Manya Crippen has built a career of movement of the body for story telling and expression . She has a background in Gymnastics, Circus and equestrian vaulting. She toured the world as the Slavic sisters with the Colorado band Devotcka and after decades of performing and equestrian expos across the US and Canada, met her stunt man husband on a live equestrian cirque show in San Diego. She has done stunts for Eminem, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Batwoman and many other film and T. V. projects.