2023-12-26 04:02:00
Ayelén Gallo, the first woman to ride the Globe of Death (ayelen_rgallo)
He has just come down from doing his routine in the Globe of Death at the Wintercircus Royal Dordrecht, in Holland. From there, with her voice still full of that unique adrenaline, she tells how it went and says with absolute confidence: “Nothing is impossible” and that is demonstrated by Ayelén Gallo in each of her presentations. When she gets off the motorcycle she studies medicine at the University of Buenos Aires, where she is currently in her third year.
At the age of 17 he joined the Rodas Circus when he came to ask for work to cover his expenses. “They had arrived in my neighborhood, Merlo, in the province of Buenos Aires, and since they were looking for people to work, I went. I had to distribute flyers to promote the functions,” says the beginning.
Before leaving for Europe, he worked at the Servian Circus and dreams of being able to tour the world showing his passion for motorcycles and acrobatics, giving one of the most risky circus shows in the world and which has always been the power of men.
Ayelén Gallo in the Globe of Death at Circus Rodas (ayelen_rgallo)
In her first season in the circus she worked with her mother as an usher and then began to strengthen ties with the circus artists. “I stayed in touch with them to come back when they returned,” she remembers.
That reunion took place two years later and she clapped hands again, claiming her place to work. “They offered me to be part of the stable cast of the circus. I entered, I met Ayrton, my partner, and I said I wanted motorcycles, because they were my great passion. That adrenaline, that risk that is experienced in the Globe of Death is incredible. I tried it, I loved it and I never left again,” she admits.
He was born in Merlo, west of the province of Buenos Aires, and lived there with his parents until he established himself in the workplace. Before getting on the Globe for the first time, Ayelén drove motorcycles, but she did not know the skills, but she was convinced that that was what she wanted, so she dedicated all her time to it with patience and perseverance to train and achieve what she wanted so much.
Ayelén in Tandil (maiily_nickita)
Grateful, she recognizes that it was her colleagues who taught her everything she needed to achieve her dream.
“The guys who were dedicated to that painting taught me everything. At first, they were incredulous of my wish, but it didn’t take them long to make me part of the group and they held nothing back to guide me.” The first practices were outside the balloon, to make him gain confidence in mastering the motorcycle until he continued inside and, finally, began to ride inside.
Excited, she remembers the day she fulfilled that dream: “I will never forget it! My whole body was shaking! Of course I didn’t tell anyone and I didn’t want anyone to approach me or talk to me. She was nervous, anxious behind the scenes and she was beginning to feel the pressure because she felt that she was obligated to do more than well, because I insisted on being there, not because she demanded it of me and I didn’t want to fail. I did it! And when she finished the performance I burst into tears.”
While that happens in the circus, at home the adrenaline was not the same. “They couldn’t believe I wanted to do that! They didn’t support me right away. What’s more, my mom almost killed me! And my dad didn’t like it either. They thought it would be better to be part of other paintings and not that one, but I wasn’t interested in trapeze or being a dancer, I wanted the motorcycle! Then my family understood it, they had no other choice,” acknowledges the woman who shines on the green motorcycle.
The Balloon of Death team from Circus Rodas (ayelen_rgallo)
To achieve the skill for which she is recognized today, at only 25 years old, Ayelén trains every day. “We do different pirouettes to get it right and we add new challenges to surprise the spectators even more,” she says.
That passion, which she herself does not understand, began in the midst of the pandemic and became a pioneer: “There are no female motorcyclists because, due to the risk, I think, this was always a male number, but I thought I liked it and I asked myself : “Because I can not?”.
When he started learning, he was managing to deal with that new adrenaline and his career. She “she had started studying medicine and worked on weekends. From the circus, I went home, got ready and left for college. It was like that for a few years, until I learned to ride the motorcycle, at the beginning of 2020, and when the pandemic restrictions were lifted I started working on the Globe of Death.”
The much-feared Balloon of Death is a metallic circle into which, in due time, several motorcyclists enter and spin and perform pirouettes in a synchronized manner and in two groups.
After a show at Concordia, Entre Ríos (ayelen_rgallo)
“There are the motorcyclists who ride at the top and those who ride at the bottom, each team has a leader who guides. Those who go at the top are marked with the exit and the descent that marks the routine that must be done. This is coordinated before, so that a disaster is not made,” he explains.
The enjoyment for her is constant. “Everything is awesome. I love going into the Globe of Death and doing what I do. Seeing the public enjoying it and sometimes being amazed because I take off my helmet last and I hear the people’s reaction, they applaud loudly and when I finish they ask me for photos. They tell me that they see me as a brave and empowered woman among men.”
He really enjoys that feedback and loves receiving compliments from viewers. “They congratulate us all, but there are those who come directly to me. They tell me that I have golden ovaries and a lot of that stuff,” he laughs and says that he dreams of traveling the world doing what he loves so much.
“I studied until the previous semester, not this one because I have a contract to go outside the country. “I dream of knowing the world.” She is currently in Holland, she will return on January 8 and on the 12th she will leave for Bolivia. “Little by little, everything happens. You have to have courage to make dreams come true,” she says.
Happy and grateful, she recognizes that the sensations she experiences are priceless. “Seconds before entering and doing my number, I feel tremendous happiness that runs through my entire body. It is inexplicable, it is that same adrenaline that I have had since the first time,” she concludes.
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