Wayne and Lisa
Wayne Labat, a native of New Orleans, and Lisa Ratner, originally from Princeton, NJ, have a relationship that’s flying high–literally. The two are circus acrobats who met at Trapeeze High, a trapeze and circus arts school in San Diego. They are a new couple, professionally and personally, having started their relationship in January. Lisa works at Trapeze High and at a yoga center and formerly performed with Cirque du Soleil, while Wayne is a Surface Warfare Officer in the US Navy. He took a BA from UCLA in Japanese and an MA in social science from Syracuse. When they aren’t working or performing, they devote their time to providing opportunities for at-risk youths to experience circus arts.
For the Trojan Horse Project, they will perform routines based on Greek themes and speak about the origins of acrobatics in Greece 3,000 years ago.
