The collective
A shared poetic circus language, a love for shapes and nonchalance and a wish to talk about political topics on stage – that is what first made Mika and Aurélie connect artistically during their studies in Codarts Circus, Rotterdam. To take their collaboration further after their graduation in 2022, they founded the Lemon Press Collective. With “The Trace of the Snail” the collective has a 1-hour-long piece touring central Europe.
Mika Schnapper
Mika (he, she, they) is a ball juggler, circus maker, artist and activist from Bremen in Germany. He is in love with juggling for its infinite possibilities and its way of painting shapes that exist for just one moment. She is in love with art because it is a language to express what really moves us.
Mika joined the local children’s circus at the age of eleven. As a teenager they started to specialize in juggling, learning a lot from visiting countless juggling conventions in Germany and the rest of Europe. In 2017/18 he trained in the “Masterclass” of Circus Waldoni for several month before being accepted into the Circus program in Codarts Rotterdam in 2018.
Nowadays Mika is based in Bremen (DE). Next to working with the Lemon Press Collective she performs her solo juggling act “About a Box”, works as a circus instructor and is involved in the German organization Initiative Feministischer Circus.
Check out Mika’s individual work at www.mikaschnapper.de or on instagram @hardly_dropless.
Aurélie Tercier
Aurélie (she) is a circus artist and hand balancer from Switzerland. With a curious mind, she likes to explore hand balancing in combination with objects, for example in her graduation solo “Between the Lines” (2022), a poetic hand balancing piece involving long fabric ribbons. Aurélie is inspired by installation art and its intricacies, which she translates into her physicality. She often bases her work on personal experiences, which she approaches with a touch of humor.
Aurélie joined the local youth circus already at the age of ten. After highschool she completed a bachelors degree in biology, before deciding to change course and become a circus artist. She was trained in LeZarti’Cirque in Ste-Croix and Codarts Rotterdam (2017-2022).
Aurélie is based in central France and works as a solo performer and a replacement interpreter next to her work with the Lemon Press Collective.
You can learn more about Aurélie’s solo work at https://aurelietercier.wixsite.com/aurelie or on instagram (@aurelie_tericer).
