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Marsh’s mother, Circus Flora’s co-founder and artistic director, immediately immersed her son in the “totally different lifestyle” of circus performance, says Marsh. By 7, he regularly starred in his own juggling and tumbling act. And, adds Marsh’s mom, “by the time he was 11, he was juggling fire and under the mentorship of Hovey, the juggling master...
...When I was little, I had nothing to do but practice,” Marsh says. Apparently, idle children make for great circus sideshows...
...Marsh did his best to turn in papers and finish assignments in high school, but minor technicalities like calculus homework couldn’t stifle his blossoming circus career...
...wasn’t gonna let my teachers not let me go to performances,” Marsh says. Despite his truancy, he graduated as salutatorian of his class and he flipped off the stage at the conclusion of his speech. Unconventional, to say the least...
Economics problem sets consume his time at Harvard, but Marsh continues to do shows during the summertime—sometimes up to twelve performances a week. Ms. Marsh adds, “Last year he took his final exams and that night flew down to South Carolina where we were opening, arrived in our muddy lot, and performed the next...