Helena Jans
Aerial straps performer
About me:
I started to train circus at the age of twelve years old at a local school course. Slowly I got into doing small performances as a duo trapeze artist.
Already then I felt that being on stage as a circus performer would become my great passion. And so I continued training at ' Ell circo d'ell Fuego', the local circus school in Antwerp, Belgium.
At the age of 18 I decided to become a professional and went to study circus at the 'Academy for circus and performance art' in Tilburg, the Netherlands.
There I choose the change my discipline to aerial straps and graduated in 2018.
Ever since then I have been performing my solo act in several show and events worldwide.
Some projects:
Compagnie Finzi Pasca opera ' Paggliacci' in Italy
2019
Duo trapeze and aerial hoop.
Young Stage festival Basel in Zwitserland
2019
Solo act in aerial straps 'Infinito'
Winning the GOP prize.
Show at GOP showconcept 'BOOKSHOP'
2022&2023
Tour of 14 months in all theaters of GOP.
Performing solo in aerial straps 'Infinito'
Aerial straps act 'Infinito'
As a girl meets her best friend again, she decides to take him with her on a journey. Together they fly up in the air. They relive their memories in an aerial strap-duet. This friend is Oscar. Oscar is the partner she misses in her daily life, the partner to share all her happiness with, the partner she doesn’t have anymore. Together they tell a story. The story of what is means to keep memories alive. The story of a believe in infinity.
GOP 'Bookshop'
Pictures:
Ann Kathrin Brocks
Upcoming projects and dates:
Show at Blikfabriek Antwerp, Belgium
28,29,30th december 2024
This projects is a collaboration between me as an aerial straps artist and Rens Planckaert as Chinese pole artist. In this new creation we are searching for the possibilities to combine this two disciplines.
Performing:
17nd & 18nd of May at Theater aan Twater, Belgium