Лёша Ишмаев​ (Alexey Ishmaev), Russia. 2016 Male Lyra U.S. Aerial Champion.

www.usaerial.org www.facebook.com/usaerialchampionships instagram @usaerial Лёша Ишмаев (Alexey Ishmaev) is the 2016 Male Lyra U.S. Aerial Champion, a title he won on May 15, 2016 in New York City. BECOME A U.S. AERIAL MEMBER TODAY: www.usaerial.org/membership Лёша Ишмаев​ (Alexey Ishmaev) graduated from Sverdlovsk college of art and culture, circus faculty. He has been in circus since he was ten. Now he is 22 and works as an aerial artist in Leningrad Center Theatre, St. Petersburg city. Achievements for the last 4 years include: three special prizes of the circus festival "Princess of the Russian Circus" (duet aerial performance on belts "Romeo and Juliette"), first place at the international circus festival Baby "Mammoth" (performance "Romeo and Juliette", Yakutsk), the special prize at the international festival Baby "Mammoth" from the director of the German magazine "PlanetaCircus" (Yakutsk), the Grand Prix at the international circus festival "Gold Key". Perm (performance "Romeo and Juliette"), the Grand Prix at the international circus festival "Circus Maybutne" (performance "Romeo and Juliette", Lugansk, Ukraine), the silver medal XI of Delphic games (Moscow), the Participant of the television project "Ukraine Mai Talant" (Kiev), the first place and a prize of spectators' sympathies at the Pole-dance championship (Perm). Thanks go to our Official Lyra Sponsors Aerial Animals​, sponsoring the entire lyra division. http://www.aerialanimals.com/ U.S. Aerial is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the aerial arts. They host the annual U.S. Aerial Championships in NYC featuring silks, lyra, pole, trapeze, and new apparatus. BECOME A MEMBER TODAY: www.usaerial.org/membership BECOME A SPONSOR: www.usaerial.org/sponsor SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO TODAY: www.usaerial.org/submit SUPPORT U.S. AERIAL with a tax-deductible donation! http://www.usaerial.org/support