As a child, Helena developed her passion for the body and movement through gymnastics, before turning to circus arts at Circomedia – Centre for Contemporary Circus and Physical Theatre (Bristol, England).
In her second year, she chose trapeze as her discipline, a choice motivated by her interest in architecture and the simplicity of the object itself: a frame, a rectangle.
After two years, she joined the Centre national des arts du cirque.
There, she took part in the creation of Agréable by Pierre Rigal, as well as in a repertoire revival with Fournaise, directed by Gilles Cailleau.
Her research focuses on the precision of movement, the rebound of energy, and the idea of breaking the frame through work on amplitude and different planes. She sees her trapeze as a play partner, a support, and a reference point that allows her to lose herself, while constantly seeking balance and exploring the relationship between movement, trapeze, and theatre.
For Helena, circus is exploration—the power of the body in all directions—and above all a way to communicate and share worlds, imaginaries, and adventures with an audience.
She imagines creating projects in duos or collectives, transforming street and natural spaces. She also dreams of creating performances with both disabled and non-disabled performers, working to reduce the gap between so-called “able” and “non-able” bodies. She hopes to create intimate, accessible performances while maintaining a sense of imagination and curiosity.