Hernán
From Circopedia
Hand Balancer
By Dominique Jando
Born in 1983 in Paraguay, Jesús Hernán Arnestica belongs to the fourth generation of an Argentinean circus family. His father was a comic acrobat; his mother performed a bird act. Hernán's father trained him in hand-balancing, and at age seven he made his debut, in a performance given for inmates in a jail, with the Mexican circus for whom his parents worked.
By the time he won a Silver Medal at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris in 1998, Hernán had already enjoyed a significant performing career: he had been featured at Circo Hnos. Suarez in Mexico and Beto Carrero World Circus in Brazil, in variety theaters in France and Germany, and at Busch Gardens in Florida in the United States. He also won a Bronze Medal at the International Circus Festival of Mexico City in 1993.
See Also
- Video: Hernán, Hand Balancer, in the Big Apple Circus production of Bello & Friends (1999)
