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Kim Wildborne
Silk, Rope & Handstands
Kim is an aerialist with twelve years experience, the Director of West Midlands Circus Centre, Producer of TILT Festival and devoted Mum of two. Formerly known as Kim Charnock, Kim and her family changed their names to something that captured their essence. Wildborne testifies to Kim's drive for a desire for knowledge and connection between science and philosophy. Kim’s journey through aerial has always been driven by understanding what the body is capable of in the air, investigating theatrical content in vertical space, and training her socks off. She is known for her strong dynamic technique on the most romantic of the aerial apparatus; silk, but she is a lover of all things vertical and her style carries through into her passion for rope, hoop and trapeze.
Kim has been teaching and performing for many years across Europe, learning many of the common problems and developing a huge series of exercises to help overcome them. Her teaching practice focuses on creative sequencing and building stronger, more efficient bodies without injury. She is dedicated to sharing that practice and helping others learn.
Elizabeth Wickham
Cloud Swing, Silk, Hoop, Contortion
A circus all rounder with a gymnastics background, Liz trained at the National Centre for Circus Arts specialising in Cloud Swing and graduated 2009.
Liz then toured with Circus Gerbil with cloud, spinning cloud and Angelic Dynamite.
Liz has also worked and performed with RoguePlay over the last 10 years, and continued her gymnastics background through training and stretch technique.
Adrian Wildborne
Anatomy & Injury Prevention & Massage
Adrian Wildborne is a level 5 qualified Remedial Therapist specialising in working with circus artists. He graduated from the Active School of Complementary Therapy (ASCT) gaining a Diploma in clinical sports and remedial massage, which is currently the highest qualification that can be held in the UK. Adrian’s primary concern is to educate and enable people to keep training whilst reducing their pain, helping them to recover quickly and equip them with the knowledge they need to move their practice forwards.
He has had a varied sporting life playing Basketball, Rock Climbing and Capoeira. This sporting life gives Adrian a genuine understanding of the body and how important it is to keep it in good shape and understanding the weaknesses your body has and what you can do to fix it. His current professional focus is on dissecting aerial movement and individualising training.
BEN LEVI JONES
Straps
Benjamin graduated from London Contemporary Dance School in 2014, before beginning his professional career. As a dancer, he performed nationally and internationally for various UK contemporary dance theatre companies, including Corey Baker Dance, ZoieLogic Dance Theatre and Rosie Kay Dance Company.
Later, in 2017, Benjamin discovered aerial straps, which he performed for the first time, on a professional stage, as part of the 2018 Festival of the Dead tour. Since then, he has performed as part of events and shows across the UK and abroad. His credits include the 2022 and 2024 BRIT Awards, Forbidden Nights and The Asian Football Championship Awards. Benjamin is also a part of Cirque du Vulgar, for whom he has performed since 2020, as both a soloist and as part of a duo, most recently headlining the incredible Glastonbury Festival 2024 Circus Big Top. Alongside his training as an aerial straps artist, he practises and performs cyr wheel.
Fleur Hall
Aerial Hoop 'Spinning' & Young TILT
Fleur is a dancer and aerialist, specialising in contemporary dance and aerial hoop. She has performed across the UK and in Europe, and primarily works with RoguePlay Theatre and ME Dance Company.
In her individual practice Fleur likes to explore the parallels between ground based and aerial movement and how these can be interlinked to create seamless transitions between the air and the floor. Her practice incorporates dynamic movement and flow.
Fleur has extensive experience teaching young people including those with additional needs. She is passionate about sharing her art and practice with the world.