Born in Belgium in 1997, Hanne started circus at 10 years old when her parents gifted her a unicycle for her birthday. She liked it and started to go to a local youth circus school right after where she learned many circus techniques like juggling, walking on a ball, diabolo etc. Than in 2009 she discovered she could learn aerial silks in her youth circus school which she started immediately and fell in love with it. She started training first 1 time a week, but each year more and more and at age 16, she was training every day, saw performances of professional aerialists and knew from that moment she wanted to become a professional circus artist as well, even though she was a good student at school, mainly at science and mathematics. So many of her hours of studies got replaced by hours of training and at 18 years old, she auditioned for several professional circus schools. She got taken in The Academy For Circus And Performance Arts (ACAPA) in Tilburg, Netherlands. In this school, they never took aerial silks because it wasn’t interesting enough for them, most people in silks were doing drops and splits, but Hanne wanted to prove the school wrong that silks can be different, so when she went to school, she integrated many rope and straps tricks into her routines and developed her own unique way of moving. She also started to invent her own tricks and combinations and many of those she is now teaching in her workshops. During her years in school, she also learned straps, which she likes as a discipline on its own but it’s also very useful to get better and stronger in silks. When she graduated circus school after 4 years, she started teaching a lot of workshops worldwide and performing on many different shows like events, theme parks, winter shows, contemporary circus shows and festivals. Now, many years later, she is still as passionated about aerials and she still tries to get better and better, and she loves sharing her knowledge with others.
Workshops
Aerial Silk – Road to Dynamics: Dynamics Foundations (Friday, 14.11.2025 19:00 – 21:00)
Level: Beginner +
In this workshop, we will start with the very basics of dynamics, and also learn what are dynamics and how they work. We will work on swings, but also already some dynamic tricks with release and catch.
Who can join? No experience in dynamics is needed, anyone that can climb and inverse easily can join.
Aerial Silk – Roll Ups (Saturday, 15.11.2025 10:30 – 12:30)
Level: Intermediate
In this workshop, we will learn all the steps to master the hip roll ups. Hip roll ups is not only a nice trick on it’s own, but it’s also a very useful skill to master for many dynamic tricks or even straps. We will start with the basics and do all the steps, and if you get stuck in one of the steps, you can record and learn on your own tempo later at home.
Who can join? All aerialist that can invert easily with straight arms and legs, core strength is needed for this workshop.
Aerial Silk – Road to Dynamics: Intermediate (Saturday, 15.11.2025 14:00 – 16:00)
Level: Intermediate
In this workshop, we will learn several dynamic tricks with release and catch, some tricks that you can master directly, but also tricks that will take many trainings to master, something to take home.
Who can join? Anyone that has already tried some kind of Dynamic tricks like swings, but also if you haven’t done any dynamic tricks, but you are an advanced aerialists that train for some years/or know many tricks / are strong or do dynamics in other aerial apparatus like hoop, straps, rope or trapeze.
Aerial Silk – Straps Skills in Silks and Conditioning (Sunday, 16.11.2025 14:00 – 16:00)
Level: Beginner+
There are many tricks from straps that we can integrate to the silks, and the good news is, some of them are easier in the silks!
We will do some conditioning in this workshop, straps conditioning is one of the best ways to get stronger in any aerial apparatus.
Who can join? All aerialists that can climb and invert easily.
Aerial Silk – Fast Helicopter (Sunday, 16.11.2025 16:30 – 18:30)
Level: Beginner+/Intermediate
Helicopter is the favorite move of many aerialists and also from the audience. Many people know how to do it slow, but few how to do it quick. There is a specific technique on learning how to do it quick. In this workshop, we will learn all the steps!
Who can join? All aerialists that can climb and invert easily.
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