Melanie Chy

Biography

Melanie Chy a third-generation performer of Swiss, Italian and Chinese descent, made her debut at age six. She was an exceptionally gifted student: at age eight , she performed a remarkable balancing and contortion act at the prestigious Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris, earning a silver medal and making her in instant sensation in the circus world.
Next came several hard years of training. In her current display, she powers effortlessly through a muscle-crunching routine that would foil most Olympic-level athletes.

Featured in major circuses and variety shows throughout Europe, Melanie made her American debut with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, where she was given center ring.
Combining the mental rigor of a martial master, the agility of an Olympic gymnast and the performance panache of a modern dancer, Melanie Chy revives the ancient art of hand balancing.

Resume

2011 -2012
Big Apple Circus, USA
2010 - August 2011
Principal Act at “Voyage de la Vie”, Singapore
2009
Spiegeltent Palazzo, Switzerland
The Most Interesting Show in the World Tour, USA
2008
Wintergarten Varietee Berlin, Germany
2007 - 2008
Roncalli Spiegeltent “Bajazzo” Munich, Germany
2006
“Circus Circus” Las Vegas, NV. USA
2005 - 2006
Roncallis Panem et Circense “Winterzauber”, Germany
2004 - 2005
Big Apple Circus, USA
2004
Roncalli’s Apollo Variete, Germany
2002 - 2004
Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus, USA

Awards
Cirque de Demain, Paris (France) - Silver medal
Cirque de Demain, Paris (France) - Prix Bouglione
Circus Festival, Liege (Belgium) - La Dame du Cirque
Internationaler Deutscher Artistenpreis (Germany) - Jury Prize