In just a few short months, America’s Got Talent Las Vegas Live at Luxor has established itself as one of the most excitingly diverse productions on the Las Vegas Strip, densely packed with comedy, music, dance, acrobatics, mentalism and more. The intense dose of danger in the show comes from Alfredo Silva and Aleksandra Kiedrowicz, better known as Deadly Games. This act originally wowed TV audiences during AGT’s 11th season and has returned on a regular basis, and once you witness the duo’s unbelievable knife-throwing feats, you’ll understand how important they are to this live show.
You’ve both been performing for many years. What’s it like to bring your talents to the Entertainment Capital of the World?
Alfredo: I think it’s a dream for most, if not all, performers to have a spot in a Vegas show. This is the city of shows, but to be here in such a high-level show where everybody is just amazing and unique, we had to take this opportunity right away, and we are honored they invited us to be part of it. And the audience reaction has been really good; they love what we do.
Each act is so different, but when Deadly Games takes the stage, the anticipation and tension reach new levels.
Alfredo: It’s true, and that’s what they wanted with this lineup and reaching for all those different elements. Deadly Games is there to punch you in the face.
Alfredo, you are a sixth-generation circus artist. How did you settle on throwing knives and the other dangerous skills you’ve perfected?
Alfredo: I was born and raised in the business and, from a young age, I knew I would be a performer, but I didn’t know what kind of expertise I would develop. Growing up, I was a juggler, a clown, I did trapeze and different things, but when I would watch my father and grandfather perform crazy stunts, the louder the applause and the better the reaction. I knew I wanted to be one of those guys getting that applause, so I started riding motorcycles in the cage of death when I was 9 and throwing knives when I was 12.
Aleksandra, your background is in dance. How did you evolve your skills?
Aleksandra: I was trained in jazz, modern and ballet, and that turned out to be very helpful when I started my journey in aerial performance because I could incorporate those styles into my performance. My act started very feminine and sensual, but I had to gain a lot of strength to do aerials. Then I met Alfredo and we combined our skills into one act to make something completely new. It was also a transition from being this delicate flying woman into this sexy, powerful partner, completely different for me.
You two must have built a tremendous amount of trust in each other in order to perform the stunts in the show.
Aleksandra: For me, it was not that difficult. I knew him already but it was more about starting with very simple tricks to get used to the (experience), like the noise and, also, you can feel the wind when the knives fly toward you. But you get used to that. Slowly, step by step, you introduce more elements, and he also has to trust me to move in the right moment and create space for him to throw.
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