New York Magazine - USA (2019-12-23)

60 new york | december 23, 2019–january 5, 2020

KYLE DRIGGS

Juggler, 16 years

the look book: circus

HOVEY BURGESS

Juggler, 62 years

ZULEIDY LOPEZ

High wire, 20 years

JOHN JOHN CAUDILL

Head acrobatic rigger, 40 years

ABEL DRIGGS AND DANIEL BRIDON

Chinese-pole performers, 11 and six years

ANGELINA QUEVEDO

Vice-president of touring, 40 years

AMY GORDON

Pidge, 22 years

ERIC ZYGELA

Maintenance supervisor, nine years

(^) So you’re a
pigeon clown?
Yes. The idea is,
I’m a pigeon
who can’t fly.
I’m afraid of
heights; I fall
a lot. I get flak
for telling poop
jokes, which
I think is crazy.
Imagine if
I were a pigeon
that didn’t tell
poop jokes?
(^) Where’d you
grow up?
All over. My dad
owned a circus.
When I was
a kid, we had
four elephants.
Once, when we
were living in
Jump River,
Wisconsin, one
of them, Liz,
wandered right
off the lot all
the way to the
grocery store
downtown.
DAVID YIJAE
Dancer, first year
(^) What’d you
do before this?
I was a
puppeteer for
King Kong on
Broadway. I was
the ape’s right
elbow—the
whole puppet
was 2,000
pounds and
20 feet tall. On
opening night
here, I posted on
Facebook that
I’d run off to
join the circus.
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60 newyork| december23,2019–january5, 2020
KYLEDRIGGS
Juggler, 16 years
the look book: circus
HOVEYBURGESS
Juggler, 62 years
ZULEIDY LOPEZ
High wire, 20 years
JOHNJOHNCAUDILL
Headacrobaticrigger, 40 years
ABEL DRIGGS AND DANIELBRIDON
Chinese-pole performers, 11 andsixyears
ANGELINA QUEVEDO
Vice-president of touring, 40 years
AMY GORDON
Pidge, 22 years
ERIC ZYGELA
Maintenance supervisor, nine years
(^) So you’re a
pigeon clown?
Yes. The idea is,
I’m a pigeon
who can’t fly.
I’m afraid of
heights; I fall
a lot. I get flak
for telling poop
jokes, which
I think is crazy.
Imagine if
I were a pigeon
that didn’t tell
poop jokes?
(^) Where’d you
grow up?
All over. My dad
owned a circus.
When I was
a kid, we had
four elephants.
Once, when we
were living in
Jump River,
Wisconsin, one
of them, Liz,
wandered right
off the lot all
th the
gr re
downtown.
DAVID YIJAE
Dancer, first year
(^) What’d you
do before this?
I was a
puppeteer for
King Kong on
Broadway. I was
the ape’s right
elbow—the
whole puppet
was 2,000
pounds and
20 feet tall. On
opening night
here, I posted on
Facebook that
I’drunoff to
jointhe circus.