Image via Wikipedia(VIDEO Link Below)The pair call themselves, Duo MainTenanT - and are Nicolas Besnard
and Shenea Booth. Nicholas is former guest hand to hand of Cirque du Soleil
"Zumanity" and Shenea Booth is formerly of Duo Realis.
Gymnast and dancer, Ludivine Furnon, of the cast of Cirque du Soleil in the
production Mystere in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a former member of Duo
Maintenant with Besnard and it is her in this amazing featured video from
the television show Benissimo.
Nicolas Besnard developed his art at National Circus School and at theUniversity of Dance of Montreal.
In 2005, Nicolas was invited to be a guest act in the sexiest production of
Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas - Zumanity where he performed over 2000 times
in four years. He has performed all around the globe and has appeared inmany different TV shows including Le Plus Grand Cabaret du Monde and Benissimo. He also won the Silver Medal in Paris at the most recognized Circus Festival in the world - 31st Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain and made it to the finals of French Got Talent.
Shenea Booth is an American acrobatic gymnast who represented the USA at
the 2001 World Games, the 2002 World Championships and the 2004 World
Championships in the Mixed Pair event, along with her partner, Arthur
Davis. At the conclusion of their competitive careers, Booth and Davis
formed the acrobatic gymnastics act Duo Realis, which made it to the final
round of competition in the 2006 season of the U.S. reality TV show,
America's Got Talent.
Booth and Davis were both chosen for induction into
the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2009. Shenea has made special
appearances on Dancing With The Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, Cirque
Du Soliel premier special events, NBC's Ice Skating and Gymnastics
Spectacular.
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Very beautiful "The Dance"
Friends--the music is an original composition by Martin Villiger. (Although
there are thousands of entries on the internet pertaining to his music, I
wasn't able to find much biographical information.)
~Roy King
