Margot Jansens
Margot studied Stage Techniques at RITCS (Royal Institute of Theatre, Cinema and Sound). There, she developed into a lighting designer and production manager. Afterwards she studied Theatre and Media Art at UGent. She completed her studies with the thesis Acrobatics: A Conversation Between Acrobatic Aesthetics and Bodily Awareness.
After a semester at DOCH, master Contemporary Circus Practices, she founded the circus company Gedachtegang together with Jakobe Geens and created two performances: Distort The Body and Bare Body. During this period she was also involved as a dramaturg and assistent director in the oeuvre of Hendrik Van Maele, Bert Vandenberghe, Manon Verplancke en Maria Madeira.
Maria Madeira
Maria Madeira is a multitalented artist and works mainly as a dance acrobat. She finished her bachelor in circus arts at Acapa in 2020 and has been active in the field by participating in several performances: What’s left by Overhead Company, Softies by Hanna Mampuys/fABULEUS, 13 Harbinger Road by Hendrik Van Maele/TENT, Chaim by There There Company and Tickled Pink by Margot Jansens/ Detail Company.
Maria is fascinated by the power of details within performances and how they can impact movement and emotion. Besides being busy performing she has a varied movement/body practice passing through dance, roller skating and she has been part of a choir and using the voice in different projects - she lets these practices influence how she thinks, creates and approaches her work - making her a versatile artist. She has been part of Detail Company since 2023, with whom she will create her first performance Cracks in the wood (2025).
Manon Verplancke
Manon Verplancke has been exploring physical movement since childhood, first with gymnastics, then with circus. She graduated from Codarts Circus Arts in 2021 as a partner acrobat and made her debut with Cold feet. She has worked with Tall Tales Company, Side Show and participates in researchproject by Marta and Kim.
She is interested in the liberation that circus provides for her. Besides her interest in movement and circus Manon is fascinated by eye of the camera and how it changes your perspective to the world around you.
