Mary Wolfe and Tyce Nielsen are Duo Transcend, an acrobatic trapeze act that has wowed audiences on television’s America’s Got Talent since 2013. The married couple from Salt Lake City built a reputation as one of the most daring acts in the program’s history, which is why they returned to the show and were then selected as one of the anchors of America’s Got Talent Las Vegas Live at Luxor when the stage spectacular launched in 2021. Incredibly, they keep the level of excitement as high as possible every night, thanks to a laser-focused dedication to their craft and achieving peak physical ability.

The world has gotten to know you well during your time on AGT. How has your performance evolved through that time?

Tyce: It’s really important to us that we are performing for the audience, giving them the show. For a lot of artists, they are creating art for other artists, and sometimes the audience is left in the dark. When we started doing America’s Got Talent, we saw what was working and what people really liked, and our performances have been adapted to give our audience the best show possible.

Mary: Sometimes when artists get a consistent contract like ours with this show, they start to feel safe, like they don’t need to push themselves anymore. We never stop pushing ourselves. We want to keep ourselves looking as good as possible and doing the best routines we can. What we do is so physical, and it’s only a short time that our bodies can do this, so we want to give it everything we’ve got while we’re physically able to.

Some of the Strip’s musical residents often say they can do so much more with their Vegas show because they don’t have to tour the production. Is there any similarity with your act, since the Luxor is your headquarters now?

Tyce: The production value is so great with America’s Got Talent Live, not only are we doing the best we can do and we’re in the best shape of our lives, but the production (surrounding) our act is unreal. There’s this amazing video screen behind us so it’s like we’re taking you on this crazy ride with us up in the air.

The show is such a roller coaster and there’s something for everyone thanks to the variety of performers. But Duo Transcend is sort of the peak of thrills during the show. Is there pressure to live up to that expectation?

Mary: We have a lot of people tell us they like watching us on TV, but live, it’s completely different. You can hear Tyce calling me out for blindfold trucks. I think the live version has a different dynamic, and at the end of the show when we get to meet people and they tell us it’s more impressive live, that’s what we want to achieve.

What has it been like offstage, getting used to life in Las Vegas and being part of the community here?

Mary: It’s really inspiring to be here, and we’ve been wanting to make Vegas our home for a long time. We actually came here on our honeymoon and saw a bunch of shows, so now it’s surreal driving to work every day, seeing the Strip, and thinking, “This is our life.”

Tyce: Vegas is an amazing place and a destination a lot of performers in our industry want to make their home. For people like us, acrobats, to get a headlining position on the Strip is a huge deal. It means everything to live here and be working on the Strip every night.

Luxor, agtvegaslive.com

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