 to the place where the show is going to happen. Hi guys, welcome to OxiVlogs and today I have a special guest. He's an artist who performs in number one show in Dubai. And he has a motivational and very inspirational story to share with you. So, let's start. Thank you Andy for coming and please can you introduce yourself in a couple of words? What do you do in Dubai? Where are you from? Thank you for the invitation. I am Andy Campos. I am from Kuwa. I am a performer in Dubai. By the way guys, watch this video till the end because our guest prepared a special gift for you. So, don't miss out. Okay, coming back to the past. When did you start doing sports? How old were you? I was five years old. My dad introduced me to the gymnastics. In the beginning I didn't like the sport but after like a couple of months I started to like the gymnastics. To jump, to do acrobat, to do some handstand. Yeah, this was in my beginning. And how long have you been doing gymnastics? In gymnastics I was doing 12 years. From five years until 17 years. And what happened then? What happened then? I remember when I was in the national team in Kuwa. The fireman from the school. I don't know why. So, I was 70 years. After that I didn't do anything in my life. I was five years in my life in my original city. I was basically a lot of my condition, like a sport, like an athletic. Yeah, I remember one day when I moved to the capital of my country. I was sitting at my home and I said, no, let me think about to be a performance, to be a circus artist. One day I went to one company in my country. The owner of the company asked me if I know how to jump trampoline. I said to him, yes, I know how to do trampoline because I was training trampoline as well. Yeah, this was my beginning in the circus performance. I was training two years to make my act. I went to one festival in Kuwa in 2014. I got the third prize in this festival and after that I went to the UK. I was working in the UK and one company, very nice company in the UK. And after I went to France. I was working in France for three months. I was doing one TV show, very famous TV show there in Paris. It's called Le plus Grand Cabaret du Monde. When I finished my contract in France, I went to Holland, very nice circus in Holland. And after Holland, I went to Canada, Montreal. I was working in Montreal for one, two come to Dubai to La Perle. So, yes. So, did they invite you to come to La Perle or how did you get this job? Very nice question. Yes, I remember I was in Kuwa in 2014. I was working at Big Top in Kuwa, the chapito, as we call. And the owner of the company, he asked me to come to Dragone to make an audition in Kuwa. Dragone is the S-artist director of Cirque du Soleil. Because I was very fond of Cirque du Soleil, always I was watching old shows, Cirque du Soleil. I was thinking, it's true that Franco Dragone is going to come to Kuwa. So, after three months, yes, the company came to Kuwa. I did the audition. It was like a very big audition, a lot of people. Thanks God they accept me to become a performer in La Perle. I was waiting for the contract for like two years and now I live here in Dubai from 2016. If we are talking about working in Dubai as a performer, do they provide you with accommodation, visa, tickets, like everything? Yes, I'm working by Hattour. Hattour Company is like a big company in Dubai. They provide my accommodation, transportation, food, insurance, everything. I've been to La Perle show in 2018 and it's just something fascinating. And I'm just wondering, like, do you have any fear? Like, is it scary to do all these tricks? Like, how do you feel on this stage? Good question. When I perform in the stage, I'm feeling, this is the feeling that I'm more enjoyed to give my energy to the audience. I'm feeling super, super excited when I enter the stage. My personality completely changed. I'm a new person, so this is what I'm more enjoyed to be performing. But how do you feel during the training sessions when you are practicing new tricks, for example? When I practice new tricks, it depends on the tree. If the tree is very, very dangerous, yeah, I'm feeling scared, but I like to push myself all the time to improve myself. From the show, I jumped in from 20 meters. I remember my first jump, it was like very, very scared. But after when I did, I said, yeah, I can do it, so nothing happened. How many artists do you have approximately? We have 45 artists, 45 performances. And how do your daily life look like? Well, we are like a family. We have from different countries, we have people from the US, Canada, Ukraine, Russia, Cuba, Brazil, Colombia, it's very... We are a big family. International team. International team. So do you practice every day, do you train? Yeah, we practice every day. How many hours a day? Well, my job starts from 2 pm, I finish the show at 11. From 2 pm till 11 pm? Till 11 pm. Don't stop. No, stop. Train me, train me, train me. Wow. What was your first impression when you came to Dubai and how do you feel now? Well, my... The first impression on Dubai is, I must say this, I love Dubai, I feel it here, like in my home. First, because it's a very safe country, very safe city, very cosmopolitan, you meet people around the world. This country will give you a lot of opportunity. But that's how you feel now. But how did you feel when you just arrived? Usually it's a different feeling. Yeah, true. When I came to Dubai, it was a big impression because I come from Ireland, it's a small country, I came here to Dubai, I see all the bigger buildings. Wow, it's so beautiful city. The weather is no big chance for me because also my country is hot. But yeah, I came here in summer, it was like super hot. Unhumored. Unhumored, yeah, unhumored too. But what about work? Was it something normal for you or you worked really a lot compared to previous companies you worked for? My very impression was to meet new people. I remember when I came, I didn't speak English, I have to learn English. But here in the country, I learned many things in my life. I learned how to try, how to speak English, how to communicate with a lot of people. Let's say if someone wants to come to Dubai and work as an artist or performer in this city, what advice would you give to them? To come to Dubai, I think first you have to try to get the contract to explore more the market here in Dubai, how it works. But you can also work like a freelancer, but you have to make your own visa, you need to rent by yourself. For my experience, I worked for four years in one contract. The company, they provide for me everything, insurance, the house, food. Here in Dubai, they have a lot of jobs for dancers, circus singers, but my advice is first to get the contract and after looking forward for new contracts or if you want to be like a freelancer, it's also a very good opportunity to be here in Dubai. So how many days off do you have and what do you do in your free time? I have a Sunday, Mondays off, but normally my free time, I like to go to the beach pool, but it depends also on my free time because sometimes I'm busy with my personal training. Actually, I do personal training also before I enter to La Pair from morning after I go to La Pair. And also when I am off, I also use all my days off to do personal training, so basically I don't have days off. So this is your site hustle for the training? Yes, that's correct. What kind of training do you provide? Normally I teach people how to learn handstand, human flag, everything about inside of calisthenics. If you want to learn calisthenics, I can teach you how to learn calisthenics, but also I do personal training, how to people lost weight to get better fitness life. If you want to learn how to do the same tricks like Andy, you have a chance to win a personal training session with him. In order to win, you need to like this video, leave a comment, subscribe to the channel and in one week we will choose one winner. Good luck. Where do you see yourself in five years? What are your future plans? I want to stay in five years more than Dubai. Dubai for me is like in my home, but after five years I want to move forward to Vegas. Vegas or I don't know, but maybe Miami, but I want to work in Vegas and Cirque du Soleil. Thank you so much. It was a great conversation. Thank you for coming. And guys, if you haven't been to La Perla Show, I highly recommend you to visit. And see you in the next video. Bye-bye. Thank you.