Yuchan Iizuka

Circus & Variety Artist (Aerial/Pole) / Dancer

About

About

Yuchan grew up in Tokyo Japan. Her Ballet training started at the age of 8 in Japan. She won several ballet competitions, won a scholarship to a ballet school in Paris and she moved to France all by herself. Later in 2010, she graduated from Hamburg Ballet School from John Neumeier. In 2011, her career as a professional ballet dancer started, and have worked for companies in Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany, and Bulgaria as a soloist.

Yuchan started her aerial training in 2017, which was mostly self-taught. She developed her own unique style "Ballet in Air", combining the strength and dynamics of aerial acrobatics and the beauty and elegance of Ballet. Soon after, she started working as an Aerialist in one of the dinner shows in Berlin Germany.

Since 2018, she has been performing in a variety of places including circus festivals, variety shows, theaters, dinner shows, circuses, and cruise ships worldwide. In 2024, she was awarded a Special Award from Astana Capital Circus at the Almaty Circus Festival, and the Artemia Cultural Association Award at the Salieri Circus Award.

Yuchan is based in Berlin, striving to create and share her passion through movement and experience wherever she goes in the world of circus.

Acts

Ballet in Air

Ballet in Air

Unique act combining the beauty and elegance of classical ballet and the strength and dynamics of aerial straps. Building enchanting moments on stage, bringing magic to the audience with a mesmerizing performance and elegance.

min 5.5m ceiling, motor/pulley, min 3x3m hard floor

Stage Pole

Stage Pole

Adding elegance of ballet movement into pole acrobatics. This act features the strength of women, building their position in society. Not only the beautiful body line but also her passion and dynamic movement will enchant audiences.

min 3.3m ceiling, min 2.5x2,5m space on stage

Aerial Straps

Aerial Straps

Aerial Straps act in different styles and music. Dynamic to elegant, classical to rock music. A combination of strength, dynamics, and beautiful body lines, mesmerizes the audience with elegance and aesthetics.

min 4.5m ceiling, motor/pulley, min 2.5x2.5m space on stage

Aerial Silks

Aerial Silks

Aerial silks act that can be performed both static or with a motor. With numerous dynamic drops and spinning brings excitement on stage, with the essence of ballet movement bringing beauty and elegance on stage.

min 4.5m ceiling, min 2.5x2.5m space on stage

Aerial Hoop

Aerial Hoop

Aerial hoop act that can be performed both static or with a motor. A combination of beautiful body lines and classical positions executed with precision and extreme while spinning in the air, visually seducing audiences with her elegance.

min 4.5m ceiling, min 2.5x2.5m space on stage

References

Aerial

  • 2024 Salieri Circus Award (Italy)
  • 2024 Hunan New Acrobatic Theatre Festival (China)
  • 2024 Almaty Circus Festival (Kazakhstan)
  • 2023 OVAG Variete (Germany)
  • 2022 Friedrichsbau Variete (Germany)
  • 2022 TUI Sensatori Rhodos (Greece)
  • 2019-2020 Celebrity Cruises (International Water)
  • 2018-2019/2023-2024 Dinner For Fun (Germany)

Ballet & Dance

  • 2011-2012 National Theatre Ostrava (Czech Republic)
  • 2013-2016 Les Grands Ballets Montreal (Canada)
  • 2017 Ballet Vorpommern Greifswald (Germany)
  • 2018-2022 Deutsche Oper Berlin (Germany)

Award

  • 2024 Salieri Circus Award (Artemia Cultural Association Award)
  • 2024 Almaty Circus Festival (Special Award - Astana Capital Circus)

Contact

Yuchan Iizuka

Based in Berlin, Germany

[email protected]

+49 162 8180 116 ( WhatsApp )