Andrea Conway, also known as Andrea Conway-Doba (born September 15, 1971), is a former

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gymnast, acrobat, actor, tap dancer and clown from

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Gymnastics

Conway competed in artistic gymnastics on a national level, representing Quebec. In 1987, she represented Canada at the

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, winning a bronze medal for team Canada.

Stage career

Conway toured with

Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil (, ; "Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world. Located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 16 Ju ...

from 1992–2000, performing on the

Chinese pole Chinese poles are vertical poles on which circus performers climb, slide down and hold poses. The poles are generally between in height and approximately in diameter. Some poles have a slightly larger pole that rotates around the static central ...

s and

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. She was an original cast member in Cirque du Soleil's ''

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''. In 2001, she was cast in

Teatro Zinzanni Teatro ZinZanni is a circus dinner theater that began in the neighborhood of Lower Queen Anne in Seattle, Washington. It has since expanded to a site on the waterfront at Pier 29 on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. History Teatro ...

. She went on to collaborate in 18 Teatro Zinzanni productions in San Francisco and Seattle. She also co-wrote and co-directed two Teatro Zinzanni productions. Conway appeared in several Teatro Zinzanni shows with her husband, Wayne Doba, as the

tap dancing Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion. Two major variations on tap dance exist: rhythm (jazz) tap and Broadway tap. Broadway tap focuses on dance; it is widely perfo ...

comedy duo “Dik and Mitzi”. The couple perform two-person shows in small theaters across the U.S. and Canada.

Personal life

Conway went into

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in 2016 and spent two years on dialysis before undergoing a successful

kidney transplant Kidney transplant or renal transplant is the organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end-stage kidney disease (ESRD). Kidney transplant is typically classified as deceased-donor (formerly known as cadaveric) or living-donor transplantati ...

from an anonymous donor. She wrote about her experience in ''Journal Le Tour'', a bilingual newspaper in Quebec.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Conway, Andrea Living people 1971 births Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Gymnasts at the 1987 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in gymnastics Canadian female artistic gymnasts