RONJA VILPONEN

Circus Artist
RONJA VILPONEN
SKILLS
Circus skills: triple trapeze, skipping ropes, basic
skills in other aerial equipment (trapeze, aerial
hoop, rope, silks)
Other skills: theatre, dance
Languages: Finnish (native), English (fluent), French
(fluent), Swedish (basics), German (basics).
EDUCATION
PERSONAL INFORMATION
École Superieure des Arts du Cirque, 2011-2014
Time and place of Birth: 17.11.1991,
Tampere, Finland.
- Specialised in triple trapeze with Roman Fedin
and Valérie Dubourg.
- Training in acrobatics, theatre and dance.
Gender: Female.
Sorin Sirkus, 2002-2011
+358405318250
- Several years of multidisciplinary circus training
and performing.
- Specialised in triple trapeze and skipping ropes.
[email protected]
AWARDS
CONTACT
www.triowisefools.com
Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain, Silver medal
& Prix de la Ville de Paris, Paris, January 2015.
Golden Trick of Kobzov, Comedy Prize, Odessa, July
2015.
Golden Karl, Bronze Medal & Invitation to Lugansk
Circus Festival, Rigaa, January 2016.
European Youth Circus Festival, Wiesbaden, October
2010.
WORK EXPERIENCE
SHOWS
GOP Varieté, Gutersloh, November 2015 - January 2016.
Cascade Ventisei, Christmas Circus, Utrecht, December 2014.
La Mercé, City Festival, Barcelona, September 2015.
Circus Barum Weichnachtspektakel, Göttingen, December 2012- January 2013 .
EXIT 13, Presentation of graduation acts after bachelor’s program in ESAC,
Brussels, June 2014.
Sorin Sirkus Christmas Shows, performed roughly 25 times around Christmas
and 10 000 visitors annually, Tampere, Finland, 2006-2010.
ARTISTIC WORK
Hyena, a contemporary circus project with Alula Cyr to premiere in 2017
- Selected for work in progress presentation at Subcase 2016 in Stockholm.
- Residencies at Jackson’s Lane (London) and Sorin Sirkus (Tampere).
EVENTS
Women in Circus Consortium, Stockholm, December 2014.
Tu Si Que Vales, TV-show, Rome, October 2015.
Fête de la Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles, Bruseels, September 2014.
Brodowy’s Broadway, GOP Hannover, February 2015.
Fête de la Jeunesse, Brussels, September 2014.
Rode Hond art festival, Leuven, November 2015
Den Amer Op Stelten, Diest, October 2015
Cirkus Zonder Handen Cirkusdagen, Brussels, May 2015
Kermezzoo Comedy Festival, Brussels, April 2015.
Sorin Sirkuksen 30-vuotis juhlagaala, September 2015
Mixed - Circus Ruska Festival, Contemporary Circus Festival, Tampere, August
2014.