09/03/2026
TEACHER ANNOUNCEMENT: Serchmaa
We are excited to welcome Serchmaa to CirqueHaus for the Mongolian Contortion intensive at the CirqueHaus Festival, this Nov 9-16 in NYC!
Contortion Intensive:
3 Days- Monday Nov 9, Tuesday Nov 10, Wednesday Nov 11
1 - 4pm each day
A special opportunity to train with a master teacher in New York City!
Tickets:
Mongolian contortion intensive pass: $395
Full Festival pass: $625 until Oct 1
20% discount for members
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ABOUT:
Ever since she watched Contortion act on Mongolian national TV, she wanted to be the best Contortionist and started her training at the Mongolian National Circus at the age of eight. Almost every
Mongolian young girl’s dream is to be Contortionist as the wrestling is to the boys. It is a hard challenge to be professional Contortionist. One would have to do intense three to four hours of training every day and only a few would make it into becoming the professional Contortionist.
Serchmaa enrolled in Mongolian National Circus Contortion training program and became one of those very few fortunate
girls to train under the World acclaimed Contortion legend Madam Tsend-Ayush. Madam Tsend-Ayush has a keen eye for a talent and thus she selects her pupils very carefully.
Serchmaa’s career in Contortion started in 1989 when she went to Russia to perform in front of thousand for the very first time. Since then she performed with “Mandukhai” Mongolian Ethnic
Ensemble and traveling circus “Urguu” and Mongolian Ethnic dance and music ensemble “Jamukha” in
many countries including Russia, Poland, Korea, Japan, China, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Pakistan, France, Mexico and United States of America.
In October 16th of 1992, while performing in Germany with “Urguu” circus troupe, Serchmaa was invited to participate in European Youth Circus Festival in Weistbaden, Germany. More than 35 countries sent their top circus performers including four other contortion acts from Nederland, Hamburg, Belgium and Hungary. Serchmaa was the only and still is, Asian ever to be invited to participate in European Youth Circus Festival and she won the “Golden Elephant” and was named the Golden girl of contortion.....
