Christine Van Loo

SAG/AFTRA
Eyes: Blue/Green                                                      
Height: 5'5                       
Weight: 110   

Awards & Honors

• Female Olympic Athlete of the Year.
• Athlete of the Decade in acrobatic gymnastics.
• 7-time consecutive National Champion (the only sports acrobat to do so)
• Inducted into the USSAF (acro-gymnastics) Hall of Fame.
• Inducted into the World Acrobatics Society Gallery of Honor.
• Considered a legend in acrobatic gymnastics.
• Received “Key to the City” in Solen, OH; Baton Rouge, LA; New Orleans, LA. 
• Received “Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Citizen” in New Orleans, LA (twice).
• Received Honorable Mention for "Overture to the Arts," (in dance) a nationwide dance competition.    

Live Performances

•     Aerialist on Paul McCartney's European tour
•     Aerialist in the 2002 Winter Olympics.
•     Aerial silk act 80 feet off a nine story building for Cirque du Soleil's press release of Zumanity. 
•     Aerial silks off hot air balloon with Sarah McLachlan and Josh Groban singing live. 
•     Star Wars, Rush Hour II & Spider Man premieres.
•     Performances with Anti-gravity.
•     Pan American Games, North Carolina. 
•     Olympic Sports Festival, North Carolina.
•     The Perfect 10 Tour with Olympic Gymnastics Team.
•     McDonald's American Cup, Virginia.
•     Kurt Thomas Gymnastics America US Tour.
•     NFL Football Playoffs. Superdome, New Orleans, LA
•     World Sports Fair in Tokyo, Japan. Acrobatics competition
•     Live with Earth, Wind and Fire.
•     World's Fair.
•     Fund raisers with Aaron Neville, Muhammad Ali, George Foreman and others.
•     Performances at the Sydney Opera House and The Kennedy Center among many others. 
•     Hundreds of corporate performances, charity benefits and private events.​
•     Currently touring with Cirque de la Symphonie, performing with live symphony orchestras.

Aerials off hot air balloon for Cirque du Soleil.

Performing with Cirque de la Symphonie

Television

​NBC's Celebrity Circus (trainer/performer)                 Ellen DeGeneres                                        
Britney Spears World Tour (aerial choreographer)          42nd annual "Grammys" (Ricky Martin)          
45th annual Grammys (No Doubt)              
American Music Awards (Aerosmith)              
Stars on Ice (aerial choregrapher)                                         
Miss Universe Pageant                                  
Sabrina the Teenage Witch                            
ESPN World Class Women                              
NBC's The Today Show                                
Cirque Ingénieux                                  
Airwaves                                              
Christmas Spectacular (co-host in Italian)                      National Sports Acrobatics Competitions (color-commentator)
Jerry Lewis Telethon (twice)                        
World Cup for Sports Acroatics​Television in China, Russia, Japan, Bulgaria, Belgium, France and the US. 

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British pilot
European​
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ABC Wide World of Sports

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Grammy Awards red carpet

Film

• Rush Hour II  ​
• Just my Luck
• Bratz           
• Afro-Ninja    
• Geppetto           
• A Light in the Forest                                    ​

Avery Pix
Lady Luck Prod.uctions
Arad Productions
H3 Films
Disney
​Blue Horizon International

Rush Hour II scene

Videos

• ​Secrets of the Circus Acts Revealed (Host/Performer)
• Circus Skills for Actros (Host/Performer)
• Music Videos (Tommy Lee)    
• Music Videos (Goo Goo Dolls)     
• Music videos (Petey Pablo)                                                                    

Van Loo Productions
Van Loo Productions
MTV/VH1​
MTV/VH1
​MTV/VH1

Tommy Lee music video

Instructor/Choreography Credentials

•   Trainer of the celebrities on NBC’s Celebrity Circus.
•   Aerial choreographer for Britney Spears World Tour.
•   Aerial choreographer for Olympic champion Alexei Yagundin for the Stars on Ice US tour.  
•   Personal aerial trainers for Claire Danes and Russel Crowe.
•   Taught for Cirque du Soleil's Cirque du Monde, a social circus program.
•   Choreographed for Cirque Ingenieux (World renowned theatrical circus show).
•   Co-produced Sunset Rouge dinner show in Los Angeles.
•  Worked as a gymnastics, acrobatics and aerial coach, choreographer and director in Italy and the US for beginner through elite level gymnasts and acrogymnasts.
•   Selected by Fuji film and the Japanese Gymnastics Federation to initiate Sports Acrobatics training programs in Japan via exhibitions, clinics, and creation of instructional books and videos.
•   Trained international champion competitive theatrical dance pairs.
•   Produced ”Secrets of the Circus Revealed,” instructional DVDs. 
•  Taught master classes in Australia, South Africa, Japan, Italy, Hong Kong, Costa Rica, Canada, and the US.  
•   ​Co-owner of Airborne Arts, an aerial retreat center overlooking a 600 foot waterfall in Costa Rica.
•   Coach at Le Petite Cirque. 

Celebrity Circus

Companies

•  Van Loo Productions, LLC - Founder & CEO (instructional DVDs, show production).
•  VisionAerialist, LLC - Founder & CEO (speaker, master classes, performer).
• AirborneArts, LLV - Co-founder & CFO (classes & retreats in Costa Rica, accommodations).

Airborne Arts in Costa Rica

Publicity

•    Featured on BBC's 100 Women 
•    Featured on NBC's The Today Show.​
•    Featured on ESPN’s World Class Women.
•    Featured in National Geographic World Magazine.
•    Featured on the cover of International Gymnast Magazine.
•    Featured in World Sports Acrobatics Magazine.
•    Featured in Time/Life Books.
•    Featured in Sports Acrobatics: Art or Sport? by Chukyo Shuppan.
•    Featured in Japanese instructional Sports Acrobatic book.
•    ​Featured in Various publications, newspapers and television in China, Russia, Japan, Bulgaria, Belgium, France, and the US.

International Gymnast magazine

Writing Credentials

•    “If You Think You Can, You Can,” published in Chicken Soup for the Body & Soul.
•    “The Inner Athlete” published in International Gymnast Magazine.
•    “Art or Sport?” published in a nationwide newspaper Dancer. 
•    “Sport Acrobatics” published in Dancer. 
•    “Christine Van Loo” published in Acro Magazine
•    “Cling” (poem) published in The Silence Within, in Letters from the Soul and in The Sound of Poetry (CD).
•    ​“I Search” (poem) published in Noble House’s European anthology: Theatre of the Mind.

Story published by CVL

 Education/Training

•    BA from the University of New Orleans, on an academic scholarship and on the Dean’s list.​
•    High school Valedictorian, Student of the Year, and Student Representative.
•    Bobbie Chance, Ric DiAngelo (Actor's Preparatory Workshop), & U of N.O. for Acting technique, scenes, improvisation.
•    New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, The Edge & Millinium for Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Lyrical, Character, and Folk dancing.
•    N.O. Acrobatics Team & Elmwood Gymnastics for Sports Acrobatics.

National Geographic World Magazine

Special Skills

•   Fluent in Spanish & Italian. Conversational in French.
• ​  Acro-gymnastics -- 2 person hand to hand, tosses, contortion & balancing positions.
•   Aerial silks, Spanish web & aerial hammock -- Acrobatic/contortion on fabric or a vertical rope
•   Stationary Trapeze      
•   Bungee      
•   Harness Work