Avi Pryntz-Nadworny
MEDIUM /// PHOTOGRAPHY
Growing up in Ward, NY, Avi spent his youth bouncing between a fascination with animation and a playful obsession with juggling and gymnastics. His interest in animation eventually brought him to Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where he studied Graphic Design and New Media before deciding to join the circus school in Quebec City, Canada. A year later, he landed a job with Cirque du Soleil and began working as an acrobat and fire juggler. During his international career as a circus performer, friends and colleagues began approaching him for photo and video shoots; soon what started as a few odd jobs turned into a passion to create images with some of the world’s best circus artists. Avi resides in Rochester, NY, and when he is not directing videos or shooting photos, he can be found performing and teaching Cyr wheel at circus schools in the Northeastern United States.