Gypsy Snider wrote, directed and/or co directed 7 Fingers shows SisterS, Réversible, Intersection, Amuse, Traces, and Loft. She has choreographed televised feature performances for America’s Got Talent, Her Majesty’s Royal Variety Performance, the illusionist Darcy Oake’s Edge of Reality, and a Bench Denim and Underwear fashion show in the Philippines. In 2013, working with director Diane Paulus on a new vision of Pippin, she integrated circus into the revival of the Broadway musical. Gypsy’s work on Pippin earned her a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award. Gypsy is also a guest teacher and guest director at the National Circus School of Montreal. In 2015, she received the Evolving Circus Award in New York City. 

Originally from San Francisco, Gypsy is the daughter of the founders of The Pickle Family Circus. After receiving her degree in physical theatre from the Accademia Teatro Dimitri in Switzerland in 1993, she performed internationally for 18 years, with Cirque du Soleil and many others.

Isabelle Chassé co-directed and/or performed in 7 Fingers productions Temporel, Vice & Vertu, the third act of Triptyque, La Vie, and Loft. She was the assistant director on Passagers, Reversible, Amuse, and Psy, and a collaborator and performer in The Fibonacci Project. Isabelle has directed performances for numerous special events, including the inauguration of Montreal’s Vitrine Culturelle. In 2013, she served on the jury of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. Isabelle is the aerial coach on most 7 Fingers productions. In 2015, she co-directed the acrobatics in Moby Dick, directed by Dominic Champagne. For the past several years, Isabelle has sat on numerous decision-making committees and has played a leading role in the development of the collective’s Creation and Production Centre. 

Isabelle grew up in the circus, joining an international tour with Cirque du Soleil at a young age. Shortly after, she and the other young members of her contortion quartet won gold medals at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris and the Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival. Isabelle performed in many other productions and projects including the film Martyrs and the Grammy-nominated short film Satie and Suzanne.

Patrick Léonard co-directed Temporel, Vice & Vertu, La Vie, and Loft, and performed in all four. In 2011, he created Patinoire, his first one-man show, and has been touring with it ever since, including a one-month run at the Avignon Festival in 2014. He regularly participates in The Fibonacci Project, and was cast as the main character with his two daughters in Amuse Un Dia (2013). In 2015, he co-directed the acrobatics in Moby Dick, directed by Dominic Champagne. Patrick has been travelling to Nunavut in Canada’s Far North to work with ArtCirq since 2014. These collaborations led to the artistic co-direction of Unikkaaqtuat, a multidisciplinary production by Artcirq, The 7 Fingers, and Taqqut Productions. The show will premiere in 2019 in Montreal. Patrick also directs, acts, and performs in many of The 7 Fingers’ social cause projects and special events. 

A quadruple Canadian champion in artistic roller skating, Patrick trained at the National Circus School after earning a bachelor’s in chemistry. He began his performing career as a clown and diabolo artist at the Casino de Montréal before performing in German cabarets (Wintergarten, Freidrichbau Varieté, Pomp Duck and Circumstance), Teatro Zinzanni, and with Cirque du Soleil and Circus Knie. In 2003, Patrick was awarded the Prix Nikouline for his diabolo duo with Sébastien Soldevila at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris.

As co-founding artistic director of The 7 Fingers, Sébastien Soldevila co-directed Cuisine & Confessions, Séquence 8, and Le Murmure du Coquelicot (which he also co-wrote), and co-created and performed in La Vie and Loft. Most recently, Sébastien co-directed Cirque du Soleil’s first circus show on ice, Crystal, with fellow 7 Fingers co-founder Shana Carroll. Upon invitation from the Musical Theatre of Moscow, he directed The Circus Princess, nominated four times at the Golden Mask Awards in Russia. Sébastien's other directing work with The 7 Fingers includes the opening segment of the Sochi Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies and performances at the Québec Pavilion at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. 

Sébastien was a soloist with Cirque du Soleil from 1998 to 2001. A former five-time French National Champion (with partner Émilie Bonnavaud in acrobatic gymnastics), Sébastien oversees the acrobatic training on most 7 Fingers shows. Sébastien earned multiple awards at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris, including a gold medal for his hand-to-hand act with Émilie Bonnavaud (2007) and the Prix Nikouline for his diabolo duo with Patrick Léonard (2003).

Samuel is the creator and director of Bosch Dreams, Triptyque, and The Fibonacci Project. He co-created and co-directed Vice & Vertu and Intersection and was a featured artist in Triptyque, Le Murmure du Coquelicot, La Vie, and Loft. In 2014, he co-directed Luces Fugaces, a special creation for the Festival de las Luces in Medellin (Colombia). As the first international director invited by the Imre Baross Circus Arts School in Hungary to stage its annual show, Samuel directed Rengeteg – Looking Out in 2018. Samuel is currently the President of En Piste (the Canadian circus arts association). He is involved in research and development with the Canada Industrial Research Chair in Circus Arts in collaboration with key academics and industry leaders. 

Samuel’s hand-balancing career includes more than 1,500 performances of Alegria (Cirque du Soleil), several tours with Orchestra (Cirque Eloize), and performances in many cabarets. His work garnered several awards including a Bronze Lion at Wuquio Acrobatic Festival in China and a silver medal at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris.