PARTNER ACROBATICS

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Henrik Gard and Ali Stanger are the duo behind Cikada Circus, an acrobatic performance company based in Ireland. They focus their practice on Hand to hand and blending acrobatics with abstract or explicit narratives. They have created and toured six previous shows, receiving support from Arts Council Ireland and various arts centres and organisations around Ireland. Their debut production, Cikada (2018), toured across Ireland, Spain, Portugal, and Italy, winning awards and nominations along the way. Their most recent production in 2025, Symbiont, is a unique experience presented within the company’s 10-meter geodesic dome, merging performance with a living exhibition for audiences to explore. The same year, they also premiered A Stroll on Our Shoulders, a promenade, site-adaptive performance that uses the city scape and it's people as it &canvas, and transforms and evolves with each location it visits.

They co-founded ensemble-acrobatic theatre company Siolta Circus, touring both nationally and internationally with two shows.

PHYSICAL PREPARATION

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Emmet Louis initially trained in Circomedia, Bristol and National Centre of Circus Arts, London. He worked as a performer doing the corporate circuit in London until an injury ended his performance career. SInce the last 13 years he has worked as a coach full time. He is the creator of the Modern Methods of Mobility system and Co-creator of Handstand Factory. 

PEDAGOGY MENTOR

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Isabela is a brazilian/irish circus performer and educator. She has been doing circus for the past 20 years, where 13 of those professionally and last 8 years as full-time educator. She graduated at the National Circus School of Brazil, currently finishing her BA in Physical Education and is currently Head Trainer at Galway Community Circus.

She has completed the European Circus Transformation Course (CTF) and has delivered as a trainer three editions of the Module D in Galway for both European and Irish editions. She has also completed the training for trainers of the A.S.K Training (Assistant Training Sharing Knowledge) and has delivered training for trainers in Circus Factory, Dublin Circus Project and Galway Community Circus. She has also led and coordinated many National and International Youth Exchanges, have been delivering workshops for the University of Galway as part of a Residency Programme and have trained and worked with international youth and social circus trainers such as Pete Duncan, Steven Desanghere, Isabel Van Maele, Tommaso Negri, Ilaria Bessoni, Rika Taeymans, Dean Kriellaars, Lynn Carroll and more.

Her main disciplines include Handstand, Washington Trapeze and Contact Juggling.

THEATRE | CLOWN

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Angelica Santander is a clown, director and early years practitioner, her work combines theatrical, circus and clowning elements. She strives to create original work that exposes and questions the essence of our humanity, its ridiculousness, purpose , fears and desires. 

She is currently touring Juanita’s Big Problem, a 50 minute solo clown show that deals with plastic pollution and Desert Bloom , an early years show inspired on the magic of nature. 

Angelica is interested in exploring themes that are relevant to our times such as climate change , equality, migration-immigration and technology. To create work that is challenging and inspiring for children and adults alike. 

Angelica has presented her work in diverse festivals around Ireland such as Roola Boola Children’s 

Arts Festival 2024, Hullabaloo Children’s Festival 2023-24, Grasshoppers Festival, Balbriggan 2022-23-24, 

Scene and Heard Festival, Dublin 2022/23/25, Daring Dames Festival, Achill 22/23/24, Pagliacce Festival, 

Turin, Hullabaloo Children’s Festival 2023 among others. 

In parallel she works as a physical theatre and clown mentor for professional performers. Over the years she has mentored several circus artists such as, Conjunto Pepelin, Symmetry Circus, Polina Shapira, Claire Higgins,Erika Brocca, among others. 

Her latest achievements include being part of the Cairde festival Unveiled Programme for new work with TOO LATE, her latest solo clown show. Directing the Galway Community Circus Young Ensemble Performance COSMOS, 2025. She was awarded the Manifesto Residency with the circus quartet LAS CUATRO, 2025. The Supported Residency from Twisted Lane Productions ,2024. Being part of the Dcp’s Boost programme, as theatre and clown tutor and assistant director for their show SCLIMPINI(2023). Being awarded the Catalyst Residency with the clown duo Skin and Blisters,2021. She is the Recipient of the Arts Council Streets arts Bursary Award, Agility Award ,2021 and Artist Development Award 2020

PARTNER ACROBATICS

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Henrik Gard and Ali Stanger are the duo behind Cikada Circus, an acrobatic performance company based in Ireland. They focus their practice on Hand to hand and blending acrobatics with abstract or explicit narratives. They have created and toured six previous shows, receiving support from Arts Council Ireland and various arts centres and organisations around Ireland. Their debut production, Cikada (2018), toured across Ireland, Spain, Portugal, and Italy, winning awards and nominations along the way. Their most recent production in 2025, Symbiont, is a unique experience presented within the company’s 10-meter geodesic dome, merging performance with a living exhibition for audiences to explore. The same year, they also premiered A Stroll on Our Shoulders, apromenade, site-adaptive performance that uses the city scape and it's people as it &canvas, and transforms and evolves with each location it visits.

They co-founded ensemble-acrobatic theatre company Siolta Circus, touring both nationally and internationally with two shows.

DANCE

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Anica Louw brings over 40 years of international dance expertise to Circilár PRO. Cofounder and Artistic Director of LD Dance Shawbrook in Co. Longford since 2000, she has built Shawbrook into one of Europe’s premier dance retreat and residency centres—complete with multiple studios, indoor/outdoor theatres, and bespoke performance residencies. Previously Principal of the Shawbrook School of Dance (1979–2016), Anica holds a BA in Dramatic Arts, a Higher Diploma in Education (Languages & Drama), and is a lifelong member of the Royal Academy of Dance. A qualified ballet teacher and seasoned festival organizer, she has directed youth and touring companies, national dance awards, summer schools, and now leads our dance curriculum with passion and precision.

THEATRE

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Alain Servant is a French actor, director, musician and writer. He co-founded the Company ‘Tour de Babel’ in 1989, aged sixteen. The company worked for twenty- five years across disciplines and cultures, through a combination of visual arts, dance, theatre and music, and touring internationally with more than twenty shows, including in France, the Mediterranean (Tunisia, Lebanon) and Central America (Guatemala, Panama, Cuba). Alain specialized over this time in mask acting and the connection between acting, movements and music. He also has extensive experience working with different groups through theatre, including young people, people with disabilities and work in prisons.

He is now an independent artist, based between France and Dublin, where he has been developing his work as a director in the areas of circus and dance, and songwriter and performer (duo with John Linnane). He is also artistic director of ‘La Devignñre’, an artist residency in south-west France.

AERIAL (SUPPORTS)

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An aerial performance artist, who has performed regionally and internationally, her performance work is inspired by generational stories and personal experience.

Chloe has produced and curated a number of cabaret events, such as ISL Fest and Wild Roots. 

In 2023 she presented RESONANCE. An aerial theatre piece with takes inspiration from her experience growing up CODA (child of Deaf Adult)and includes ISL (Irish sign language) physical theatre and aerial hoop. She has had the opportunity to show this at the Scene & Heard festival Dublin, Festival of Fools Belfast and as  a full length solo show at Dublin Fringe festival.

In 2024, she travelled to Vienna, Berlin and Italy as part of research and development for JANAS company. She was invited to partake in the judging panel for Dublin Fringe Festival. She also worked with companies such as Dead Centre, Amanda Coogan and the Dublin Theatre of the Deaf, and acted as an aerial advisor the show 'The Race' at the Ark theatre Dublin.

In 2025, She performed for Lunar New Year festival and Teelings Whiskey, and taught on a physical theatre course 'The Physical Stage' in Porto Portugal. 

She frequents the Dublin Drag scene as a resident artist with Haus of Wig. 

She is fluent in Irish Sign Language and holds a degree in Chinese and Business from DIT.

CREATIVE TECHNIQUES

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Seve Feathers manifests oneiric imagery to make the intangible visible in live performances characterised by non-verbal, slow-paced, stylised embodiment and musicality between physicality (handstands) and visual art. Her work questions our relations to existence while seeking to harness the evocative, cathartic and transformative power of authenticity for the audience and the artist.

Seve has created and toured internationally since 2018: solo (“Dis-Oscillate”, “Fleeting”, with Dir. Megan Kennedy, & “Fleshed”) and with Feathers Ensemble (“In the City Still”, “The Spaces We Hear”).
Seve is currently developing “This Skin”, from a body of work created during the Experimental Circus Award 2023 (IE) & the Artistic Development Course 2022 (SKH, SE).

Seve was a Handbalance, Flexibility and Creative Methodology Tutor & Mentor for BOOST (2023) & the Professional Circus Artist Development Programme (2025) in Dublin Circus Project. She has coached Hanstands and Flexibility in Brussels, Dublin and online since 2018.

With a background in Literature, Theatre and Languages, Seve is a regular collaborator for Motion Impulse (Handstand Factory, Modern Methods of Mobility, Handstand Press Magazine) as handstand online coach, model, photographer, assistant editor and writer.

Seve is a member of Apartheid Free Circus (IE).