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Discovered on a friend’s trampoline in Melbourne, Jon caught his big break at the age of twelve, 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 café, 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 six 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 the age of 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 and studying drama at Tallinna 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.

Chelsea comes from a background in gymnastics, platform diving and competitive rock climbing. Eventually this led her to Warehouse Circus, which is where she found her love for all things circus and performing. As a child, she had a keen curiosity for nature and physics, always planning on being a scientist however, once finding circus that dream soon shifted. She completed the Bachelor of Circus Arts at NICA in 2022 specialising in dance trapeze, hula-hoops and group acrobatics. She still brings her love of the natural and scientific world with her through her performance and love of exploration. Chelsea also enjoys making her own earrings in her spare time.

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 three years until his acrobatics took him to the National Centre for Circus Arts in 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.

Before Laya could even walk, she would already find her way to the highest shelves at home, perching on top before anyone noticed. She took every chance to climb – whether it was people, trees, or anything else she could get her hands on. There were even years when she moved through the streets only on her hands. At just five years old, she took her first steps into the world of performing arts with the children’s and youth circus Cabuwazi. From there, she moved into sports acrobatics and, by the age of ten, was accepted into the State School for Acrobatic Arts in Berlin. After nine years of intense training in acrobatics and dance, she graduated in 2022, specializing in dance trapeze and floor acrobatics. Since then, Laya has been performing freelance, taking part in productions all over Europe – ranging from contemporary and new circus to urban street shows. In 2025, her journey with Circa began.

Hailing from Brisbane, Oscar’s journey into the world of circus began at eight years old when he joined youth classes at Flipside Circus. What started as a childhood pastime quickly transformed into a passion, and by the time he had graduated from Flipside’s performance troupe, he was working as an independent artist and musician up until he joined the Circa Ensemble in 2023. When not on stage, you can find Oscar playing bass, listening to records, or watching parkour videos.

Daniel 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 attending National Institute of Circus Arts for three years, where he specialised in hand-balancing and aerial straps, Daniel joined Circa as an ensemble member in 2014. Having fostered an immense passion for circus, he has since performed in many iconic Circa works including What Will Have Been, Closer and Humans. He spends his spare time feeding his unhealthy addiction to video games or reading whatever he can get his hands on.

Joshua has always been physical ever since a child, enjoying gymnastics and then youth circus all through his teenage years. Eventually he found himself doing a bachelor of circus at the National Institute of Circus Arts during which he was offered a contract with Gravity & Other Myths (GOM). He joined GOM in early 2018 and until mid 2024 had the opportunity to perform in over 25 countries, 650+ times, involved in shows including: The Mirror, A Simple Space, Backbone, I Want To Touch You, Out of Chaos, Playbook, The Pulse and Macro. With some notable seasons: Montréal Completement Cirque, Tohu, Chamäleon, Edinburgh Festival, Sydney Festival, Adelaide Festival, New Victory Theatre and Ruhrfestspiele just to name a few. He is very excited to come and experience the company that is Circa and to leave his mark. A small base, a dense flier and an all round middle.

Christina grew up on the countryside 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.