Trench Talk With Matt Reynolds

Andrii Bondarenko (@andrii_bondarenko) is simply incredible and routinely (like almost every day) performs physical sequences that have to be seen to be believed. Andrii has performed with Cirque du Soleil for the past 7 years in various shows and in different roles including “a flyer” which involves is exactly as the name suggests – flying through the air before being caught by the other performers. As a flyer, he has been responsible for carrying out some of the most difficult and captivating stunts that, without a doubt, were the highlights of the entire show. He has performed as a principal acrobatic character, including a mesmerizing solo act of hand-balancing on several chairs stacked on top of each other which are firstly placed on top of a table. We talked through this particular sequence during our chat. Andrii is a many time national champion of Ukraine, holds the distinction of Merited Master of Sports (the highest distinction in the sport, in Ukraine), and even the prestigious Presidential Medal o