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Artists
Mary
Mary Schroeder is a circus artist specializing in a combination of handstands and hula hoop manipulation. Originally from Connecticut, USA, Mary discovered her love for being upside down in the world of gymnastics. As an adult she fell in love with hula hooping and plunged herself into her circus training in San Francisco and Chicago. In 2015 Mary moved to Brussels to train at Esac, where she recently graduated with an act that combines making waffles, handstands, and hula hoops.
Anne
Born in 1995 in eastern Germany, Anne - Julia Neumann began her physical training as a tiny gymnast and competed for 14 years. During this time she was frustrated by the lack of creativity and easily embraced the openness of the circus world. Anne went on to train at ésac, where she specialized in hand balancing. Accompanied by her invented handstand apparatus “Roland.” she rolls all over the stage in her own mini-universe.
Laura
Laura Savolainen found her way to circus at the age of 8. At Sorin Sirkus, local youth circus in Tampere, Finland she practiced the basics but also developed a deeper interest in tight wire dancing as well as in hula hoop manipulation. Throughout the years she truly fell in love with the opportunities of the world of circus and decided to make that into her career.
During her studies both in Sasak (Lahti, Finland) and later at the Stockholm University of Arts (formerly known as DOCH) Laura has been developing her own musically very detailed approach of expressing on stage. Soon in spring 2024 she will graduate and end the chapter of studies but yet aims to keep on exploring the curiosities of her surroundings with and without objects.
During her studies both in Sasak (Lahti, Finland) and later at the Stockholm University of Arts (formerly known as DOCH) Laura has been developing her own musically very detailed approach of expressing on stage. Soon in spring 2024 she will graduate and end the chapter of studies but yet aims to keep on exploring the curiosities of her surroundings with and without objects.
Gracie
Gracie started circus at the age of 16 where she left her home in
Ireland to join the National circus center of London youth program.
After graduating and realizing she wanted to specialize in hula
hoops she set in search of the best teachers: Spin circus academy,
Melbourne for circus hoops, Beijing international circus school,
China for handstand hoops, and Raw art summer school, Ukraine
for hoop juggling. She mixes all these techniques together for her
own little hula hoop salad. Gracie has worked presenting
her solo at cabarets and gala shows around the world, and worked for circus companies such as Circus Jukebox, Lucent Dossier experience, Siolta circus and 250 years of circus in 60 minutes and currently NoFitState.
Ireland to join the National circus center of London youth program.
After graduating and realizing she wanted to specialize in hula
hoops she set in search of the best teachers: Spin circus academy,
Melbourne for circus hoops, Beijing international circus school,
China for handstand hoops, and Raw art summer school, Ukraine
for hoop juggling. She mixes all these techniques together for her
own little hula hoop salad. Gracie has worked presenting
her solo at cabarets and gala shows around the world, and worked for circus companies such as Circus Jukebox, Lucent Dossier experience, Siolta circus and 250 years of circus in 60 minutes and currently NoFitState.