Gaelle Bisellach-Roig

Gaëlle Bisellach is a director, dancer, and object manipulator. As a child, she began dancing. As an adult, she studied juggling and aerial fabric at the Higher School of Circus Arts in Brussels, where she began experimenting with image projection. She then spent three years with the company du Hanneton, as a dancer and juggler in “La Veillée des Abysses,” directed by James Thierrée. In 2005, she founded La Manœuvre, a company specializing in object manipulation, body, and image. In 2008, she co-founded Delirium Lumens with Franck Française. Together, they create monumental scenographies where the audience is immersed in hand-animated low-tech projections. For about ten years, she has been conducting regular workshops for jugglers in professional schools such as CRAC in Lomme, Lido in Toulouse, and ESAC in Brussels, where she mentors end-of-study projects.

Philippe Vande Weghe

Philippe Vande Weghe graduated in Physical Education from Louvain-la-Neuve in 1983.

In 1993, he co-founded the company Les Argonautes. From 2000 onwards, he joined the team at ESAC as a juggling teacher and later became one of the mentors for personal projects.

Since 2005, he has increasingly been involved in directing alongside his role as a teacher at ESAC. He has directed shows such as “Carré Curieux” and “Passage” for Cie Carré Curieux, Cirque Vivant!, “Papier” for Cie Les Voisins, as well as acts like “Trianneaux” and “Vanina et Foucauld”.

Roman Fedin

Originally from Russia, he began his career at the age of 10 in acro-sport, which led him to the ‘Karandash’ circus school in Moscow where he obtained the circus artist diploma. After numerous tours in Europe, he returned to the Moscow circus school in 2002 where he became a teacher. In parallel, he performed as a solo artist with a rola-bola act. In 2008, he graduated from university as a “sports director”. From 2005, he has been engaged at ESAC for aerial disciplines.

Sven Demey

After studying physiotherapy at K.U.L., he briefly ventured into dance before becoming the coach of the Belgian national men’s gymnastics team. He joined ESAC in 2004, where Arian Miluka instructs in circus arts. His knowledge of the field, combined with his experiences, led him to work as an acrobatic scout for Franco Dragone Entertainment Group and to write several educational manuals for FEDEC. He has also taught at ENC in Montreal.

Yuri Sakalov

Of Belarusian origin, he trained in gymnastics at the High School of Olympic Reserve in Minsk for 15 years. He began his circus career in 1988 as a flyer in the grand flying trapeze. He also worked for the state circus “souzgoszirc” where he practiced various acrobatic techniques. He has been teaching at ESAC since 1999.

Slava Kukushkin

Born in Ukraine, he was trained at the Kiev Circus School, from which he graduated in 1981. He worked as an artist at the Moscow Circus in a trio performing Russian bar, banquine, and hand-to-hand acrobatics. He furthered his training in acrobatic gymnastics at Kiev University for 5 years. For 12 years, he taught concurrently at the Kiev Circus School. He arrived at ESAC in 2001, where he teaches hand-to-hand techniques, balance, and banquine.