Michele Laine -  Founder & Artistic Director

Trained in gymnastics from age 4, Michele discovered a passion for performance in 1991 with Swamp Circus Theatre in Sheffield, UK going on to co-found Greentop Circus School in 1994 and on to London in 1999 to co-found Viva Aerial Dance. She has extensive performing and production experience from the worlds of circus, theatre, film and tv, working as an aerialist, acrobat, stiltwalker and aerial stunt artist for several Hollywood movies. She has developed a reputation as a go-to professional for aerial and acrobatics entertainment and productions. With her technical background of a PhD in Physics and Materials Engineering, she has a special interest in equipment design, teaching and performance projects involving science.

Performance Team

Our Aerial Performance Team in Western Australia is based at Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre where it is generously supported as a Company in Residence. We perform at in-house and local events with aerial and acrobatics, on hoop, silk and as stilts and clown mime characters. All our performers have a respect and a passion for performance and we work to the highest of safety and professional standards.