The StageLync Podcast

Ep.59: Chris Lashua: Creative Director & Founder, Cirque Mechanics - "The interconnectedness of the work being done by people is part of the image" (Video)

July 21, 2025 • 42 mins

Chris spent most of his youth performing on a freestyle BMX bike. He joined Cirque du Soleil’s “Fascination” for Cirque’s tour of Japan in 1992. He was then commissioned to build a “German Wheel” act for the company, an act he performed for several years in Cirque du Soleil’s “Quidam”. His engineering chops and creative energy led him to 'run away' with his own circus company, Cirque Mechanics.

Chris believes that innovative mech...

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Ep.59: Chris Lashua: Creative Director & Founder, Cirque Mechanics - "The interconnectedness of the work being done by people is part of the image" (Audio)

July 21, 2025 • 42 mins

Chris spent most of his youth performing on a freestyle BMX bike. He joined Cirque du Soleil’s “Fascination” for Cirque’s tour of Japan in 1992. He was then commissioned to build a “German Wheel” act for the company, an act he performed for several years in Cirque du Soleil’s “Quidam”. His engineering chops and creative energy led him to 'run away' with his own circus company, Cirque Mechanics.

Chris believes that innovative mech...

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Ep.58: Ross Mollison: Impresario Extraordinaire, Spiegelworld - "We create the idea and then along the way we iterate as to what space it should go into" (Audio)

July 14, 2025 • 37 mins

Ross Mollison is the founder and Impresario Extraordinaire of Spiegelworld, the audacious entertainment and hospitality company behind the hit Las Vegas shows Absinthe at Caesars Palace, Atomic Saloon Show at The Venetian, DISCOSHOW at 3535 Las Vegas Blvd, and The Hook at Caesars Atlantic City. Mollison spearheaded the creation of Spiegelworld’s first restaurant, Superfrico, and the award-winning spe...

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Ep.58: Ross Mollison: Impresario Extraordinaire, Spiegelworld - "We create the idea and then along the way we iterate as to what space it should go into" (Video)

July 14, 2025 • 37 mins

Ross Mollison is the founder and Impresario Extraordinaire of Spiegelworld, the audacious entertainment and hospitality company behind the hit Las Vegas shows Absinthe at Caesars Palace, Atomic Saloon Show at The Venetian, DISCOSHOW at 3535 Las Vegas Blvd, and The Hook at Caesars Atlantic City. Mollison spearheaded the creation of Spiegelworld’s first restaurant, Superfrico, and the award-winning spe...

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Ep.57: David Mason: Founder,Mobile Mini Circus for Children - "Children need the art of being happy, joyful, hopeful and knowing and learning their bodies" (Video)

July 7, 2025 • 31 mins

For David Mason, laughter is an antidote to war. In 2002, he founded the Mobile Mini Circus for Children (MMCC) in Afghanistan, dedicating his life to giving young Afghans an opportunity they’ve never had before: to explore their creative potential through a convergence of mind and body. Since then MMCC has been developed by creating a unique pedagogy and infrastructure for supporting children of war. MMCC Global is expanding, now...

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Ep.57: David Mason: Founder,Mobile Mini Circus for Children - "Children need the art of being happy, joyful, hopeful and knowing and learning their bodies" (Audio)

July 7, 2025 • 31 mins

For David Mason, laughter is an antidote to war. In 2002, he founded the Mobile Mini Circus for Children (MMCC) in Afghanistan, dedicating his life to giving young Afghans an opportunity they’ve never had before: to explore their creative potential through a convergence of mind and body. Since then MMCC has been developed by creating a unique pedagogy and infrastructure for supporting children of war. MMCC Global is expanding, now ...

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Ep.56: Lorena Martínez Mier: Cultural Manager, Creative Producer, and Accessibility Consultant - "Care is a space where your needs and concerns are validated" (Audio)

June 30, 2025 • 33 mins

Lorena Martínez Mier is a Cultural Manager, Creative Producer, and Accessibility Consultant. She has led impactful projects with organisations such as the British Council and the Mexican Cultural Ministry and collaborated on events, including the Veracruz Central American Ceremonies and the AlUla KSA Season 2023. Her career reflects her passion for diversity and innovative artistic expression. She is currently the Consortium Manage...

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Ep.56: Lorena Martínez Mier: Cultural Manager, Creative Producer, and Accessibility Consultant - "Care is a space where your needs and concerns are validated" (Video)

June 30, 2025 • 33 mins

Lorena Martínez Mier is a Cultural Manager, Creative Producer, and Accessibility Consultant. She has led impactful projects with organisations such as the British Council and the Mexican Cultural Ministry and collaborated on events, including the Veracruz Central American Ceremonies and the AlUla KSA Season 2023. Her career reflects her passion for diversity and innovative artistic expression. She is currently the Consortium Manage...

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Ep.55: Kim 'Busty Beatz' Bowers: Music Director, Composer, Sound Artist - "We always dream big, we’ve ticked off nearly everything. So now, let’s dream even bigger" (Video)

June 23, 2025 • 33 mins

Kim ‘Busty Beatz’ Bowers is a dynamic Music Director, Composer, Sound Artist, Music Dramaturg, and Performance Maker with over 25 years of fearless artistic creation. Of Xhosa heritage and based on Yuggera country, Kim crafts sonic experiences that blend disciplines, politics, and storytelling, amplifying voices often left unheard. At sixteen, she signed her first record deal, performing and touring ...

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Ep.55: Kim 'Busty Beatz' Bowers: Music Director, Composer, Sound Artist - "We always dream big, we’ve ticked off nearly everything. So now, let’s dream even bigger" (Audio)

June 23, 2025 • 33 mins

Kim ‘Busty Beatz’ Bowers is a dynamic Music Director, Composer, Sound Artist, Music Dramaturg, and Performance Maker with over 25 years of fearless artistic creation. Of Xhosa heritage and based on Yuggera country, Kim crafts sonic experiences that blend disciplines, politics, and storytelling, amplifying voices often left unheard. At sixteen, she signed her first record deal, performing and touring for over a decade—a legacy highl...

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Ep.54: Peter Kalal: Cultural Strategist and Researcher - "If we're not going to support the arts and culture, then what are we all doing this for?" (Audio)

June 16, 2025 • 30 mins

Peter Kalal is a Brooklyn-based cultural strategist and researcher. At Arthur M. Cohen Advisors, he works with Fortune 500s, family offices, and cultural institutions to develop pioneering visions for the future that unlock growth while fostering wonder, connection, and possibility. Peter holds a PhD in German Studies from Columbia University, along with degrees from the Eastman School of Music and...

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Ep.54: Peter Kalal: Cultural Strategist and Researcher - "If we're not going to support the arts and culture, then what are we all doing this for?" (Video)

June 16, 2025 • 30 mins

Peter Kalal is a Brooklyn-based cultural strategist and researcher. At Arthur M. Cohen Advisors, he works with Fortune 500s, family offices, and cultural institutions to develop pioneering visions for the future that unlock growth while fostering wonder, connection, and possibility. Peter holds a PhD in German Studies from Columbia University, along with degrees from the Eastman School of Music and...

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Ep.53: Dr Madeline Taylor: Costume Maker and Designer, Researcher, Educator - "In the creative space, everybody's identity is so tied up to kind of the creative work that they're making" (Video)

June 9, 2025 • 36 mins

Dr Madeline Taylor is a costume maker and designer, researcher and educator who bridges the worlds of academic theory and industry practice. Starting as a bright-eyed costume trainee at 17, her research work draws on over two decades of professional experience spanning over 90 productions in theatre, dance, opera, circus and film across Australia and the UK. A lecturer at Queensland University of Tec...

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Ep.53: Dr Madeline Taylor: Costume Maker and Designer, Researcher, Educator - "In the creative space, everybody's identity is so tied up to kind of the creative work that they're making" (Audio)

June 9, 2025 • 36 mins

Dr Madeline Taylor is a costume maker and designer, researcher and educator who bridges the worlds of academic theory and industry practice. Starting as a bright-eyed costume trainee at 17, her research work draws on over two decades of professional experience spanning over 90 productions in theatre, dance, opera, circus and film across Australia and the UK. A lecturer at Queensland University of Tec...

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Ep.52: Carson Elrod: Professional Actor and Arts Advocate - "In the empty field, we have an opportunity to build something new" (Audio)

June 2, 2025 • 44 mins

Carson Elrod is a professional actor and arts advocate. In the past three decades, he originated roles on Broadway and has appeared on stages off-Broadway and regionally across the country. He's appeared in such notable films as Wedding Crashers and Kissing Jessica Stein and on myriad of well known television shows like 30Rock and Law & Order. In 2020, during the COVID lockdown, he co-founded the Be An #ArtsHero campaign that l...

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Ep.52: Carson Elrod: Professional Actor and Arts Advocate - "In the empty field, we have an opportunity to build something new" (Video)

June 2, 2025 • 44 mins

Carson Elrod is a professional actor and arts advocate. In the past three decades, he originated roles on Broadway and has appeared on stages off-Broadway and regionally across the country. He's appeared in such notable films as Wedding Crashers and Kissing Jessica Stein and on myriad of well known television shows like 30Rock and Law & Order. In 2020, during the COVID lockdown, he co-founded the Be An #ArtsHero campaign that l...

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Ep.51: André Lachance: Senior Director of Casting and Human Performance at Cirque du Soleil - “And the only way to confirm talent is to spend time with them” (Video)

May 26, 2025 • 33 mins

André Lachance is a world-renowned leader in human development. Senior Director of Casting and Human Performance at Cirque du Soleil, he is also a speaker, master facilitator and award-winning author.

Throughout his international career, he has led hundreds of conferences and workshops in over 20 countries, inspiring organizations such as the National Hockey League, UN...

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Ep.51: André Lachance: Senior Director of Casting and Human Performance at Cirque du Soleil - “And the only way to confirm talent is to spend time with them” (Audio)

May 26, 2025 • 33 mins

André Lachance is a world-renowned leader in human development. Senior Director of Casting and Human Performance at Cirque du Soleil, he is also a speaker, master facilitator and award-winning author.

Throughout his international career, he has led hundreds of conferences and workshops in over 20 countries, inspiring organizations such as the National Hockey League, UN...

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Ep.50: Sana Akram: Pakistani Urbanist, Media Maker, XR Creator - “I'm very much delighted by the idea of discovery” (Video)

May 19, 2025 • 44 mins

Sana Akram is a Pakistani urbanist, media maker, a Fulbright alum and an XR creator based in Toronto, Canada. In 2020, she graduated with an MS in Design and Urban Ecologies from Parsons School of Design, The New School, where she diversified her research-practice by implementing an interdisciplinary design approach. Her award-winning interactive documentary, Little Pakistan - Future Histories, has showcased at several internationa...

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Ep.50: Sana Akram: Pakistani Urbanist, Media Maker, XR Creator - “I'm very much delighted by the idea of discovery” (Audio)

May 19, 2025 • 44 mins

Sana Akram is a Pakistani urbanist, media maker, a Fulbright alum and an XR creator based in Toronto, Canada. In 2020, she graduated with an MS in Design and Urban Ecologies from Parsons School of Design, The New School, where she diversified her research-practice by implementing an interdisciplinary design approach. Her award-winning interactive documentary, Little Pakistan - Future Histories, has showcased at several internationa...

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Episodes

Ep.59: Chris Lashua: Creative Director & Founder, Cirque Mechanics - "The interconnectedness of the work being done by people is part of the image" (Video)

Ep.59: Chris Lashua: Creative Director & Founder, Cirque Mechanics - "The interconnectedness of the work being done by people is part of the image" (Audio)

Ep.58: Ross Mollison: Impresario Extraordinaire, Spiegelworld - "We create the idea and then along the way we iterate as to what space it should go into" (Audio)

Ep.58: Ross Mollison: Impresario Extraordinaire, Spiegelworld - "We create the idea and then along the way we iterate as to what space it should go into" (Video)

Ep.57: David Mason: Founder,Mobile Mini Circus for Children - "Children need the art of being happy, joyful, hopeful and knowing and learning their bodies" (Video)

Ep.57: David Mason: Founder,Mobile Mini Circus for Children - "Children need the art of being happy, joyful, hopeful and knowing and learning their bodies" (Audio)

Ep.56: Lorena Martínez Mier: Cultural Manager, Creative Producer, and Accessibility Consultant - "Care is a space where your needs and concerns are validated" (Audio)

Ep.56: Lorena Martínez Mier: Cultural Manager, Creative Producer, and Accessibility Consultant - "Care is a space where your needs and concerns are validated" (Video)

Ep.55: Kim 'Busty Beatz' Bowers: Music Director, Composer, Sound Artist - "We always dream big, we’ve ticked off nearly everything. So now, let’s dream even bigger" (Video)

Ep.55: Kim 'Busty Beatz' Bowers: Music Director, Composer, Sound Artist - "We always dream big, we’ve ticked off nearly everything. So now, let’s dream even bigger" (Audio)

Ep.54: Peter Kalal: Cultural Strategist and Researcher - "If we're not going to support the arts and culture, then what are we all doing this for?" (Audio)

Ep.54: Peter Kalal: Cultural Strategist and Researcher - "If we're not going to support the arts and culture, then what are we all doing this for?" (Video)

Ep.53: Dr Madeline Taylor: Costume Maker and Designer, Researcher, Educator - "In the creative space, everybody's identity is so tied up to kind of the creative work that they're making" (Video)

Ep.53: Dr Madeline Taylor: Costume Maker and Designer, Researcher, Educator - "In the creative space, everybody's identity is so tied up to kind of the creative work that they're making" (Audio)

Ep.52: Carson Elrod: Professional Actor and Arts Advocate - "In the empty field, we have an opportunity to build something new" (Audio)

Ep.52: Carson Elrod: Professional Actor and Arts Advocate - "In the empty field, we have an opportunity to build something new" (Video)

Ep.51: André Lachance: Senior Director of Casting and Human Performance at Cirque du Soleil - “And the only way to confirm talent is to spend time with them” (Video)

Ep.51: André Lachance: Senior Director of Casting and Human Performance at Cirque du Soleil - “And the only way to confirm talent is to spend time with them” (Audio)

Ep.50: Sana Akram: Pakistani Urbanist, Media Maker, XR Creator - “I'm very much delighted by the idea of discovery” (Video)

Ep.50: Sana Akram: Pakistani Urbanist, Media Maker, XR Creator - “I'm very much delighted by the idea of discovery” (Audio)

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