Danila Bim is a Brazilian circus artist who specialises in Aerial Hoop and Hair Suspension. She began her career in 1996 as a dancer at the Municipal Dance School of Ribeirão Pires, São Paulo before beginning circus training at the Theater Acting School of Santo André with Marcelo Milan at the age of 18. After performing two productions with the group, Danila ventured out to create her own material. Primarily self-taught, she has developed her work to a professional level and has performed with numerous circus companies including the famous Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus and Cirque du Soleil. Over the past 12 years, Danila has performed her acts in over 30 countries on 4 continents. In 2017, she premiered the original hair suspension act entitled Mirage in Cirque du Soleil’s touring show, Volta and currently resides in Los Angeles.
I am a French Acrobat. I am 29 years old, I started to work for Cirque du Soleil in 2011 with the creation of Michael Jackson’s Immortal World Tour.
Prior to being on stage, I was a high level gymnast in France for 15 years.
I’m a dancer born in the South of France.
I started my career after school at 18 years old in a French musical in Paris. I worked for different events and TV Shows, and in 2012 I started a tour in Asia with another musical, Notre Dame de Paris.
Your have one of the most coveted jobs in the world on the newest show in town. You have the money, the skills, the role that thousands of other performers would kill for and yet, you are standing in the spotlight and you realize that something is missing.
Cirque du Soleil’s latest touring show, VOLTA premiered on the 28th April, 2017 in Montreal. Johnny Kim, the Assistant Artistic Director of Operations shares with TheatreArtLife details on the transition process from VOLTA’s creation into the daily operations and what parts of the show he loves the most.
