Leire Froufe Vigara

Although I was originally formed as an Aerospace Engineer, I have found in the circus my true vocation. All throughout university I danced and pole danced simultaneously to studying. I was a hip hop teacher and I performed and even got to win some international Pole competitions. On my last year of university I completed a 4 month Circus Foundation Course at Aerial Edge (Glasgow) simultaneously to my masters and I fell in love with the circus. After completing my masters degree I moved to London to work at Airbus Defence and Space as a Satellite Design Engineer, but after a while I decided to leave my engineering life and train circus full time.

I complete don year of cirus school at SALTO (Portugal) and I have loved having the chance to learn technique and improve as an athlete. In SALTO I specialised both in aerial rope (corde lisse) and Chinese Pole. I am currently a second year student at ACAPA and I now specialise on Chinese Pole, however, I still regularly train aerials ( straps and rope) as  a secondary discipline.