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Alyssa Bunce derives inspiration from language and surrealism; nature and spirituality. From a young age, she continuously developed her technical and artistic vocabulary, which finally manifested in a combination of contortion practice, dance, acrobatics and aerial arts. Her artistic practice includes poetry and visual arts and her pieces emerge from an approach that is not confined to a singular discipline. Alyssa was born in Whitehorse, Canada. At 16 she moved to Montreal to pursue circus, attending the National Circus school from 2016 to 2019, graduating as an aerial hoop specialist and contortionist. In 2017 Alyssa began defining a technical and artistic vocabulary using two or three aerial hoops rigged to separate points and presently she continues expanding this concept.

Vejde Grind is a Swedish circus artist and dancer who finds his interest in cross disciplinary work. From an early age, he was passionate about extreme sports and street dance. After finding his way out of the Swedish forests to the city of Stockholm, he finally started to study acrobatics at the Secondary school of Contemporary Circus in Stockholm in 2011. This became the starting point for his engagement in the contemporary dance and circus scene.
Later he moved to Brussels and continued his studies at the École Supérieure des Arts du Cirque, where he successfully graduated in 2019.
He is currently touring two personal works: “H O M A N” by Collectif Malunés and his solo work “Soulo”. Vejde’s work approach is always an interdisciplinary one, a colorful symbiotic mix of cyr wheel, dance, acrobatics, music and sound design.

The Finnish circus artist Eetu Ranta already knew at an early age where his path would lead him, and so he began to learn the basics of various circus disciplines at the Taika-Aika Circus School from the young age of ten. He manifested his skills in the following years at the Finnish vocational degree circus school Salpaus Circus Artist Education.
Over the years Eetu focused on the main disciplines diabolo and teeterboard, but in his repertoire he has developed a wide range of different skills: besides juggling, whip cracking, trickroping and floor acrobatics, he also plays guitar, electric bass, banjo and ukulele. In 2020, he was awarded the title of Finnish Diabolo Champion and has already been able to demonstrate his skills in a wide variety of shows and pass them on to others through workshops.

From the age of seven, Finnish circus artist Sini Saari found her way to contemporary circus via the Espoo Esko Circus and Theatre School. After finishing her education there, Sini completed professional vocational training as a circus performer at the Salpaus Circus Centre in Lahti, Finland.
Sini graduated in 2020 and presented her skills as a solo performer as well as in collaboration with other artists ever since. She has worked with Race Horse Company, Circo Aereo and Cirk La Putyka, among others. Her artistic work focuses on the disciplines vertical rope, aerial cradle and duo trapeze.

Anna Shvedkova was born in 1997 in St. Petersburg and has been living in Berlin since 2008. From a young age she was an enthusiastic mover and was trained in rhythmic gymnastics, dance sports and other dance styles. From 2008 to 2011, she studied at the Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin, then attended the Staatliche Artistenschule Berlin and finally graduated successfully with the disciplines solo dance trapeze and duo hand to hand acrobatics in the year 2016.Ever since she has been performing as a freelance circus artist, dancer, choreographer and model all over Europe. Anna met her partner Saleh at the Berlin circus school. In 2020, they participated in the 41st Cirque De Demain Festival in Paris and won the Prix Moulin Rouge, among other prizes. Since 2018 Anna has been a member of the International Iconic House of St. Laurent and is known in the ballroom scene as Mamba St. Laurent.

While studying for his graduation at the Stockholm University of the Arts, Onni Toivonen already performed on various stages in different competitions and festivals. Onni is a circus artist and juggler from Tampere, Finland who creates unique combinations of flowing movements and high level juggling skills in his performances. He loves experimenting with daily objects and building new juggling props, using them to develop tricks and seamless movement sequences.
Onni finds great inspiration in his practice from other disciplines, such as skateboarding, kinetic sculpture, dance, and freestyle soccer. He has presented his skills in 16 different countries in various solo and ensemble pieces, such as KINEMA (2017) and Hobo Dreams (2022) also by the contemporary circus company Circo Aereo, and his graduation solo act at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris (2017).

The artist Saleh Yazdani began his five-year training at the Staatliche Artistenschule Berlin in 2011, which he successfully completed in 2016. He is specialized in handstand acrobatics, which he has shown in numerous German and international productions since then. His highlights include performances at GOP Varieté (2016 – 2022) and as a cast member of Urbanatix (2018). He has also participated in TV productions, including Italia’s Got Talent (2018) and Persia’s Got Talent (2019).
Saleh met his partner Anna Shvedkova during his time at the Staatliche Artistenschule Berlin, since then Saleh has additionally performed as a duo. In 2017, he won the bronze medal at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain. Three years later, he participated another time – this time with his acrobatic and stage partner Anna. Together they won, among others, the Prix Moulin Rouge.