Originally from San Diego, California, Clara found circus after retiring from artistic gymnastics when she was 17. After trying her hand at a variety of disciplines at the San Diego Circus Center, her focus became aerial straps when she was accepted to the National Circus School of Montreal. Upon graduating, she co-founded the Collectif 4 en ligne and spent the summer touring their show, Bienvenue chez-nous. She then performed with companies such as the Monastere and Tanssiteatteri Hurjaruuth, as well as at the Young Stage International Circus Festival, before joining Vol au Vent, the first all-female teeterboard group to graduate from the NCS.

Eric Bates has been doing circus for as long as he can remember. After graduating from the National Circus School of Montreal in 2011 he went on to do numerous original creations with The 7 Fingers, as well as multiple shows and events with Cirque du Soleil, including performing for the world's leaders in a private show at the G7 conference. He is also the co-founder of Cirque Barcode, and wrote a book about his experience, including interviews with over 20 other circus and dance creators entitled The Contemporary Circus Handbook. When not touring with various circus shows, he lives in Montreal and works as a filmmaker.

My name is Léonard Meylan, I'm from Switzerland and I'm 22 years old. I started doing circus at the age of 12 at the circus school in Lausanne. Before becoming a circus artist, I underwent three years of professional cooking training. Cooking taught me discipline and teamwork. In 2020, I fully dedicated myself to the circus arts when I flew to Montreal to join the National Circus School. In this school, I specialized in Korean board and in acrobatic lifts such as hand-to-hand and banquine. I am cheerful by nature and enjoy working in a group. On stage, I love making the audience laugh and sharing emotions.

From a very young age, Lilyclaire toured in a family show with her parents. She began competitive trampoline at the age of 10 becoming a national champion in the 2016 Canadian Championships. She transferred her abilities into performing via teeterboard at the National Circus School of Montreal, where her and her partners created the first all-female teeterboard group to graduate from the ENC. She also developed an affinity for German Wheel and created a fluid, playful and skillful routine to add to her repertoire. 

Graduated from the National Circus School of Montreal in 2016, she has several skills, particularly as a flyer and aerialist; 
She lives her passion with her partner Xander Taylor, on a duo trapeze. 
She performed with many companies around the world; from a cabaret stage in a small tent to a Broadway stage, and from international festivals to touring shows with cirque du soleil. 
She is a passionate artist, ready to indulge audiences with her unique signature.  
She shows sparkle and passion during her presence on stage, wanting to share all this energy. 

My name is Nathan Sterchi, I am 23 years old, and I am a professional circus artist. 
At the age of 8, my parents sent me to try out a small circus school in Lausanne, Switzerland. Quickly amazed by this fascinating art, I never stopped investing myself in it. For years, I was the little juggler of that school. 
At 12, I met Léonard, a new student. Although our initial encounter was conflictual, we quickly started collaborating in juggling before deciding to try the teeterboard (Korean plank) together. 
Since that day, we have always worked together and still perform teeterboard. In 2023, we graduated from the National Circus School of Montreal, after three years of intensive training. 
 
Today, after more than ten years of work together, we had the chance to participate in several festivals, collaborate with the 7 Fingers, Virgin Voyages, and other smaller companies. 

Serafina started gymnastics when she was just 3 years old. She started competing as soon as she could at the age of 5. But she found the prescribed routines of gymnastics to be quite limiting. Dance provided an outlet for creativity and an opportunity to perform instead of compete. Serafina started dancing at age 7 and never stopped. She is experienced in Irish dance, as well as ballet, modern, and jazz. At age 11, she took her first circus class and absolutely fell in love. It combined the athleticism of gymnastics while maintaining the creativity and performance opportunities she found in dance. In 2016, she participated in her first Big Top Tour with Circus Smirkus. She toured with Circus Smirkus for six years as a teenager. At Circus Smirkus, in addition to performing a total of 15 different disciplines, she learned all the different working parts of a traveling tent show. In 2021, she auditioned and was accepted to the École Nationale de Cirque in Montréal to specialize in aerial straps with a minor in hand to hand. Currently, she is continuing her training at ENC and is expected to graduate in June of 2025. 
 

From a young age, Tristan stood out for his perseverance in everything he undertook. At 12 years old, he enrolled in a circus program offered by his school, and by 19, he had already participated in two tours with the Zoppé Circus and Circus Smirkus, the most important youth circus in America. After spending two months at the San Francisco Circus Center, Tristan wanted to advance further in the discipline he had chosen, hand-to-hand acrobatics, and was accepted into the National Circus School of Montreal at the age of 20. There, he met Camille Legris, and despite the language barrier, Camille and Tristan found a wonderful common ground thanks to their love for hand-to-hand acrobatics and created a very technical and dynamic act together.

Invigorated by the energy of the stage while also fascinated by the poetry, metaphors, and high stakes of Greek mythology, Xander commenced his artistic journey from a young age. Eager to push his physical limits and the element of risk, he mastered his acrobatic technique as a diver and gymnast, obtained his Bachelors in kinesiology, and threw himself into the circus world following graduation from Montreal’s National Circus School.  A man paradoxical in nature, Xander has found himself content high up on his trapeze, hurtling through the air as a high diver, or in the quiet embrace of the water as an escape artist.  With an insatiable appetite, he has performed on stages across the world such as Broadway, Cirque du Soleil, renowned circus festivals, as well as having worked in television as a circus artist, clown, stunt man and actor.  In his own creative work, he seeks to explore the narrative threads that bind together our links and common desires; while always reminding the public that regardless of the gravity of a situation, we can always find a lightness within it.