‘I suck at breaks’: a day in the life of an aerial cellist
Cellista, an aerialist who regularly performs upside down with her cello, shares what her life looks like training for the stage
TL;DR
- Cellista, an aerial cellist based in Las Vegas, shared insights into her daily routine while traveling in Germany.
- Her day begins with waking before her alarm, followed by coffee, reading Nabokov's letters, and journaling.
- She is currently writing a book to accompany her aerial theater piece, 'Mémoire'.
- Work involved submitting the 'Mémoire' album for Grammy consideration and chasing a client for overdue payment.
- She finds taking breaks difficult, despite knowing their importance for body and mind.
- She spoke with her father, a philosophy professor, about visiting Nietzsche's house and Nietzsche's breakdown.
- For dinner in Bayreuth, she ate schäufele, a roast pork dish, with a potato dumpling and cabbage.
- Her bedtime routine involves watching 'The X-Files' (pre-season eight), drinking cocoa, and eating vanilla wafers.