Beverly Sobelman became an aerial artist when she had a midlife - change . One day a rock-climbing buddy mentioned a class he 'd been taking in circus aerials : the kind of midair acrobatics perfected by Cirque du Soleil . Sobelman was a 39 year old software engineer for IBM before Microsoft . She founded Versatile Arts , Microsoft 's first full - time aerial artist .
Beverly Sobelman became an aerial artist when she had a midlife - change . Sobelman was a 39 year old software engineer for IBM before Microsoft . She founded Versatile Arts , Microsoft 's first full - time aerial artist .