Cheri Haight

Cheri Haight is a lead acrobatic actress for Cirque du Soleil's KA show at the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas. She has been playing the role of the Twin Brother for the past 10 years and over 4,000 shows. In addition, she performs hand-shadow puppetry, stage combat, stunts, and high-flying wire work. Cheri Haight began studying Chinese martial arts Kung Fu and Wushu styles at the age of 13, and soon rose to become among the top athletes in the sport in the US. She won numerous gold medals and trophies during her years of competition, and achieved the highest rank for the Women's National Wushu Team in 2003. Soon after, she received her contract with Cirque du Soleil to play one of the main characters for the KA show @ the MGM Grand Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. KA is best described as acrobatic theatre. As the role of the Twin Brother, she has been cross-dressing as the male protagonist of the story since the creation of the show.