| NATALIA ADAMIECKABack to Top | |
| Double fix trapeze, swinging clubs, banquine & Russian bar, teeter board, tissue, omp Cyr, tambourine | |
Like most Polish kids, Natalia started acro-sports at an early age. Her dream as a kid was to jump on the trampoline. She never got to master it, but soon enough her mind was set; she wanted to become a circus artist. After working in Poland for five years in companies such as OCELOT, she was contacted by Cirque Éloize’s scouting agent to come for a try out in Montreal. In August 2005, she joined Nomade’s troupe and was ready to begin a whole new experience with Cirque Éloize. Leaving Poland to tour for many years to come, she embraces the nomadic life for she is convinced that as long as she works in a circus, she can be happy anywhere. In 2006, she was invited with 3 others artists to stay at our creation studio in Montreal as a permanent corpo artist. Working with our head trainer, Krzysztof Soroczynski, she develop new techniques and improve her various acrobatics abilities. In September 2008, she continues her nomadic adventure by replacing an artist on Rain tour. |
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| JOCELYN BIGRASBack to Top | |
| Pianist, lyra glockenspiel | |
studied the classical repertoire before branching out into other genres. Since completing his music studies, he has been asked to collaborate as musician, accompanist, programmer or arranger in many studio and stage productions. Over time, learning to play with voice and pen, he has become an author-composer and a performer. As well as touring throughout many cities in Quebec and France with his songs and music, he has been the opening act for shows of Gilles Vigneault (Coups de coeur Francophone 1996) and Julos Beaucarne (tour in Quebec cities in 2000), and took part in a Claude Leveillé show (Festival d’été de Québec, 1999). Grand prize winner at the Francouvertes (Montreal, 1996), then winner of the Prix de l’amitié francophone (Visa francophone— France, 2001), this former finalist in the Canadian Music Competitions is joining Cirque Éloize, after many shows and involvement in two original albums, delighted by this unique opportunity for magical exchanges and collaboration. |
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| ASHLEY CARRBack to Top | |
| Prologue, devilsticks, strong acrobats number, bottle number, teeterboard, suitcase number, juggling and passing | |
moved from the English countryside to London to train on the Degree course at The Circus Space. In 2001 he graduated with honours and co founded the international circus-theatre company, Kicking the Moon. Since then he has continued to work with the company and as a solo performer on the street and in theatres worldwide. His background is as a juggler and even though he trained as an acrobat it is the spirit of clown that makes him smile. |
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| VALERIE DOUCETBack to Top | |
| Coming Soon! | |
| PHILLIPE DREYFUSSBack to Top | |
| Coming Soon! | |
| EMILIE GRENON EMIROGLOUBack to Top | |
| Double fix trapeze, prologue, boots, strong women, bungees, tissue, swinging clubs, yukulele aerial hoop | |
Émilie Emiroglou began training at the Montreal’s National Circus School at the age of ten. While there, she was invited to participate in the Festival Mondial du Cirque de l’Avenir in Paris where she won a silver medal. She is also the recipient of an Youth Television Achievement Award for Best Artistic Performance. After graduation, she joined Cirque du Soleil for their new creation, Quidam. After the North American Tour, she left and decided to studed theatre at University of Quebec in Montreal’s ‘École Supérieure de Théâtre. She has then performed in numerous theatre and film productions. At the same time, she starts teaching social circus in an Atikamekw community with the organization Cirque du Monde. She finally joins Rain cast in spring 2008. |
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| ANGELIKA KOGUTBack to Top | |
| Aerial silk, teeter board, swinging clubs, solo trapeze, glockenspiel | |
Angelika has been the Junior and Senior Champion of Poland in acrobatics sport in between 2003 and 2006. As well, she won the silver medal at the European Championship in 2004. In 2006, she decided to stop the competition and she became accro-sport carrier. She participated in a few corporative events before she joins the show-business, with Cirque Éloize. |
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| YANN LEBLANC Back to Top | |
| Coming Soon! | |
| TOMASZ LUDWICKIBack to Top | |
| Hand to Hand, Banquine & Russian Bar, Teeterboard, Strong Acrobat Numbers, Contortion Number | |
At the age of ten years old, Tomasz began to train acrobatics. He was recognized as an up-and-coming acrobat at the national level in his country of origin, Poland, and in differents Europeans championships. He has been Junior Champion in Poland in 2005. Since the last years, he did appear in more than ten corporative events in Europe |
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| LUKASZ MISZTELABack to Top | |
| Hand to hand, banquine & Russian bar, teeterboard, strong acrobat numbers, contortion number | |
At the age of 9 years old, Lukasz started his acrobatics training. Early in is career, he won the National Poland Championship, at the junior and senior level. He won many medals in different international competitions: a second place at the European Championship and a fifth place at the World Championship at the senior level. He join the show-business in 1995. Before starting is collaboration with Cirque Eloize, he presented his hand to hand performance, during four months at Europa Park. When he is home, in Poland,Lukasz teaches acrobatics art, and he is very proud of his pupils. |
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| JONATHAN ROITMANBack to Top | |
| Coming Soon! | |
| ANNA WARDBack to Top | |
| Tissue, swinging clubs, teeterboard, shoes, suitcase contortion | |
grew up in Vancouver before moving to Montreal to pursue circus at L'École Nationale de Cirque. Studying swinging trapeze with world reknowned trapeze coach Victor Fomin, Anna graduated from the school and began performing her solo act with Cirque du Soleil's Saltimbanco. Her curiosity for different forms of circus has lead her to perform with Swiss based Circus Starlight, France's La Compagnie Malabar, and Montreal companies Les 7 doigts de la main, Cirque Éloize’s Cirque Orchestra, Les gens 'R as well as many performances with her own company, Poisson d'Avril, mainly in Japan. She also found her way to Las Vegas performing the opening swinging trapeze act to Cirque du Soleil's "O". Anna now focuses her work on the theatrical aspects of circus by bringing out the expressive vocabulary in circus technique. |
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