Copycat Performers Revealed

This. This fills me with a kind of fury that knows no words. Artists Stephan Choiniere and Sara Joel had much of their beautiful and unique work stolen by thieves James and Lynn, who are now reaping rewards that they in no way deserve.

Stephan has created a pretty incriminating video exposing the frauds. Watch it, be enraged, then spread it far and wide so the entire circus community knows who these scumbags are and may they never work again.

A really wonderful interview with Stephan can be found here. He articulates far better than I ever could what it is to be creative, how we evolve as artists, and why artistic thievery is as bad and serious as it is, not to mention how it cheapens the industry as a whole.

This duo wanted to be an example? Well, so be it. But not as the innovators they claim to be, but lowly thieves that the circus community will not tolerate.