Xavier Mermod
Acrobatic lifts, Jeux icariens, Porteur(se)
Switzerland
Born in 1995 in Sainte-Croix, in the mountainous Jura region of Switzerland, Xavier discovers circus arts at the age of 14 at the amateur circus school LeZarti’cirque.
As the years go by, he completes his baccalaureate but is still searching for his path.
He then begins his civil service in the same circus school, an environment that gradually becomes increasingly central in his life.
In 2016, he meets Patricia Minder, with whom he begins practicing acrobatic partnering (hand-to-hand work).
Continuing along the path of duo work, Patricia and Xavier leave Switzerland to spend two years at the École de Cirque de Lyon, before being admitted to the Centre national des arts du cirque, where they continue to develop their duo.
Today, his ultimate goal is to complete his training in order to create, perform, tour—and above all, carry their work everywhere in the world!