Transcending Boundaries–A Video Interview with Tilde Björfors of Circus Cirkör
In this interview with Tilde Bjorfors of Circus Cirkor, we learn about the origins and mission of this socially progressive contemporary circus company (and school!) from Sweden.
Nicki Miller is an NYC based director and performer known for her theatrical take on aerial arts. She is co-founding artistic director of Only Child Aerial Theatre (ASYLUM NYU Skirball CN:ICE, Framework INSITU Site-Specific Dance Festival). Her work as aerial designer and choreographer has most notably been included in Ripe Time’s The World is Round at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) directed by Rachel Dickstein. Recently Nicki was assistant director of 5th Wall Studio's Breaking Surface in NYC. She has also been a resident artist at Cirkus Cirkör (Sweden), the 2016/17 New Victory LabWorks Program, the Santa Barbara Floor to Air Festival, Circus Sessions at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre, the Contemporary Circus Arts Festival of Toronto, and was the recipient of the Glenn P. Davis Aerial Choreographer’s scholarship award for the 2018 Frequent Flyers’ Aerial Dance Festival in Colorado. In 2017 Nicki spent two months in Europe assisting and observing projects at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Shakespeare's Globe, as well as advanced training with Frantic Assembly. She also completed a creative residency in Sweden, where she also shadowed Cirkus Cirkör director Olle Strandberg on the premiere of his new show Under. Nicki is a graduate of Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts. She is also a freelance director, aerial theatre consultant, and educator. www.nickimiller.com
Andrea co-founded StageLync in 2024, which came to life as her previous company CircusTalk merged with TheaterArtLife. In 2017, Andrea founded CircusTalk, an online community platform for the international circus arts, aiming to create a level playing field for circus professionals by offering access to information, jobs, and networking. Andrea, a fifth-generation of the Hungarian Eötvös-Picard circus family, led CircusTalk grow to a professional community of over 37,000 registered members from 193 countries in seven years. Andrea's early career extended across advertising and performing arts management, including serving as Assistant Producer for Lincoln Center’s "Reel to Real" series. Andrea holds a BA in Business Administration and an MFA in Performing Arts Management from CUNY.
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