As we were at the Bali Handstand Retreat, there were some professional performers attending as well and one of them was Ellen Grow. I had just come from my training in Kiev and when I met her she told me that she had spent 18 months at a circus school in Beijing, China. So we […]
Ivo and I got to be part of the first “Bali Handstand Retreat”, or “Spin Bali Retreat”, organized by Spin Circus in July 2019. If you’re thinking about joining a retreat in the future, I hope this review helps you make a decision! So far Ivo and I have been at the “Handstand Factory”, a […]
Guys, I’ve been dying to show you this one. I think I don’t need to explain who Yulya Mihailova is, as she is probably the most famous female handbalancer and contortionist in the circus world and the world of social media. After meeting her husband, Andrii Bondarenko, I was determined to get to meet her […]
I was fortunate enough to be able to interview Alexander Hart, another student at the Academy of Circus and Variety Arts in Kyiv. He’s originally from Alaska, USA, which was a fun coincidence since that’s where my own father comes from. Alex was close to finishing his second year at the circus school in Kyiv […]
Here’s to all of you overthinkers out there. This message is one I needed to hear for sure: Think less and do more! Pieti was one of the amazing students we met during our visit at the Kyiv Academy for Circus and Variety Arts. I could talk to him for hours and hours, as he […]
And we are back on! Today’s episode features Kaisa Koivuluoma, who has had a quite steep journey of progress. In this interview she tells us all about her story. Kaisa is one of the “foreign” students we met at the Academy of Circus and Variety Arts in Kyiv. To freshen up your memory, this is […]
Here’s to all of you people who can’t get enough of handstanding, but are struggeling with writs pain. Dealing with injuries during your handstand journey can be so frustrating. We all know that. But in those times it’s good to remind ourselves that handstands aren’t everything in life (I know, you’re like.. “wtf, Soundschi?!?”) But […]
Damn, was I looking forward to meeting this girl, Mihaela Karkia! A few months back I saw one of her Instagram posts, where she was doing a pretty advanced sequence going down from a figa and pressing back up on one arm. I sent the post to my coach, Emmet Louis, with the hashtag lifegoals. […]
We are back! After a short summer break I’m excited to share all of the Kiev goodness with you! So for the next few weeks I’ll give you the different perspectives and stories of handbalancers who train at the place where some of the best handbalancers in the world are made. Today I’ll talk to […]
We’re very excited to make this announcement: from now on you can listen to our Soundschi-Land Show as a Podcast on all the major platforms :). We’ve been getting quite some requests for this, so now we took the time to put it into action. I hope this gives you another useful option to suck […]