Episode 70: Emilia Sandulescu

<p>Meet someone who literally ran away to join the circus! Emilia Sandulescu is the proud mum of a sweet one year old boy, who everyone calls 'baby Tony'.&nbsp;Originally from Romania, Emily joined the circus temporarily as a dancer, planning to use her wages to fund the rest of her studies at university.&nbsp;But she never went back.&nbsp;Two decades on she now performs acrobatics on horses, alongside - and sometimes balancing on top of! - her husband.&nbsp;He is one of five boys and a ninth generation circus performer.&nbsp;Emilia told me what life in the circus involves and how she loves the friendly, tight&nbsp;knit community.&nbsp;The&nbsp;much longed-for baby Tony is surrounded by adoring adults, melting the tough guy exteriors of his circus uncles and grandfather, and Emilia can't imagine life anywhere else.</p><br><p>Spinning Plates is presented by Sophie Ellis Bextor, </p><p>it is produced by Claire Jones and post-production is by Richard Jones.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>