Gypsy Snider

Career In 2002, Snider co-founded The 7 Fingers, an artist collective, with Shana Carroll, who apprenticed with her family's circus. Together with their husbands and three colleagues, The 7 Fingers first performed at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal. She also co-directed and choreographed "Traces" with The 7 Fingers which earned an Outstanding Choreography, New York Drama Desk Award nomination. The title was derived from the idea that every person leaves behind a legacy or "traces" in their wake. The show was described by critics as "unpretentious entertainment by performers who get a kick out of showing off their mad skills."

In 2008, Snider divorced her husband Patrick Léonard and was diagnosed with colon cancer. Once her cancer was in remission, she worked with Diane Paulus and Chet Walker to choreograph a revitalized Pippin on Broadway. She also created, directed and choreographed Réversible with The 7 Fingers, which was described as “a riveting mix of theatre, circus, dance, music and acrobatics, dedicated to a generation who forged the world that we live in today.”

Credits

Directing credits Ships in the Night (Virgin Voyages, 2020) Sisters (The 7 Fingers, 2018) Under the Stars, Bench 2017 Reversible (The 7 Fingers, 2016) Traces (The 7 Fingers, 2006) Typo (Cirque Eloize 2005) Loft (The 7 Fingers, 2002) Circumstance (Pickle Family Circus, 2002)

Acrobatic design and choreography UEFA Euro 2020 draw ceremony (Romania, 2019) Pippin, The Musical (Broadway, 2013) Peter Pan 360 (ThreeSixty Enternaintement, 2015)