Upcoming The Exciting Life of a High-Flying Russian Circus Trainer

Mikhail “Misha” Souponitski has had an interesting and eventful life. He will share the story of how he went from being born in a Russian gulag during WWII to becoming a circus performer in Circus of the Soviet Union. Later, he defected from the USSR during a tour with the circus in Sweden, became a Swedish circus performer, and traveled across Europe with the Swedish circus. Later he attended chiropractic school, practiced massage therapy, eventually married an American and ended up in Tallahassee coaching performers with the FSU Flying High Circus. Listen to him relate tales from his adventurous life. Fee $5.