WHO IS SHALOM?
– Dancer and Circus Artist –
Shalom (1998) is a circus and dance performer born in Rome. From an early age, she was interested in all kinds of movement, which led her to join the artistic gymnastics group. To take her career a step further, she decided to study circus in ACaPA (Tilburg, NL). Until now, she has worked with Julian Vogel in China’s Series #4. She worked as an acrobat and performer with Hendrik van Maele, Margot Jansens and Maria Madeira in ’13 Harbinger Road. She is founder of the company Framing Effekt together with Marius Cavin, Julie Micheneau and Lara Schoental who premiered in Vitrine Festival (Kortrijk) the show ‘Systema’. She is also working on her solo Lavanda. Climbing, dance and food are her favourite three things in this world. She has been working in If Circus since January 2023 creating the new piece Melic – KnittingMemories with her friend Mar.
WHO IS MAR?
– Circus and Knitting Artist –
Mar (1998) is a Catalan artist who, after being in the youth circus school of l’Ateneu de 9 barris in Barcelona, specialized in aerial rope at the Academy for Circus and Performance Arts, ACaPA (Tilburg, NL). She knits different kind of structures, experimenting with several ropes and papers, as well as combining them with the hair-hanging technique. She has performed in festivals like Theater op de Markt (B),La Mercé (Cat), Oerol (NL), Mercateatre (Cat) and Circolo (NL), Circorts (Cat). Next to the circus training, she writes poems, climbs trees, makes homemade recycling paper notebooks and croches all kind of objects. She has been working in If Circus since 2020. Since January 2023 she has been creating the new piece Melic – KnittingMemories with her friend Shalom. .