Slater Penney credits a variety of individuals with helping him in his creative development: his father for introducing him to music and theater, his mother for supporting his creativity, Howard Frieberg for teaching him to juggle, Barton Levenson for exposing him to ecstatic dance, Mel Wong for teaching him modern dance form, Tirza Naramore and Erica Shuch for building beautiful choreography, Mister Twister for assisting in his development as a clown, Xia Ke Min for his acrobatic torture and Chinese opera, Sparky Rich for being his fire staff coach, Zaphyre for being his first fire and acrobatics partner, Ronlin Foreman for teaching him about fear and ensemble process, and audiences for supporting his work.

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