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Jugglers
Stilt walkers
Acrobats
Magicians
Yo-yo players
Trapeze artists
Wire walkers
Face painters
Mimes
Clowns
Henna artists
Balloon sculptors
Fire eaters
Trick ropers
Caricaturists
Plate spinners
Kid acts
Fortune tellers
Unicyclists
Mind readers
Hula hoopers
Top spinners
Block heads
Musicians
Bullwhippers
Devil stick players
Knife throwers
Dancers
Puppeteers
Flag dancers
Aerialists
Diabolists
Contortionists
Sword swallowers
Cigar box manipulators
Hypnotists
Temporary tattooists
Stilt walkers
Acrobats
Magicians
Yo-yo players
Trapeze artists
Wire walkers
Face painters
Mimes
Clowns
Henna artists
Balloon sculptors
Fire eaters
Trick ropers
Caricaturists
Plate spinners
Kid acts
Fortune tellers
Unicyclists
Mind readers
Hula hoopers
Top spinners
Block heads
Musicians
Bullwhippers
Devil stick players
Knife throwers
Dancers
Puppeteers
Flag dancers
Aerialists
Diabolists
Contortionists
Sword swallowers
Cigar box manipulators
Hypnotists
Temporary tattooists
| THE PERFORMERS Playful Productions employs talented professional entertainers and educators, with years of experience and a variety of specialized skills. Our performers have worked in preeminent circuses, operas, and theaters around the world. All performers are carefully screened and selected to suit the individual event. Find out more about available acts and artists. Check out our themed educational shows. Learn about what we do. 
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THE PRESIDENT Since 1993, Viveca Gardiner has produced variety arts, circus, and theater; performed as a juggler, ringmistress, trapeze artist, stilt walker, and roller skater; and worked backstage on wardrobe, concessions, ticketing, rigging, electrics, sound, sets, tent work, and house management. She has sawdust in her veins.Viveca has taught circus skills to hundreds of children and adults in residencies, in- and after-school programs, continuing education courses, private lessons, special events, and corporate seminars. She is a contributing editor of JUGGLE magazine, a member of the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Advisory Board, an organizer for the Carmine Street Irregulars juggling club, a coach with Circus of the Kids, and a member of the International Jugglers Association and the American Youth Circus Organization. Before founding Playful Productions in 2001, Viveca was a director of the Big Apple Circus where she developed and managed community programs and wrote a study guide about circus arts and a circus-themed activity book for hospitalized children. She has a bachelor's degree in literature from Harvard University and a master's degree in management from the Yale School of Management. |