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Discovered on a friend’s trampoline in Melbourne, Jon caught his big break at the age of 12, working as a stunt double for Warner Brothers Where The Wild Things Are. After over a decade in gymnastics, Jon went on to study at the National Institute of Circus Arts, specialising in rope.

Jon graduated in 2014 and began touring independent projects around Australia before performing internationally with some of the country’s best circus companies – Circa, Casus and Circus Oz. Jon can be found hiding in a cafe, hanging from his rope or standing on people all around the world.

Growing up in Albury, Holly-Rose was introduced to dance at the age of two and fell in love with all things performing after joining her local cheer and dance studio. In 2014, Holly-Rose auditioned for a place in the Flying Fruit Fly Circus, where she trained in handstands, hand to hand, aerial straps and tumbling under the mentorship of Loic Marques and Nick Hutchinson.

During her time at the Flying Fruit Fly Circus, Holly-Rose toured JUNK both in Australia and internationally. She also took part in Sydney Festival’s Nanjing Project, while travelling to Melbourne most weekends for additional dance training and performances. Graduating in 2021, Holly-Rose packed her life into two suitcases and moved to Brisbane to start the next chapter with Circa.

Outside of circus, Holly-Rose loves swimming at the beach and dogs, especially pugs

Helga is an acrobat, a base in partner acrobatics and an acro dancer. Helga started her circus career at the age of 6 in the circus school OMAtsrikus located in Tallinn. In parallel with circus training, she also did gymnastics classes in Acrobatic Gymnastics. She started competing internationally representing the Estonian national team at 13.

With the first COVID wave, Helga stopped doing competitive gymnastics, sticking with circus and started exploring different performing arts fields joining the Estonian Dance Agency Company and studying drama at Tallinn 32. Secondary School. After graduating she realised that Estonia would be too small for her big dreams so she packed her stuff and left home to study Circus Arts in London at the National Centre for Circus Arts. This whole journey has led her to Circa where new adventures began.

Scott Grove has been performing professionally as an acrobat since he was 15. He spent 14 years as a performer and co-director of The Leaping Loonies and joined the Circa ensemble in 2010, performing in a variety of Circa’s productions over many years. Some highlights are collaborating with The Debussy Quartet in “Opus” and having the opportunity to create different shows and tour them around the world. Scott has performed at the Chamäleon for multiple seasons and is looking foward to returning.

Off stage he spends most of his time hanging with his family in the Northern Rivers, playing music and eating large quantities of food.

Instead of paying attention at school, Sam focused all of his energy on throwing himself around in the cold and rainy north west of England, where he grew up.

At the ripe old age of 15, Sam decided that doing back tucks off sand dunes wasn’t enough. The answer to his problem: Parkour.

He trained for 3 years until his acrobatics took him to the National Centre for Circus Arts (London) where he picked up such skills as teeterboard, hand to hand, banquine, floor and group acrobatics. After graduating Sam’s first job performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival lead him on to work with such companies as Cirque Eloize.

Sam’s primary love is performing, shortly after that is his moustache, followed by singing musicals at the top of his lungs for anyone who will listen.

Daniel O’Brien has been physically active throughout his whole life, primarily focusing on his gymnastics training in his hometown of Maryborough and a few small gyms along the Queensland coastline. After high school, Daniel made a decision to transition from the sport of gymnastics to a possible career in circus performance.

Daniel decided to move to Melbourne and studied at the National Institute of Circus Arts, specialising in hand-balancing and aerial straps, where he gained his first experiences as a performer.

He spends his spare time feeding his unhealthy addiction to video games or reading whatever he can get his hands on. After attending NICA for three years, Daniel fostered an immense passion for circus and honed his skills to a level that allowed him to join Circa as an ensemble member in 2015. He has since performed in the many iconic Circa works including What Will Have Been, Closer and Humans.

Shani discovered her passion for gymnastics at a very young age and dedicated many years to training and competing at a high level. At the age of 13, she made the bold decision to relocate to Albury by herself so that she could attend The Flying Fruit Fly Circus. In 2017, Shani graduated with specialties in hand balancing and acrobatics.

Following her graduation, she had the incredible opportunity to work and tour with Circus Oz and Gravity & Other Myths. Throughout her career, she has had the privilege of performing at prestigious venues such as The TOHU, the opening of Edinburgh Festival and GREC Theatre in Barcelona.
As an acrobat, she takes pride in her versatility within an ensemble and she is dedicated to continuously honing her craft and pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the world of acrobatics.

As a child, Luke was always driven to pursue an acrobatic career, constantly upside down and swinging on the hills hoist in his backyard. At age 11, he joined Circus 35° South, and trained aerials, tumbling and manipulation for seven years before studying at the National Institute of Circus Arts, graduating in 2017.

During his study, Luke specialised in tissue, foot juggling and group acrobatics. Luke co-created and performed Out of This World Children’s Show, which had performance highlights including seasons at Woodford Folk Festival and Melbourne Fringe Festival, and also performed in One Fell Swoop’s By a Thread in seasons at Mullumbimby Circus Festival, Perth Fringe Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival and the Circa Festival at Auch, France.

Luke joined the Circa Ensemble in 2018, and co-conceived and performed in the world premiere of Peepshow.

Christina grew up on the country side in Austria. She started dancing when she was four years old, and participated at her first competition at the age of six. Christina graduated with a Bachelor in Classical and Contemporary Dance at MUK Vienna. During her education she started to train aerials and vertical dance.

After graduating, she worked at the Vienna State Opera as an Aerial Double, followed by a role in the musical Cats in Switzerland. Christina worked with the Irish Company Fidget Feet and as a performer and Choreographer at Krystallpalast Varieté Leipzig.

Christina found her way into the circus world as a self-taught Aerialist, specialized in Straps. At the age of 24, she started to enjoy to climb on people or have them climb on her. A very determined person, Christina loves to challenge herself and explore what her body is capable of. She also plays accordion and loves to design and sew costumes.