Biography
She arrived from afar, where for more than ten years she studied the sea gulls ways of thinking and concluded:
“It’s really beautiful !!!”
This methode of search then allowed her to obtain a Bachelor’s degree in Performing Arts at the University of Nice.
Attracted by risk and glitter, she joined the universe of the circus. She traveled the world (Cannes, Geneva, Brussels), integreting rich and varied training (circus,clown,dance,singing); Piste d’Azur, Theater Cirqule, Ecole Supèrieure des Arts du Cirque de Brussels (ESAC). She specialized in the Aerial Rope. She joined several companies as a singer and circus artist (Aerial rope, trapeze, flying rope and aerial hoop)
After this emotional journey, some close friends led her to Michel Dallaire, who then began to teach her the art of being Clown.
Beside Laura Franco (pianiste-clown), she created;
The Visit around the Spy Hole;”Kitchen Pollar”
The stuntwomen of the possible; musical and clown cabaret
Then some Solo with the personage Divine Paloma; the English Diva.
From 2010, she was caught by the Soeurs Pilleres to travel the German Theater Varietes, GOP and Palazzo Colombino. And decide in 2015, finely to live in Germany; Berlin.
She has worked with many interesting directors including Stefan Warmuth, Lutz Weber,
Ulrich Thon, Detlef Winterberg and Alessandro Di Sazio. Collaborating with Markus Pabst
she performed as red thread for “WET the Show”. She performed extensively with her solo
comedy acts and also worked as a moderator for Palazzo Colombino, GOP, Café Hahn and
many other high profile shows.
In 2019, she created and performed in the Berlin-based productions “Fly me!” (aerial hoop,
singing comedy) and “Feeling” (singing and clowning), both directed by Frederic Blin, famous
clown of the French company Les Chiche Capon.
During the pandemic period, she discovered two new passions: directing and astrology.
From 2020, she has worked as an external viewer, director and scenographer for circus
productions in Berlin and in France. This work has given her the chance to collaborate with
talented artists.
In 2021 she participated as a co-researcher in ‘How to Grow a Seed of Movement’ by
Carmen Raffaela Küster. This research was funded by the Senatsverwaltung Kultur und
Europa. In the same year Leela was also awarded the grant GVL-Neustart Kultur which
allowed her to create a new piece: the circus show “Vénus Rétrograde”, using her recent
astrology studies in an eclectic circus conference.
In 2022, she began directing Anna Ehrenreich in her aerial solo piece “Back stage” and Marleijn Spekje for her circus creation « fräu » presented in Universitäd der Künst. In “LabO” by Collectif 4237 from Montréal, she performed aerial rope as well as in a video creation of the filmmaker Louis Vignat.
She was glad to play my new piece, Ukulele on Trapeze, in various venues. And after the summer exibition ‘ Sphere of influence’, she performed for Isaac Chong Wai’s creation « Die Mutter « , from september, in a new collaboration with IFA Gallery, during the Berlin Art Week.
She was supported by ‘Fonds Daku’ for her research “Old Circus Girls”. (2022-2023)
She create in 2023, help by ESACTO LIDO Toulouse, formalisation de Projet, a short version of “Vénus Rétrograde” aerial singing comedy. In 2024, a full-length version is planned, under the watchful eye of the director Christian Coumin.
Today, she walks in a city, wear size 36 high heels,
and her desire follow the curves of the beautiful rollers coaster of life.
References
Info
Eccentric/Aerial Hoop/Singer
Citzenship: French
Languages: French/English/Deutsch
Experiences
Variété - Dinner Show
Galas
Theatre
Street Theatre
Education
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