Shaena Brandel

Creative Director

Choreographer & Producer

Shaena is an Irish Aerialist, trained in the UK, with over 25 years’ experience as a Performer & Aerial teacher. She has toured extensively across the UK and internationally including with Giffords Circus (for their first two seasons), and for six years with NoFit State on their critically acclaimed shows Immortal, Tabu and Labyrinth (Eden Project).

Shaena’s work with Barnz Munn developing the new discipline of counterweighted hoop, has been hugely influential in the international Circus community. She regularly consults as a creative director/ producer and aerial choreographer to a range of performance companies.

Shaena has taught Aerial performance in FHE and professional contexts, alongside producing and creating work with POTC. In her local area of Somerset Shaena has led on the design and delivery of participatory theatre programmes for emerging artists and community groups – including work with Wassail Theatre, Somerset Youth Theatre & Take Art.

Shaena’s current practice-based research focuses around themes of women and ageing within the performance context, and exploring storytelling through movement and aerial.

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