Description: Artists, Performers and Entertainers in Central Illinois
By Craig Stocks / Photography by Craig Stocks
If you happen to see a video of someone playing Jenga with a whip or performing tricks with a flaming fire whip there’s a very good chance it’s April Choi working the whip. April combines the inquiring and calculating mind of an engineer with the grace of a dancer, a flair for fire and a passion for teaching to create new props and tools and teach others how to use them.
April grew up in a number of areas of the country and ended up in Iowa before coming to Peoria a few years ago as a contract research engineer at Caterpillar Inc. Her technical background includes a bachelors and masters in mechanical engineering with specialties in combustion systems and computational flow dynamics . She loves to combine her engineering side with her creative energy.