Vincent VDH

Viola Fossi

Fil souple

Italy



She was born on October 24th, 1999 among the Elves of Pistoia and remains proudly from the previous millennium.
She balances on railings, wrestles with her brother, balances on chairs and fights her entire first-grade class, balances on stones in the river, listens to old songs while balancing on gas pipes, sings at the top of her lungs while balancing on rooftops—she is the number one tomboy-warrior of the school.
Kung Fu, circus, warrior in the wild nature.
At 15, she chooses slack rope and life on tour among fellow artists.
2018: after surviving five years of a bilingual German scientific high school, she leaves for Strasbourg and works as an animator, teaching herself French through children at Graine de Cirque*.
Slack rope, caravan, cold.
2019: Piste d’Azur*.
She still loves slack rope. She does not love Nice, but she loves adrenaline-fueled climbing on cliffs and diving into the sea.
2021: like an hysterical squirrel on a slack rope*… Centre National des Arts du Cirque.
Two months later: a very big ankle injury… her discipline becomes an aerial swing.
2022: Sweden, Erasmus, SKH Stockholm University of the Arts.
More slack rope, plus flying rope.
2023: back at CNAC, and here we are.
With her “soft rope,” flying swing, she blends meditation (necessary in her life, necessary to stay on her feet) with adrenaline (necessary in her life, necessary in her big flying swings).
She loves scenography, dominoes, absurd installations, and crochet.

*First day of Scorpio, almost Libra, and with Libra rising, she is a nostalgic old-souled rebel, always in balance
*Amateur circus school in Strasbourg
*Preparatory circus school in Roquette-sur-Siagne
*Character from the CNAC entrance selection act