Lifnar mín sál, heiminn mála!
(My soul comes to life, paints the world!)

Marion Tortorich is a New Orleans native who has been involved in different forms of dance, gymnastics, and acrobatics for 18 years. She left the realm of gymnastics and acrobatics competition only to return again as a coach from 2003-2009. In November of 2007, Marion joined the Whirly Bones Circus Arts Collective in New Orleans and began aerial circus arts training under the instruction of Raven Hinojosa of Aurora Circus Theater. Through local agents and production companies, including Carl Mack Presents and Isomorpheus Productions, Marion has brought her aerial and acrobatic performances to the professional level, providing entertainment at corporate events and art festivals, including the first and the second New Orleans Fringe Festivals. She works with trapeze (partner and solo), aerial hammock, and lyra, fire spinning, dance, hulu hoops, and acrobatics. She has film experience working as an actor, dancer, and set designer, and works professionally as a model. Marion is a holistic health/Living Foods enthusiast, a graduate of Wild Lotus Yoga's "Yoga and Spirituality" teacher training program, and has received her Reiki Level I Attunement. She has taught flexibility, aerial yoga, and aerial hammock/conditioning classes professionally, as well as yoga and gymnastics in the New Orleans school system through Young Audiences. In addition to being a Vinyasa Flow Yoga teacher in her community, Marion is a drummer and vocalist, has performed and taught for Sky Candy Aerial Troupe. She is currently a member of the Mystic Pony Aerial Troupe, Renegade Pyrotechnics fire spinning duo, the Submarigny Submarine Club of Undersea Pleasures performance arts collective, and MAaron Acrobatic Yoga duo.

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