Most nights, Ukrainian-born performer Sergiy Mishchurenko spins gracefully through the air above his audience, making shapes and pointing his feet as he dreams of a new life in Australia.

But the agile aerialist sits now in the storied Grand Electric performance venue on the edge of Surry Hills, a white T-shirt subtly accentuating his musculature as he explains his craft.

Mishchurenko manages his feats without eating meat protein: vegan for one year, then vegetarian for five years, he was just recently persuaded by Sydney’s balmy weather and abundant fish to become an occasional pescatarian.

“If I eat red meat, it makes me heavy,” he says with a laugh, “mentally and physically”.

At 35, he contemplates his career longevity. “In my 20s, I was thinking at 30 I’d have to stop, but now I fe

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