Cirque Du Soleil performers Harry McKoy and Cooper Ayton are determined to keep their skills sharp while back home on the Border.
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The former Flying Fruit Fly Circus performers have had their overseas tours cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic which is sweeping the world.
21-year-old McKoy had been touring around Europe with the circus company, while 19-year-old Ayton had been based in Las Vegas to perform.
The pair, who both perform on the Teeterboard, are now living together, setting up their own training facility in the backyard.
McKoy said the duo were lucky to have been able to return home, with both having endured the 14 day quarantine imposed on any travelers returning to the country under strict COVID-19 guidelines.
McKoy admitted the backyard circus set up was both a welcome distraction and the perfect way for the keen performers to keep on top of their routines while away from the stage.
"Now that around 95 per cent of the company have been laid off, we were sent home and aren't sure when we're meant to go back," McKoy said.
"With everything being closed, we had nowhere to train.
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"If we don't stay on top of what we do then we can't really do it anymore.
"We thought we'd level out the backyard and set up a training space out there."
McKoy had been in Antwerp, Belgium, performing when the decision was made for performers to return home.
His tour Corteo, which began back in September last year, was supposed to see him travelling to perform until the end of 2021.
With parts of Europe thrown into chaos due to the coronavirus, McKoy admitted his time overseas had been eye opening.
"It's a lot more serious there than it is here at the moment," McKoy said.
"I got back just in time, I was pretty lucky.
"The whole next part of the tour was planned, but we don't know when we're going to be sent back."
McKoy is the only Australian artist in his Cirque Du Soleil show and is joined by performers from 24 other nations.
Both him and Ayton must now play the waiting game as to when they will be able to get back to business, with several other Border performers also having returned home.
McKoy admitted their stay back home in Wodonga is looking like a lengthy one.
"It's going to be a while," he said.
"The company has never been through this sort of scenario with all 20 something of their shows closing."
For now, the talented performers are content with flipping around the backyard until they can recommence their circus dreams.