Speciality:
Clown, Performing Artist, Director, Teaching, Play writer & Theatre practitioner

As an extremely popular performing artist, John Lee has had extensive experience in a wide range of contemporary performance practice, much of which he now passes on in teaching. For the last 28 years he has worked as a solo performer, as well as an actor, director, screen writer & teacher, across all continents; from the UK and Ireland, to Japan, Malaysia, the Americas, Africa, and Russia. He is now invited to the festival to lead a number of clowning & drama workshops as well to give his very own show.

Speciality:
'Organic' Ball Juggling

Stefan Sing is a very progressive ball juggler from Germany and studies & teaches in Berlin's famous Juggling School the 'Katakomben'. He has for many years developed the novel technique of 'Organic Juggling'; Through exercises such as Yoga, contemporary dance & release technique, as well as through improvisation games, partner games & choreographical games, a juggling technique with a strong body influence emerges; Every throw is a movement; there are different ways of moving the body with the same throw. The floor is always there: how to use the floor. Beginning with one ball, and becoming more and more complex - more movements.. more balls..

For more info & videos can be found on: www.stefansing.com

Speciality:
Contact Staff Manipulation, Double Staff Manipulation, Fire spinning

Meghan is an Edinborough based Contact Staff Artist & Fire Performer and is a well known artist in the European juggling scene. She loves working on intricate new routines while improving old ones, and choreographing group fire performances is one of her passions too. As long as she has been spinning, she has been teaching and says that 'it's the nature of the spinning community to share your knowledge with others'. Through extensive experience in teaching at conventions and festivals she has become very skilled at teaching many people in a structured fashion. If you are into staff and staff manilpulation, make sure not to miss her workshops!

For more info & videos of Meghan: www.mcp.firestaff.net

Speciality: Acrobatics, Acro-balance & Acro-Yoga.

Based in Amersfoort, The Netherlands, Compagnie with balls has been performing and giving workshops throughout Europe since the spring of 2006. The compagnie features Marjolein and Leigh who specialize in partner acrobatics. They also have a walkabout act with a giant puppet and a dancer on a ball and are currently working on a new show with two addtional acrobats. Marjolein has an been an active acrobat appearing in many shows since 1991. Leigh has been training circus for many year as well and also gives acro-yoga classes in Amsterdam with co-teacher Marieke.

Check out their website featuring lots of photos on: www.compagniewithballs.com

Speciality:
Staff, Double Staff

As a Paris based Staff, Double Staff, Contact Ball & Fire Artist, Imakokode has traveled the world in his quest for adventure, new spinning techniques and music. He is very well known in France and regularly travels abroad for performances. Beside spinning he has a real artistic eye and has a passion for photography & video editing, especially with the juggler as the main focus. He also designs fire props and often passes on his Staff Manipulation skills by teaching classes and workshops. This multi-talented Frenchman will show off his expertise in a variety of workshops as well as in the festival show.

More info & videos: www.imakokode.org

Speciality:
East African Acrobatics

The Amani Acrobats are an acrobatic troupe of East African acrobats who have performed at all major festivals in Ireland. Their skills are extensive and include fire limbo, African style dance, balancing acts, comedy, djembe drumming and acrobatic feats including human pyramids and contortion. They are based in Cork and often teach in Cork Circus workshops, schools and youth clubs.

More info: www.myspace.com/amaniacrobats
Videos of the Amani Acrobats: You Tube Search: Amani Acrobats

Speciality:

Contact Ball
Multi-Ball Contact
Various forms of Isolation
And much more...

We're also in the process of translating Dzielny's Biography - in the mean time make sure to check out his website featuring lots of videos on: www.dzielny.pl

Speciality:
Poi

Ronan started spinning poi 6 years ago and soon found his way into the fire spinning and juggling communities. Since then, poi and object manipulation became the biggest passion and addiction of his life. He spent last summer in Paris where he was invited to teach masterclass poi workshops at Uberparis. More recently Ronan has started to look towards different forms of object manipulation for inspiration. He says that 'by looking at poi from different perspectives and breaking away from limiting preconceptions about how poi is used and what is possible with this object, I hope to push poi in new directions towards new infinities'. With such inspiration for the future we are delighted to feature one of Ireland's best poi spinners at the festival.

Speciality:
Poi, Staff

Olive has been travelling around Europe’s juggling convention for about 7 years, and has consequently developed skills in teaching poi & staff. He has been playing poi for 6 years, double staff for 4 years and was one of the first to investigate multi-staff manipulation. His engineering backgrounds help him out in “doing the math” for object manipulation, and easily breaking down patterns & ways to teach or be innovative. Last year he enjoyed teaching at master-class event UberParis, and further on at Faya festival, Play festival, and the European Juggling Convention. He is a member of “Les Ballapapass”, the juggler’s association running the Belleville’s Street Art & Juggling festival, for which he has performed in cabaret style events. He has also performed & organized fireshows for electronic music festival in France, Portugal as well as in Thailand.




... and many more!