Ep 207-Lisa B. Lewis: The (Virtual) Circus is back in town! - a podcast by Ayana Major Bey

On this episode I am joined by founder and executive director of Omnium Circus Lisa Lewis. Lisa began her career with Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus. She earned a Masters Degree in Clown/Circus History from NYU. During the same period, she co-founded the Super Scientific Circus. A scientific, technology, engineering, arts, and math, also known as STEAM based series of 6 shows, which toured the country using Circus Skills to make science accessible for all learning styles. Simultaneously, she joined the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit and inspired by the efforts to serve new audiences, Lisa became project coordinator for Circus of the Senses. A performance adapted for blind, visually impaired, Deaf, hard of hearing and those with cognitive challenges. Lisa doubled the reach of the program and seeing a need in the community, she spear-headed the Embracing Autism performances. We discuss the many hats she has worn in her life long career in the circus and how she was able to produce an all virtual circus which the New York Times called “genuinely extraordinary”.

Get in touch: 

Lisa B Lewis
Omnium Circus Website: https://omniumcircus.org/
Instagram:@omniumcircus
Email: info@omniumcircus.org, sponsorship@omniumcircus.org, education@omniumcircus.org, development@omniumcircus.org 

Ayana Major Bey
Website: www.ayanabey.com
Instagram: @ayanambey, @theartistpivot

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Executive Producer & Host: Ayana Major Bey 
Editor: Kieran Niemand

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