and been inspired to do Mongolian contortion. I mean, I wanted to do Mongolian contortion after this act.
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Angelique
ah
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you know I never did it.
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Angelique
Yeah.
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like Even I thought, oh, maybe I could too. um But it's it's such a beautiful art. And and I'm so you know, again, really excited to speak to someone who has been behind the beauty of bringing such a I think, a unique and disciplined art form to the States and then obviously internationally.
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But this, you know, the contortion, the contortion convention that you have now is in America um these last couple of years. And so I think it's really interesting to see just how many people are drawn as artists to study this art form, because it's not easy.
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It is, it is very difficult to
Mongolian Contortionists: Strength & Excellence
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do Mongolian contortion.
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Angelique
Yes, yes.
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and
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Angelique
Yeah, before go to I talk about the Mongolian contortion, i am talking about we see flexibility of peoples, like that very extra exceptional people exist in the world.
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Circuspreneur Podcast
Thank you.
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Angelique
It's an ancient world, there's existence ancient times, historical records, memories recounted,
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and
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Angelique
flexibility, exceptional people exist around the world. And like around the world existed this flexibility, people in Mongolia also existed.
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Angelique
Everywhere, is like youth singing, dancing ability, singing same thing. Everybody has flexibility, you know, but only how it develops.
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Circuspreneur Podcast
Yeah.
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Angelique
That's this question. And because of that, why in Mongolian contortionist, very famous is the Mongolian contortion measurement, it's ah lies the development of professional contortionist training system, in training system, which includes step-by-step curriculum focusing on precise techniques, this one we focus, the ter training system.
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In. In. In.
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yeah
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Angelique
which includes the artistic skills. And the method of teaching in contortion, that is very important was in our Mongolian contortion.
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Angelique
And also our physical Mongolian contortionist embodies powerful strength and the endurance in the ability to overcome physical
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Circuspreneur Podcast
Mm.
Historical Development & Artistic Roots
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Angelique
challenges maintaining flexibility and suplessness over ah the long period of time. They can keep their flexibility, suplessness for extremely hard training ways.
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Circuspreneur Podcast
Mm.
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Angelique
and that keep that flexibility all the time. And also ah we have expression of art through contortion. It's implied flawless execution of the high level of artistic performance.
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Angelique
You know, these skills, this is all these contortion skills developed the dominance in our contortion discipline.
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me me
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me
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Angelique
i in a Mongolian theory
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Angelique
different from other countries contortion have they do. It's ah our very important ah sign of oh ah contortion display, you know?
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Yes, yes, it's very specific program.
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Angelique
yeah its Yeah, yeah. ye Also the vocabulary, our ah terminology of contortion artists reflects execution of bodily movements, the technical tricks, you know, technical tricks.
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i
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in it
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Angelique
And contortionists, our Mongolian contortionists are flexible with high level, not in body flexibility, also they combined with high level technical skills.
Evolution & Global Contributions of Mongolian Contortion
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e
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Angelique
With flexible body, high level technical skills.
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Right.
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Angelique
It is unique of a, our mongolian performance contortion performance act is different of others contortion act of countries you know and uh
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Angelique
And Mongolian contortionist roots our Mongolian national dance.
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hmm
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Angelique
Our Mongolian national dance is very flawless, gracious, flexibility of movement. Mongolian dance is twisting, body bending,
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Angelique
forward, backward, you know, very flawless movement influenced in our body. With this beautiful dance movement, we'd combine with this circus discipline of balancing act, tweak.
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Angelique
very ah strong with technical trick, we combined, it became this very powerful contortion act created, you know?
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Yes, yes.
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Angelique
Yes, yeah. That is Mongolian contortion. Why is Mongolian contortion is different for the others? that Because of this, sir same time beautiful flexible body they introducing same time with strong technical skills combined yeah that is very important yeah
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and Yes.
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Angelique
and I am thinking Mongolian contortion act that have transformed and seen body posture. You know, before long time, 16th, 17th century, contortion would become body posture.
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Angelique
It's in England. Very Clark, John Clark, 16th, 17th century, their ancient body, they presented like body posture.
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Angelique
Only they doing, they put body posturing and ah presenting themselves like contortion.
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And
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Angelique
They're showing their flexibility, the body posturing. And only on one pose, they creating one pose, staying with this pose long time, ah longer possible.
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Angelique
It's like I've seen body posture, it's named before the comptortion name ah termminolog um ah kind contortion up. Contortion terminology come, after 19th century come up after the modern why this contortion terminology became little bit uh not only one posture they created some skills but very raw uh very simple posture they did it it became like contortion act you know
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Yeah. yeah
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Angelique
this This unsophisticated contortion act with raw technique, this contortion ah um act became beautiful performance.
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Angelique
ah It ah developed ah a year to year ah for long time training i training
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If.
Rigorous Training Regimen & Injury Prevention
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Angelique
method via Mongolian contortionist developed this discipline.
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If.
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Angelique
Exceptional with technical skills, winning national style and artistic expression, Mongolian can contortion has made contribution to the balancing Circus in know wal ah walter in world of circus art of balancing discipline, we contributed beautiful contortion act.
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e
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Angelique
How I say, yeah, representing a Mongolian circus in setting high standard.
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Yeah.
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Mm.
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Angelique
Discipline, discipline, yeah.
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yes yes
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Angelique
And ah yeah, because ah of that, ah all the circus world now know in Mongolia, because of this Contortion Act, everyone,
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Angelique
Are you Mongolian, studied with Mongolian teachers? Are you Mongolian students studying?
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a
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Angelique
Always asking me how important you contribute for this circus art in our contortion discipline.
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Angelique
Yeah.
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Yes, yes.
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Angelique
Yes.
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It's everywhere.
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Angelique
Yeah.
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And it's it's so beautiful.
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Angelique
Yeah.
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And and Mongolian contortion is is so graceful and so still.
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Angelique
yeah
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um And again, takes so much precision. And you you wrote a book even about your perspective on Mongolian contortion and technique.
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Angelique
Yes.
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Angelique
Yes.
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um And again, the opportunity of how you develop, you know, kind of this method and how you develop as a coach and the importance and the risk.
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Angelique
Yes.
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and how to prevent injury and how to do Mongolian contortion safely.
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Angelique
yes
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There is all of this art and it's and it's a very recognizable art form now. Like you said, anybody can look at the technique and say, ah, they must have a Mongolian teacher.
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Angelique
yeah
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I can look.
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Angelique
Yes, there was some, yeah.
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I can look.
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Angelique
It's very ah ah happy to hear that.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Angelique
And why we have not too much injury, Mongolian contortion, why we have a longevity to working in that. Our training, warm-up process, step-by-step stretching exercises.
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Circuspreneur Podcast
Hey. Hey.
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e
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Angelique
And every day we do exercise, 20, 30 minutes, technical skills, it that it is contributing our longevity, our long-term working skills, technical skills level, we keep the long, long time.
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Angelique
Our contortionist now in Osho, almost 40 years, 35 years of contortionist is still working.
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Thank
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Angelique
20, 15 years.
Influence on Athletics and Art Forms
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Angelique
I am very proud of them. When I am working 20, 25 years with ah young contortion is the contortionist contortionists, and also our Mongolian body also very exceptional.
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you. Thank
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Angelique
from endurance, strength.
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you.
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Angelique
It's unbelievable we have a strength. For example, eight years old, I had Mongolian girl, eight years old, American girl.
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and okay
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Thank
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Angelique
We do push up in one set of 20 who could push up in our terminology contortion maybe you know you're very good hand balancing artist I saw you in a YouTube beautiful congratulations love you in your hand to hand one hand it impressed me i am congratulating your beautiful skills beautiful correct techniques and that I saw you I am very proud of you yes and like that
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you. Yes.
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Circuspreneur Podcast
Thank you, Angelique.
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Angelique
ah Yeah, like 8-8-year skills, American skill once said that Mongolian eight years old girls, one set of 10 push-ups, Americans can't do five.
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Circuspreneur Podcast
Mm-hmm.
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Angelique
You know, like that is compare.
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Circuspreneur Podcast
Mm-hmm.
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Angelique
It's only small comparison. And the handstand, have to learning how it's patient endurance, especially. ah They even little pain, Mongolian girls, non-Mongolin girls, some, it's, the ah excuse me, I am, why I am talking about Mongolian contortion, because I am ah concentrating for that.
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Angelique
So, you know, every personality, every body, everything is different, you know? Some Americans clearly, ah beautiful, very talented, very flexible girl I know too.
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Angelique
I have beautiful ah American artists already became American art, show professional artists that working all around.
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agree.
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Angelique
One of my Canadian contortioning girl now teaching in Monte Carlo, ah not
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okay
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Angelique
mont ah yeah know Montreal Circus School, Hand Balancing and Contortion, Le Antoine, you know, my first of the students now growing up, teaching and performing it because of I know how the children are so different, how they grow up, yeah, when I teach in Mongolian Contortion Method, you know, yeah.
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thank you
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Yes, yes, yes, absolutely.
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Angelique
Yeah.
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Circuspreneur Podcast
You're taking people, you know, to different places in their careers.
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Angelique
different places, careers, yeah.
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yeah
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Angelique
yeah
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Circuspreneur Podcast
Yes, professional coaching, all of these things from when they're little all the way into professional spheres.
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Angelique
and
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Angelique
professional levels and in our stretching contortions, stretching exercises, fairly now popular only not for contortions.
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Angelique
Every discipline of circus act, lot of aerial acts, gymnastic acts come to very simply stretching, deep stretching, that interesting have to ah keep big flexibility long time. Yeah, our sport,
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Angelique
Athletes, every athlete needs to be flexibility. It's very important in sport discipline, in artistic discipline, in stretching exercises. you know In 2008, the US Olympic Synchronous Swimmers
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Circuspreneur Podcast
Mm-hmm.
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Angelique
All team come to us ah is a take stretching classes, you know,
Significance of the Mongolian Contortion Convention
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Circuspreneur Podcast
Mm-hmm.
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Angelique
and a lot of neva and Nevada ballet students, swimming, synchronizing, rhythmic gymnastics, come to stretch us because it they know very important, but very unique stretching technique we have because of a lot of the interest in that, yeah.
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Circuspreneur Podcast
Mm-hmm.
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Mm-hmm.
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What is the importance, Angelique? I mean, you have been able to put ah Mongolian contortion technique and tradition into so many different disciplines, like what you were talking about, so many different sports, so many different art forms.
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Angelique
Yes.
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Angelique
Yes. Yes.
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Now they're incorporating Mongolian contortion technique just inside of their sport, inside of their discipline.
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Angelique
Yeah.
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What was important for you to start the Mongolian contortion convention? And now you have so many different people from everywhere coming to the convention,
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Angelique
Yeah.
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to participate. They're participating as coaches, as performers, um you know, again, as those as hobbyists, you know, not everybody wants to be ah professional. For some people, it's their hobby.
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It's not same as like their career. They just love it. They're enthusiasts. They love contortion. So why was it important for you to start the convention that you're going to have later this year that now you've had, I think now is the past few years.
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And and I think it's growing and growing. I have so many friends that go to this consortium convention, their coaches there, and their, you know, professional performers that are supporting the convention.
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Angelique
Yes.
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So It's wonderful to see these professionals coming together to promote Mongolian contortion and um doing it in an environment with professionals and with those from so many different backgrounds.
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Why is that important to you?
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Angelique
Yes, you know, ah so in America, the first time 1991 with w Ringling Brothers Circus bring first time in Mongolian contortionist. In 1992, Big Apple ah in New York bring another one Mongolian contortionist.
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Angelique
And 1998, it started Cirque du Soleil, also for contortionist. in Now all world around big entertainment show, every everyone you count, they're all Mongolian contortionist.
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Angelique
When I came Las Vegas in 1998, in 2000, there were organized international contortion convention in Las Vegas.
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yes yes
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Angelique
It's a ah from Germany, Schoenberg, last name, I'm sorry. SKAA organized. In every organized convention, we participated, like 60, 70 percent of us were Mongolian contortionists.
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yeah
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and
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Angelique
We workshopped. Everyone was Mongolian contortionists. In AKT, also in the Mongolian contortionists.
Convention Workshops: Safe & Effective Techniques
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Angelique
This continued every four years so until 2019, last one.
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Angelique
And after that, stopped.
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Circuspreneur Podcast
Mm-hmm.
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Angelique
We were waiting, and SKAA stopped no more. international contortion convention and uh and also gavid comes in we're all stuck you know and we were teaching in uh before the first time was in last week as i are going uh extraordinary actually studio first time mongol contortion mongolian contortion studio open after i closed after uh key start now in
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Circuspreneur Podcast
Mm-hmm.
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Circuspreneur Podcast
Mm-hmm.
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Angelique
contortion studio in San Francisco Circus School, they have Mongolian Modern Contortion Center in Florida they have, and everywhere when came Mongolian Contortion Artists, they're all in studio, center.
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thank you
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Angelique
and they're inviting a lot of artists, either one also a lot of art discipline, circus discipline artists come stretching and only we teaching became not professional artists.
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Angelique
They will bring in all that is became flexibility, keeping flexibility, introducing this discipline. And we have growing, our contortion world is growing. Because they have no idea what is this contortion. They are scared. They don't want to do that.
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Angelique
Oh, it's like maybe like some exceptional, I don't know, like, um
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Angelique
like handicapped people can do ah like wrong idea they had it's they don't know if it's like a dance singing like popular contortion also can be popular you know only
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yeah
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Angelique
angie
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here
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Angelique
Very limited people now, it's very unpopular was in America. And after that 19th, we opened in Circus World in Las Vegas Entertainment Center.
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Angelique
There is start at the beginning, lot of interesting flexibility everywhere, in dance, gymnastics, athletes, in Circus, they wanted to be flexible. if we're so flexible they want to be contortion and after international contortion convention is stopped we wanted to do okay our ah mongolian contortion convention we have to start we growing all our ah young students wanted to perform we have only viva face viva face
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Yes.
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Angelique
since we were first started until last year all my students come they're all the one they're 12 with us you know and yeah yeah um um my students and we wanted to do that uh why we now in america's too many cities they're stuck there they wanted to come vegas you know to come
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yes Yes, we see.
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Yes.
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Angelique
be together, learn each other, workshop, have its warm up, have its important technique we have to learn, have the correct way to learn, have to combine the to flexibility, how we hold, it's very important.
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and
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Angelique
Even like hand balancing, when you're bending, it's different, yes? you know that very well very well yeah like that differences to hand balancing in combining with contortion have differences after how we be very safe no injury after long time injury how we go back ah to flexibility how
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yes
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And.
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Angelique
After maternity, how we go to to also like keep the flexibility.
Cultural Impact & Recognition of Mongolian Contortion
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Angelique
A lot of things we learn ah step by step. You also, ah when to grow up, artists want to teach, have to start teaching. Every artist, talented artist can be a trainer.
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Angelique
It's also training the skills in method. Have to teach, have to... ah address with the little girls, little children, like that for every kind of discipline, them that a lot of workshop we do all together, exchange our experiences, we perform where is good contortion act, what is today's contortion acts level, you know, like that we wanted to do all together.
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Yes. Yes.
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Angelique
studying from each other is what to see beautiful show from all around the city, America, Europe, all the countries having seen contortion today, you know?
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Angelique
And also, yeah, yeah.
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yes
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Angelique
And because we started 2023 in Las Vegas, ah last year we started our country in Mongolia.
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Circuspreneur Podcast
yeah
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Angelique
And when in Mongolia, you know, viha you can't imagine, we had 20, 30 contortionist students Mongolia.
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Circuspreneur Podcast
okay
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Angelique
You can't imagine, like that, lot of contortions. And we have 300 to 400 contortionist students there, all flexible,
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Angelique
beautiful how strong techniques we had a lot of competition hand two understand one hand descent who push up one girl 40 who could push up uh did the first place one girl like a two three minute understand five minute understand uh like that that tempting you can imagine this ah in our countries a country of contortion if you come you will be impressed we will planning to do next year i wish you come to see how a contortionist world is there yeah and this
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Circuspreneur Podcast
Thank you.
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i mean
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and It's like the universe of contortion
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Angelique
Universe of proportion, yes. And this year we're planning to do and beautiful city of Minnesota in a very famous Juventus Circus School, yeah.
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and Mongolia.
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Yes. Hmm.
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Angelique
They're happy in the Juventus Circus School administration, very welcome us.
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me
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Angelique
They're very happy, all the students in waiting for us and they're very excited ah to do ah in this year's convention there, yeah.
00:26:52
Circuspreneur Podcast
Oh, I'm so excited. I'm so excited for all of the students that are coming from all over the world to participate.
00:26:54
Angelique
yeah Yes. Yes. Yes.
00:26:58
Circuspreneur Podcast
I know they're going to be so excited just be immersed in all the classes that you're offering, all the workshops, and to make very well-rounded Mongolian contortionists, Angelique, which I know is what you're looking to do.
00:27:01
Angelique
i the yeah
00:27:05
Angelique
yes
00:27:12
Circuspreneur Podcast
you want to create a well-rounded contortion perspective for people that are you know going to be in the contortion world if they're teaching, if they're studying, or if they are performing.
00:27:24
Circuspreneur Podcast
How can we support the Mongolian Contortion Convention this year and in the future, Angelique? What do you need from the larger circus industry and environment to support your convention?
00:27:37
Angelique
Yeah, and a contortion on circus artists beautiful. is Somehow their art is always behind the other arts.
00:27:43
Circuspreneur Podcast
and
00:27:48
Angelique
But in circus artists, I am thinking it's very equal to theatrical, kinon.
00:27:49
Circuspreneur Podcast
the
00:27:55
Angelique
We have everything yeah now in circus world. can go in opera, can go to ah ballet, every, now, universal, every art, we together, yeah?
00:28:10
Angelique
You know, no go, no down, and it becomes in flexibility,
00:28:11
Circuspreneur Podcast
Yeah.
00:28:16
Angelique
for e ballerina everyone needed this flexibility, we only know contortion, we need to flexible, e-dancer, e-everyone. And want to develop everyone like dance, wanna bring this art like dance, everyone wanna to, everyone bring the girls without fear, without the scare.
00:28:30
Circuspreneur Podcast
yes
00:28:38
Angelique
it's normal go to like normal art music like that they bring the girls like circus art contortion is contuctionist ah part of discipline ah and balancing of discipline of circus art because bring them into even aerial act flexibility is very important in aerial act you know like that and because why we doing in contortion convention like that everyone
00:28:38
Circuspreneur Podcast
mean
00:29:00
Circuspreneur Podcast
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:29:08
Angelique
ah want to introduce how would this art is beautiful art of art. It's only enough for beautiful art you present.
00:29:15
Circuspreneur Podcast
Mm-hmm.
00:29:18
Angelique
If you practice, if your everything is stretching, also good for your health, longevity, it's for everything in the flexibility, it's very important.
00:29:24
Circuspreneur Podcast
in
00:29:29
Angelique
And I wanted to be everyone
00:29:30
Circuspreneur Podcast
Yeah.
00:29:31
Angelique
Like everyone in the world to be singing and dance. I would like to everyone come to be flexible. It's very important and like you had flexibility, it's very important of your health and body.
Conclusion & Invitation to the Convention
00:29:46
Angelique
you know it because i doing this convention for develop it ah today you're doing in podcast this ah i thank you for having me introducing this ah contortion convention world of ah everybody in your part by your podcast in the
00:29:46
Circuspreneur Podcast
a
00:30:04
Angelique
and Thank you for that. in the u I am sure you have a lot of artists you know, a lot of podcast people you know, ah interviewing in a decent, also very good opportunity for me talking to you.
00:30:17
Circuspreneur Podcast
you
00:30:17
Angelique
Are you interviewing me? Thank you so much for that. It's also very benefit you doing that, contributing in our art too.
00:30:29
Angelique
Thank you. yeah
00:30:31
Circuspreneur Podcast
You're so welcome, Angelique.
00:30:32
Angelique
and
00:30:32
Circuspreneur Podcast
I'm so happy to support the convention on the Circuspreneur podcast. Thank you so much for coming to discuss your convention.
00:30:37
Angelique
Yes, thank you. Yeah.
00:30:41
Circuspreneur Podcast
This has been a really amazing podcast, getting to get inside of your mind in terms of how um your history ah connected to the art of Mongolian contortion, why Mongolian contortion is so popular now, and um and what your mission is to introduce everyone into contortion.
00:30:45
Angelique
Yes.
00:30:47
Angelique
Yes.
00:30:50
Angelique
hundred Yes. Contortion is...
00:30:57
Angelique
Yes.
00:31:03
Circuspreneur Podcast
Yes, everybody, and showing...
00:31:04
Angelique
ah yeah of be You don't be professional contortionist. You have a beautiful, flexible body. You have to have beautiful, flexible body.
00:31:15
Angelique
That's very important for everybody.
00:31:16
Circuspreneur Podcast
yes
00:31:17
Angelique
yeah Thank you. Thank you, Shani.
00:31:20
Circuspreneur Podcast
Yes. Thank you for reminding us. You're so welcome, Angelique. Thank you Thank you for reminding us that being flexible.
00:31:24
Angelique
no Thank you. Thank you. See you next time. Thank you.
00:31:29
Circuspreneur Podcast
Yes, absolutely.
00:31:29
Angelique
Thank you for having me.
00:31:32
Circuspreneur Podcast
Absolutely. It's a pleasure, Angelique. And everybody, you know, please look into the Mongolian Contortion Convention.
00:31:38
Angelique
Yes. Yes. Yeah.
00:31:39
Circuspreneur Podcast
um And maybe you can be a participant this year or in the future um and get to understand and know more about the art of Mongolian contortion.
00:31:50
Circuspreneur Podcast
And whether an enthusiast you're professional or you're from a different background and you would like to take your contortion and your flexibility together, deeper, um you're going to be amongst a really amazing and beautiful group of um of specialists and of teachers.
00:32:04
Angelique
yes
00:32:07
Circuspreneur Podcast
And I want to end this podcast with the Circuspreneur Podcast.
00:32:07
Angelique
yeah
00:32:10
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00:32:16
Angelique
Yeah.
00:32:18
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00:32:41
Circuspreneur Podcast
Until next time, everyone, I'm your host, Shanae Saleto. Thank you so much for tuning in to this episode with Angelique Janoff. the Mongolian contortion legend, yeah who I think is just tremendous, as you can see in her spirit and how much she just loves and lives and breathes the beauty and the excellence of Mongolian contortion. Everyone, please stay safe and stay safe stay healthy out there.
00:33:05
Angelique
you