Our Top Performers

Trampowall

ADRENALINE TROUPE

A union of formidable artists from Ukraine, who are the greatest interpreters of a spectacular discipline that does not admit mistakes. Here, sport mingles circus art – at the limits of human capacities. With an array of breathtaking acrobatics and athletics, they showcase pure energy, which invariably captures and excites the audience.

Master of Risk

ALFREDO SILVA

Il nome d’arte è Deadly Games e per le sue esibizioni ad altissima tensione è tra i migliori del mondo. Non a caso dopo la semifinale nell’11a edizione di America’s Got Talent, viene richiamato nel gennaio 2019 per la finalissima di “The Champions” di America’s Got Talent, accedendo alla semifinale con il Golden Buzzer per aver tenuto giudici e pubblico americano col fiato sospeso in ogni suo numero. Sorprendente e poliedrico, Alfredo è di sesta generazione circense.

Aerial Chandelier

ANASTASIIA VASHCHENKO

Thanks to her parents, famous trainers of sports and acrobatic gymnastics in Russia, from an early age she puts the teachings received and her talent to good use in the service of professional acrobatic sport. After the title of International Master of Sports she participates in large circus productions with Cirque du Soleil and in the United States in Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus . In addition to being her in the duo Flight of Passion , she creates exclusively for Alis an incredible solo aerial number, with a chandelier encrusted with thousands of Swarovski crystals.

Cyr Wheel

ANDREA CERRATO

He is among the new talents of Le Cirque WTP and his specialty is the Cyr Wheel. It was selected among 52 candidates by Valerie Inertie, a world excellence in this discipline. Andrea performs a special number created for ALIS, confirming himself as a true revelation thanks to his skills as a great dancer who perfected himself in Los Angeles and to the training he received at the Circus School of Turin. During the 2018 tour he entered the Guinness World Record Book .

SANDDORN BALANCE

ANDREIS JACOBS RIGOLO

Moments of fragile bliss that change the perception of reality, revealing the evanescence of life and the delicate and always precarious nature of balance. With thirteen palm leaf veins, Andreis Jacobs Rigolo creates an oasis of concentration and serenity, a place of balance; fragile moments of joy which, as soon as they are created, are destroyed by the artist himself. The story of Sanddorn Balance and its outstanding success began over 20 years ago. In 1996 the Swiss theater producer Mädir Eugster Rigolo created this balancing act for the Sanddorn theater production. An iconic number also from Amaluna by Cirque du Soleil and one of the most extraordinary ever the world has ever seen.

HANDSTAND

ARSENII KHRAPEICHUK

NEW ENTRY!

È tra le Superstar in ascesa e fa parte del cast dei Top Performers di Le Cirque. Giovane e meraviglioso acrobata ucraino, dotato di talento e di un fisico che sembra scolpito, esegue un atto che tiene con il fiato sospeso e nel quale confluiscono forza, equilibrio e armonia. Classe 2002, Arsenii Khrapeichuk si è diplomato presso la Kyiv Municipal Academy of Variety and Circus Arts nel 2020, perfezionandosi sotto la guida della famosa insegnante Natalia Pozdnyakova. Debutta in ALIS dopo essersi esibito in Ucraina, Francia e Germania. Ha vinto il Premio Speciale assegnatogli da Cyrkulacje, il più importante Festival di circo contemporaneo nell’Europa dell’Est.

Aerial Silk

ASIA TROMLER

She made her debut in her first major show at just 16 and the following year, in 2016, Le Cirque WTP cast her for the debut of ALIS, making her the youngest artist in the company. Her circus training begins at the age of 6, in the Principality of Monaco where she attends the Center Jeunesse Princesse Stephanie de Monaco with O2 Cirque . He continued his specialization first in Québec, at the Ecole Nationale du Cirque in Montreal, forge of the best artists of Cirque du Soleil, with whom he also did internships and then at the Kyiv Academy Circus and Variety Arts in Kyiv. Among the various tools that she uses with talent are aerial silks, which she prefers. In Italy she has successfully opened and personally directs Ikigai Circus Art , through which she teaches her specialties, also thanks to the great experience she has acquired on the stage.

Double Chinese Pole

AURELIE BRUA

Fantastically gifted acrobat, she is nicknamed “Spiderwoman”. Protagonist at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris, awarded in Russia and China, applauded in Europe and Japan in shows and TV Talent Shows, her performances on the Double-Pole, qualified her among the best performers in the world. She invented all the exercises and the way to move along the two vertical bars. An innovative number executed with mastery, which gives the illusion of weightlessness.

THE QUEEN OF HEARTS

BARBARA ABBONDANZA

NEW ENTRY!

Engaging, exuberant, ironic and romantic. What better Queen of Hearts to take the honours on stage and lead the viewer into the wonderland of ALIS. Barbara Abbondanza boasts a vast experience built up over a 30-year career in theatre, film and TV. She has been directed, among others, by Gabriele Muccino in 'Remember Me, My Love', Fausto Brizzi in 'Indovina chi viene a cena?' and also by Peter Segal in 'My spy 2. The Eternal City’. She is one of the best-loved characters on the TV programme 'La Melevisione' and is among the great new additions to the ALIS Xmas Tour 2023 for Le Cirque Top Performers.

CHINESE POLE

BE&GO

An acrobatic act of strength, elegance and great technique with a tool, the Chinese pole, which does not forgive if you make a mistake. Benjamin Kassai graduated in 2016 from the Baross Imre Hungarian Circus Institute, while Gordon Buti will be in 2023. A young and talented duo. The number they present already boasts numerous international awards: Bronze Trophy and Special Prize at the 12th International Circus Festival in Budapest; Special Prize at the Moscow International Young Festival; two Silver Trophies at the 27th and 28th edition of Daidogei World Cup in Shizuoka in Japan; three Special Awards at the Monte Carlo International Circus Festival for the 8th edition of New Generation.

AERIAL STRAPS

CHEMICAL X

NEW ENTRY!

Loro sono Xiau-Ling Wee and Caroline Rinny, due artiste con un curriculum invidiabile che, per la prima volta in assoluto, hanno deciso di unire i loro inarrivabili talenti, formando un duo straordinario and inedito. Presentano, in ALIS, un magnifico numero di aerial straps. Medaglia d’argento alla World Cup di ginnastica acrobatica, Xiau-Ling Wee è stata ingaggiata dal Cirque du Soleil per la tournée di Paramour e ha collaborato con produzioni internazionali prestigiose, fra le quali la Dublin Worldwide Productions. Anche la carriera di Caroline Rinny è costellata di grandi successi. Si è esibita, infatti, nell’Opening Act del Christmas Show ’Twas The Night e nella Première di X, spettacoli prodotti dal Cirque du Soleil. Ha saputo, inoltre, conquistare il pubblico del piccolo schermo televisivo di America’s Got Talent (ricevendo il plauso dei quattro famosi giudici del programma), di China’s Got Talent (ottenendo, in questa occasione, l’ambìto Golden Buzzer) e di Tu Si Que Vales (in onda su Canale 5). ​

Volta Wheel

DAVID MATZ

He has reinvented a tool known as the Cyr Wheel, integrating it with LED technology which makes the amazing evolutions inside it even more fascinating. The movements are perfectly synchronized with sounds and visual effects that draw images with an almost psychedelic effect in the air and on the stage, enchanting the spectator. For Le Cirque World's Top Performers, TOP also means innovation.

AERIAL STRAPS

DUO ToBeFRee

They are two exceptional young Ukrainian artists. Their number is a suggestive and exciting aerial dance. A couple who performed on European stages, in Brazil and China. They won the Silver Trophy in Belgium at the European Circus Festival and in France at the Festival International du Cirque Val De Loire. Valentyn obtained the Master of Sport in Men's Artistic Gymnastics and attended the Faculty of Physical Education Zaporizhzhya National University. Juliya completed her training at the School Variety and Circus Ensemble of ‘Romance’ and the Belarus University of Culture and Arts.

Trapeze and Singer

ELLI HUBER

Trapeze artist, singer and dancer of international renown. In 2015 he won the All Stars Circus Arts aerial competition, in 2010 at the Sydney Festival in the Best Independent Artist category and won the Bytecraft Achievement Award as Best Production and Design. She was trained at the Aerialize Sydney Theatre, then at the Beijing International Arts School and at the Ecole Leotard in Montreal, under the guidance of Victor Fomine.

Acrobatic balance

ESSENCE

They are three outstanding acrobats: Larysa Semeniuk, Olena Kosiuchenko and Olga Shutiak, are Ukrainians and graduates of the Kiev State Circus Academy. In ALIS they bring to the stage a new number of great charm and elegance created by Valentyna Kriher, founder and artist of the Torimé. In a performance that combines flexibility, sensuality and strength, accompanied by evocative music that is once again inspired by the vital theme of passion and fire.

Aerial Straps

FLIGHT OF PASSION

They never cease to excite and enchant. The number has been defined as "Unique and perfect" and won the prestigious Golden Clown at the 33rd Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival. Since 2004, Cirque du Soleil has staged him in the shows "Corteo" (United States) and "Quidam" (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong), always achieving great success. Dmitri Grigorov and Anastasiia Vashchenko represent today the world excellence in "Straps".

MUSICIAN

GUILHEM DESQ

Of French origin, he is an eclectic player of a thousand-year-old instrument, the Hurdy-gurdy and draws his energy from the tradition of his unusual instrument, drawing inspiration from modern music. On the notes and sounds he produces, he invites the viewer into his suggestive universe, made up of melodies that recall distant eras, but imbued with electronic sounds and contemporary arrangements. It is an exciting and certainly surprising journey through time.

CROSSED WHEEL

JONATHAN MORIN

A star, an immensely talented artist with over 1,000 participations in the Cirque du Soleil shows. His perennial search for the unusual and innovation inspired him to invent a new tool, “The Crossed Wheel “, which distinguishes her performances and which has conquered audiences all over the world. In 2018 he was awarded the Bronze Clown at the Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival. He is a wonderful artist and athlete, applauded and admired everywhere. He has collaborated with Le Cirque WTP since the beginning and is among the protagonists of ALIS.

Chinese Poles

JUMPING DRAGON

Three great talents, interpreters of the best circus tradition in China. An example of strength, agility and acrobatic power in a discipline that dispenses emotions. Guan, Guo and Yao have a high-level path. Graduates of the "China National Troupe" perform in prestigious productions including Han the show of Franco Dragone, the Cirque de Chine, the Circus Conelli in Switzerland, the American company Garden Bro Circus, then the Panda Show in Las Vegas and RingLing Circus, always in the United States.

Hoop Diving

KAI HOU & SONG ENMENG

Breathtaking acrobatics, they dispense pure adrenaline by pushing their limits. Two award-winning artists with an impressive career. Kai won the Chinese Talents Prize, has been in the Guinness World Records since 2014, performed at the Oscars in Los Angeles. Song is in Iris of Cirque du Soleil , she won the Golden Clown at the Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival . Both are superstars in Talent Shows and Hit TV Shows in China, Europe, USA, Dubai, Mexico.

CONTORTIONIST

KATRINA ASFARDI

She is one of the best multi-artists in the show industry and for Alis she will perform with her exceptional skills as a contortionist. Born in Latvia, she has been passionately dedicated to dance and gymnastics since the age of 12 and she represents her country in international competitions. Love for the contemporary circus blossomed at the age of 20 and she became the star of international productions, including Heart by Cirque du Soleil. She performs throughout Europe, Lebanon and Macau. Semi-finalist of Italia’s Got Talent and the Swiss Got Talent (2015). Katrina is also part of “Heart” Ibiza Team, a project by Cirque du Soleil founder, Guy Laliberte and Ferran & Albert Adria.

Sanddorn Balance

LILI CHAO RIGOLO

Revelation of Amaluna with the Cirque du Soleil. With a feather and 13 branches of palm, she literally keeps the spectator in suspense until the last… breath. An oasis of concentration and serenity, where everything is a precarious balance. Sanddorn Balance is an exceptional and award-winning number, conceived and presented in 1997 by Maedir Rigolo. It is a parable of love and life, considered to be the most beautiful act on the world scene nowadays.

Tap Dance/Juggler

MARIA CHOODU

Born in Russia to parents who were also circus performers, she debuted at the Great Moscow State Circus when she was just 9 years of age. She performs all over the world and was the recipient of an award at the Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival. She has a unique number and style, combining juggling and Tip Tap dance. From 2008 to 2018 she was with the Cirque du Soleil in the shows of Saltimbanco, Wintuk, Zarkana and Crystal. She has performed as part of major events, even before the Pope in the Vatican and the President of the United States Donald Trump in New York.

AERIAL HOOP

MARIE-EVE BISSON

AERIAL POLE

MARTYNA MAJAK

NEW ENTRY!

Splendida aerialist e ballerina di grande esperienza, presenta un numero di effetto al palo aereo che richiede bravura e concentrazione, dato che l’attrezzo è fissato solo nel punto più alto, libero, quindi, di oscillare e roteare nello stesso tempo. Nata in Polonia, Martyna Majak calca le scene dal 2015. Da allora, si è affermata a livello internazionale: durante la propria carriera artistica, infatti, è stata applaudita in tutta Europa. La sua prima apparizione in Italia è proprio con Le Cirque Top Performers nello show LA BELLE VIE (Summer Tour 2021).

AERIAL HOOP

MICOL VEGLIA 

NEW ENTRY!

Talentuosa acrobata aerea dalla brillante carriera artistica, Micol Veglia debutta nel 2010. Dal 2019 fa parte della Compagnia internazionale «Finzi Pasca», il cui regista, Daniele Finzi Pasca, è autore di Corteo e di Luzia (show del Cirque du Soleil) e dei Giochi Olimpici di Torino (2006) e di Sochi (2014). 
L’artista vanta un ricco curriculum costellato di successi: ha preso parte a tournée mondiali e ha calcato i palcoscenici dei teatri più prestigiosi. Inoltre, ha partecipato a eventi importanti, fra i quali la Cerimonia di Inaugurazione dello Stadio Olimpico di Kiev e l’Inaugurazione del Calendario Pirelli a Rio de Janeiro.
Di recente, insieme al suo partner, Andrea Cerrato, è stata applaudita dal pubblico del celebre Grand Théâtre de Genève; i due hanno portato in scena una straordinaria performance di Cyr Wheel eseguita in coppia. 

Comic Hand Stand

OLEKSANDR YENIVATOV

Nicknamed “Sacha the Frogman” for his astonishing physical gifts, he is an eclectic artist, full of humor and originality. He is famous for the so-called “Yenivatov rotation” and with the unique number of him he was applauded in China, Japan, Russia, Dubai, Taiwan, Europe. Protagonist on TV in 15 shows and Talent Shows, he has won numerous awards, including at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris, at the International Circus Festival and at the European Circus Festival in Belgium.

COMEDY

ONOFRIO COLUCCI

With a very experienced and globally recognized he has an outstanding career. Already defined at the outset as the "enfant prodige" of the contemporary circus, he has performed in 60 countries in over 4,000 performances and has been the protagonist for years of the most important productions of Cirque du Soleil. He directs international shows and he plays the main role in the famous show Slava 's Snowshow , which the great Slava Polunin entrusts to him personally, electing him as his heir. He received the coveted Premio Lunas del Auditorio.

COMEDY

PIPPO CROTTI

Artist, comedian and irresistible actor on stage, in the cinema and on television. The Cirque du Soleil calls him for the world tour of Totem with over 1500 performances. In Italy he plays successful series, films and shows for the most important TV networks: RAI, Mediaset and SKY. Pippo enters Le Cirque's World 's Top Performers in 2018. He presents an exhilarating, but also desperate number that infects the spectators on time, because it is chased by unexpected uncontrollable events from the first to the last moment.

Jugglers

RAW ART

It is a project that includes among its ranks the best graduates of the Kiev Circus Academy, one of the reference schools for the whole world. Its members are Maksym Holovchenko, Vladyslav Gapanovych and Yevhenii Pakhalovych, a surprising trio of jugglers awarded in 2017 with the coveted Silver Clown at the Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival. They were a real revelation and conquered the international scene.

SINGER

ROSE WINEBRENNER

Singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, visual artist from Chicago. Over thirty years of career and protagonist in Zaia of Cirque du Soleil in over 1,400 replicas. She is the soloist choice for the Bollywood Award Ceremony. She composes music exclusively for ALIS and enriches the narrative suggestion with her unique voice.

Balancing

SERGII TYMOFIEIEV

Gold Medal at the Festival du Cirque de Demain, he is considered one of the best tightrope walkers in the world. An artist who in addition to performance is constantly dedicated to research, innovation and improvement. He has created a tool inspired by Rubrik's cube on which he performs, highlighting his incredible talent and which, according to him, well represents the complex and delicate essence of his discipline. It is a unique number in the world.

AERIAL ARTIST

SILVIA DALLE NOGARE

An Italian from Padua, after having performed abroad in over 100 cities in 20 countries, she returns to Italy for Alis and for the first time joins the best artists in the world of Cirque World's Top Performers. Over the years she has worked as an aerialist, dancer and acrobat, experimenting and staging different tools, including hoop, straps, trapeze and performance in pairs. But her great love is her fabrics, already discovered during the three years of artistic training at the Kataklò Academy, Athletic Dance Theater . Her number, elegant and spectacular, drags and involves leaving the viewer in suspense.

DIABOLO ARTIST

SUNG CHIA-CHENG

NEW ENTRY!

Artista dei record, Sung Chia-Cheng è uno dei performer più celebri a livello internazionale, nonché il primo Laser Diabolo Artist al mondo e uno dei più esperti nella specialità Fire Diabolo. Durante la propria straordinaria and brillante carriera, si è esibito in più di venti Paesi. Tra i tanti successi collezionati, ha conquistato il gradino più alto del podio all’International Circus Festival Young Stage ed è stato applaudito dal pubblico del piccolo schermo tv in occasione della sua partecipazione alla terza stagione di China’s Got Talent, in cui, dopo essersi aggiudicato un posto fra i finalisti, è arrivato secondo. Il suo talento ha ricevuto anche il plauso della giuria del prestigioso Salieri Circus Festival, che lo ha premiato con la medaglia di bronzo.

Trapeze duo

THOMAS EVANS & AUDREY LABEAU

An unprecedented number of absolute excellence in this discipline, in which complicity and understanding emerge. Both are guest stars in Cirque du Soleil shows: “Zaia”, “La Nouba”, “Le Chemins Invisible”, “Toruk”, “Paramour”. Thomas is a Bronze Medal in 2013 at the Cirque de Demain in Paris, Audrey was an Olympian, participating in the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and of London in 2012, the year in which she won the title of European Champion in diving.

Acrobatic balance

TORIMÉ

The trio consists of the splendid Ukrainian acrobats Valentina Kriher, Yelavyzayeta Vorionuk and Anastasiia Yehorava, all graduates of the Kiev State Circus Academy. They present the most fascinating number of their vast repertoire. A performance that combines flexibility, sensuality and strength by composing incredible figures with their bodies on the basis of an evocative music inspired by the vital theme of passion and fire.

Contortionism

ULZIIBUYAN MERGEN

Already as a child, at the Mongolian National Circus, she began practicing the arts of contortionism and balancing on her hands. She is only 11 years old she is her with Cirque du Soleil and she travels the world for 15 years in the shows Alegria, Amaluna and Totem . She is among the greatest female artists in the world and Le Cirque World's Top Performers has welcomed her into its stellar cast with a fantastic number created for “Alis” and which presents its world premiere.

The juggler

VIKTOR KEE

In 1994, he won the Silver Medal and the Raspini Award at the 17th International Cirque de Demain Festival in Paris. He has performed at the Moulin Rouge and the Lido in Paris, at the Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin, at the Pomp Duck & Circumstance in New York, and at the Mirage and MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. In 1999, he joined the cast of “Dralion” for Cirque du Soleil and later also performed in “Joya” and “Amaluna“. In 2003, he won the Silver Clown award at the Monte Carlo International Circus Festival, and in 2004 received a Gold Medal at the Nuit d’Or Gala during the “Cirque de Demain“ Festival in Paris.

Trapeze duo

WAZ’O

They perform in international shows including “Totem”, “Varekai” and “45 Degrees – Special Events” by Cirque du Soleil . Louis-David Simoneau, a graduate of the National Circus School of Montreal and Marie-Christine Fournier, a graduate of the Quebec Circus School, provide all the experience and talent gained in these important productions, in an aerial number conceived for ALIS, in which they push themselves beyond their limits.

SLACK WIRE

YINJA GAO

NEW ENTRY!

Il numero di Slack Wire è un meraviglioso concentrato di poesia, adrenalina, potenza fisica and capacità espressiva. A presentarlo sarà Yinja Gao, specialista della disciplina, pronto a emozionare, sorprendere e regalare un po’ di magia alle platee dei teatri di fronte alle quali porterà in scena il proprio inarrivabile talento artistico e acrobatico. Nonostante la giovane età, il celebre performer vanta un invidiabile curriculum artistico, numerosi riconoscimenti e un background professionale in cui fanno la loro comparsa anche la danza e la musica.

HAND TO HAND

YVES DECOSTE & 
VALENTYNA SIDENKO

The Duo Viceversa is made up of two world stars.
Yves is a legendary figure at Cirque du Soleil, where he first appeared in 1985, joining countless productions including “La magie continue”, “Mystere”, “Quidam”, “Zed”. Among many other prizes, he won the prestigious Silver Clown Award at the Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival. In Alis, he delivers an epic performance together with Valentyna Sidenko, a star herself who has played major roles for 10 years at Cirque du Soleil’s “Zaia”, “Zed”, “Quidam”, “Joya”. A most talented Ukrainian artist, at the age of 6 she began training at the Circus School and at 14 she attended the Cirque College in Kiev, before starting to successfully perform all over the world.