Reels
Circus Reel, September 2026
Here are some highlights from some of my favorite acts and shows (rope, trapeze, straps, cyr wheel) as well as a little bit about me. I absolutely love my career and sharing that love on stage with audiences. It has been such a dream come true to reach this level in my circus career and perform with such amazing companies. I'm so happy to have become the inspirational role model that I wish I had when I was younger, and I hope to inspire my audience to chase their dreams and find happier lives as well. Let's go on an adventure.
aerial reel, january 2025
Performance footage including rope, straps, and lyra from Cirque du Soleil’s Messi10, and the shows Colors of Life, A Hot Summer Night’s Dream, and Kaleidoscope from the ship Celebrity Edge.
Corde + Cyr Demo Reel, March 2023
A compilation of training videos taken in Montreal, Quebec, in March, 2023
Locations in order of appearance:
Cirque Éloize, Les 7 Doigts, École Nationale de Cirque
Aerial Rope Demo Reel, compiled April, 2020
A compilation of aerial rope performance footage from 2019-2020
Music: "Between Nothing and Everything" by Kai Engel From the Free Music Archive CC BY NC
Shows/Venues: Acrobatic Conundrum's "Unraveling" at Broadway Performance Hall, Seattle, WA; Aloft Circus Arts "Sanctuary", Chicago, IL; Bahamas Paradise Grand Celebration, Nassau, Bahamas; Dolly Parton's Pirates Voyage, Pigeon Forge, TN; Sojourner Covenant Church, Evanston, IL; New England Center for Circus Arts, Brattleboro, VT
Videographers: C. Byrne-Driver, Brandon Frey, Nick Ng, Steven Nguyen, James Schrodt, Camille Swift, Angela Tolvo-Minerich, Warren Woo
Rope
“From a Dream” 2026
“From a Dream” is my favorite rope act so far - it’s dynamic, has a lot of high level technical skills, but most importantly, it is so much fun to play with the audience and with my counterweight puller Justin. This act utilizes sequences developed over the course of 3 years from my time at Cirque du Soleil, Celebrity Cruises, and the Roald Dahl Story Company. A bungee pack made by my friend Zane Defiant allows me to do some big (slack) drops and the counterweight pulley with Justin Therrien allows for quick height changes and the finale jumps.
Music: “From a World to Another” Polo & Pan
“Numb” - rope - March 2019
“Numb” was a project over a year in the making, as Nick used his body and art to express the immense sense of loss and emotional defeat he couldn’t say in words. Technically and emotionally difficult as it was to create and perform, “Numb”, moving to the song on repeat became a means of catharsis to Nick, and he hopes this act reaches into the hearts of his audience and helps them heal from previous traumas.
Music: “Numb” by Hayden James feat. GRAACE
Videographer: C. Byrne-Driver
Aerial Rope solo at Pirates voyage 10-2019
Nick Ng, as Captain Indigo DeBleu at Dolly Parton’s Pirates Voyage in Pigeon Forge, TN, performing a rope/corde lisse solo. Choreographed by Nick with guidance from Giulio Scatola.
Nick was the primary Indigo DeBleu, one of four main characters of the show, and performed up to 7 days a week, 4 shows a day.
Videographer: Angela Tolvo-Minerich
aerial rope solo for acrobatic conundrum’s “unraveling”
Nick revised his rope solo “Numb” to perform across the entire stage utilizing three ropes to All That Remains’ metal instrumental “Regret Not”. It was a fun challenge to adapt his performance from a dance/electronic song with lyrical emphasis to instrumental heavy metal; however the character and feeling from “Numb” still shines through with Nick’s powerful use of body language and expression.
Acrobatic conundrum’s “unraveling” full show 12/2019
Unraveling is a 90 minute circus opus singularly dedicated to the art of aerial rope. Also known as corde lisse, or smooth rope, this form has developed tremendously in recent decades to become one of the most versatile apparatus as well as one of the simplest in the circus medium. The first edition of Unraveling, which took place at Broadway Performance Hall in Seattle, featured 15 rope artists, including 8 world renowned practitioners of rope and 7 rope artists in training. The diverse community of the show weaves in a theme of following through on unique, fantastic dreams. At once funny, touching, and breathtaking, Unraveling is a medium unto itself, told entirely while aloft, suspended by ropes.
“Ripple” aerial rope & wall : Inanimate48 4/2021 Winner
Inanimate 48 is an event in which artists dance, explore, and create a brand new work from concept to video editing within 48 hours.
In “Ripple”, Nick gives hope that during the especially turbulent current social times, we are in fact working towards a better world where everyone is equal. Nick manipulates perspective to bring new dimension to a simplified aerial rope vocabulary.
”Ripple” was chosen as the top selection out of 42 submissions.
”Nick's piece, entitled Ripple, captures the many intense moments of the past year, both devastating and hopeful. There is a powerful authenticity to his work that is difficult not to connect to, from the words spoken through the mask, to the representations of disorientation through changing video angles and unique rope work. This piece captures the spirit of Inanimate 48 perfectly. It is moving, unique, innovative, striking, personal, and is created in a simple yet elegant manner.”
Filmed at Cycropia Aerial Dance in Madison, WI
Music: "Augmentations" by Kai Engel CC BY-NC 4.0
Read the spoken word in the YouTube description
Find out more at https://inanimatedance.com/
Cyr
Country roads 2026
My latest cyr wheel act in 2026 is a tribute to my father who passed away in March, 2025. After a short battle with advanced liver cancer, my father decided to do home hospice care. As my brother drove my dad home from the hospital, they listened to John Denver's "Country Roads, Take Me Home" on repeat. It was one of my dad's favorite songs, and John Denver one of his favorite artists.
My dad immigrated to the United States from Hong Kong in the 1970s for university; he was the first in his family. He lived in Oklahoma, Illinois (where he met my mom), Colorado, and finally decided to settle in Iowa, in a beautiful home surrounded by farms and country roads. He led a successful corporate career and later, established an even more successful international family business. Having accomplished the American Dream, he told us that the best thing he did with his life was marrying my mom and being a father to my brother and me.
My dad was reluctant to watch me pursue my career in circus; for much of my life, he encouraged me to pursue science and medicine. However, as he fell ill and spent more time in hospitals, he told me that he was glad that I did not become a physician - that the emotional cost of human pain and suffering was too much. As he watched me progress in circus, working internationally for Cirque du Soleil, Celebrity Cruises, and the Roald Dahl Story Company, he became very proud as he realized how joyful and impactful I was as an artist. I wish he was still here today and we could travel the world together. Dad, I love you and miss you.
Music: Country Roads by John Denver
Mother’s sorrow; original music by frank song jr.
A Chinese-influenced cyr act featuring original composition and live musical performance from my dear Chinese American friend, Frank Song Jr.
My grandfather’s robe
A tale about my Grandfather’s Japanese Kimono with music from Japanese American musician Takenobu
Candy man from celebrity edge “midnight sax”
Featuring dancers Connie Allen, Ella Atkinson, Darcie Auld, and Ellie Logan
Straps
“iso” Straps : inanimate48 4/2020 Honorable Mentions
An aerial dance project with choreography, movement, and editing completed within 48 hours for Inanimate Dance, April 17-19, 2020. In “Iso”, Nick uses aerial straps to express emotions through physical movement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of an Asian American minority in White America. Tim Ng assisted as pulley operator and rigging assistant.
”ISO” received honorable mentions from all panel judges.
Music: "Intro(.udonthear)", "Moonlight Reprise", and "Irsen's Tale" by Kai Engel From the Free Music Archive, CC BY NC
Videographer: Nick Ng
Find out more at https://inanimatedance.com/
Music Videos
Kesha’s “Here Comes the Change” Lyric Video 9/2018
Nick Ng performed as an actor/dancer in Kesha’s “Here Comes the Change” lyric video filmed in Austin, TX in 2018, directed by Brandon Bloch and produced by Magic Seed Co. Kesha released “Here Comes the Change” to promote the Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic “On the Basis of Sex” also released in 2018. The lyric video highlights issues such as civil rights movements, BIPOC representation and female leadership, gay marriage, equality for all, and the importance of voting to bring about systemic change.
Fort Never’s “Trapped in Gold” Music Video 9/2020
Nick created a made-for-video acrobatic and rope act to Austin-based band Fort Never’s new single “Trapped in Gold” for Sky Candy’s pandemic-era show “Fortitude”. Chantell Moody, the band’s lead singer, reached out to Nick to use his dynamic rope movement in the band’s official music video released weeks later. In discussions with Chantell, Nick found that the influence and purpose for the song was “fuel for every person who wants to create lasting change, so we can live in a more humane world liberated from the chains of the great American scheme.”
Bourbon House’s “Blue Magic” Music Video 11/2022
Lacey Crowe, lead singer and co-founder of modern rock ‘n’ roll band Bourbon House, reached out to Nick to perform aerial rope for their music video, “Blue Magic”. Filmed in Chicago, IL, Nick improvised melancholy, dynamic rope sequences alongside fellow circus artist Lauren Leonesio (fire and lyra) to help develop the moody, longing mood of the video.