Blizzard

Since graduating from Quebec city’s Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, Olivier Normand has become one of the most prominent actors of the Capital, thanks to his performances in Les Feluettes (Lilies), The Misanthrope and Britannicus. as of 2013, he is also part of the cast of Ex Machina’s Jeux de cartes: Coeur, by Robert Lepage. His talents have earned him many awards.

A creative, hands-on artist, Olivier is also interested in writing and directing. Following Attrape-moi, he reconnects to success and circus in 2015 and in 2016 with the staging of Crépuscule, which has been seen by more than 220,000 people.

Performer, writer, arranger, recording artist, and teacher, Ben Nesrallah is a musical jack-of-all-trades, an under-cover classical pianist and he quickly establishing himself as one of his generations most promising musical talents.

From 2016 to 2018, Ben toured as a multi-instrumentalist and singer in Cirque Éloize’s Saloon. With 5 albums under his belt, and a wealth of touring experience, Ben is very excited to have joined the FLIP Fabrique family.

Dimitri is a Swiss circus artist trained in Switzerland and Canada. Dimitri entered the circus world at the age of 7. Being a hyperactive child, he felt home at the Ecole de
Cirque de Lausanne, as well as in other activities, such as karate, diving and climbing. When Dimitri learned that he could study at professional circus schools, he
made every effort he could to make circus his profession. This allowed him to enter the Ecole de Cirque de Québec where he graduated in June 2022.

During his training in Lausanne and Québec, Dimitri performed in more than 100 shows, corporate events and animations. Dimitri practices Chinese pole, hand-to-hand and
is a generalist acrobat.

Mathieu started the circus in his mid-twenties by training with trainers from Montreal. He was then admitted to the circus school of Verdun to learn the basics of the
profession and circus technique. Subsequently, he took part in an international tour as a fire-eater, juggler and porter. He continued by being admitted to the École de
Cirque de Québec, where he specialized in hand to hand. At the end of his studies, he joined Acting for climate Montreal.

Now he begins a new adventure with Blizzard’s Flip Fabrique.

Celeste is a versatile circus artist. Her approach to circus is one of a kind. She found chinese pole in 2019 and was instantly drawn to it. She later found her true calling
when she tried this art with two poles. She felt at home jumping and flipping from one foot to another.

She decided to dig deeper in this practice at Ecole de Cirque de Quebec where she gained a proficient knowledge of double pole. In school, she learned many other skills like dance, hoop diving, trampoline, trampwall, handstands and acrobatics. Celeste loves to share her passion for movement to the world to inspire people to find freedom in their lives.

Daniel, with a personality just as memorable as his red hair, has been trained in Irish Step Dance since the age of four. At 18, Daniel was accepted into Montreal’s prestigious L’école nationale de cirque where he majored in aerial hoop, and minored in Hula Hoop. Since then, Daniel performed around the world in cabarets and for prestigious circus companies. He was also featured in many talent shows on television such as Das Supertalent in Germany and America’s got talent in the USA.

French acrobat with straps as main discipline. Nikolas grew up in the heart of the amazon rainforest in French Guiana and spent most of his time running wild in the
forest and climbing trees. His path to a life as a circus artist stated with circus education at École Nationale des Arts du Cirque in Rosny-sous-bois in Paris and continued at National Circus School of Montreal. After graduating Niko spent most of his career working with Canadian companies, working on special events with Cirque du Soleil, and going on tour with Cirque Éloize and Cirque Alfonse for many years. Nikolas has progressed as an acrobat during the years, becoming a multidisciplinary circus artist known for his expressive and positive energy.

Jean-Philippe has been immersed in the circus environment for over ten years. He began performing in front of a public at the age of twelve in theatre and
improvisation. Soon, he was drawn to the circus and discovered the trampoline, which quickly became his passion. Self-taught and multitalented, Jean-Philippe is
also equally at ease juggling rings on firm ground as he is flying through the air doing trapeze and teeterboard acts.

He is an accomplished circus performer who
constantly trains to perfect his technique. Although Jean-Philippe has many years of practice under his belt, the trampoline wall still makes him as nervous as ever. To
psych himself up before going onstage, he pictures himself as a wrestler anticipating a match!

Graduate of the esteemed Québec City Circus School, Alana spent her time at school exploring many disciplines; hand to hand, silks, handstand, Chinese pole, aerial hoop and finally settling on aerial straps as her specialty. This spirit of exploration and play is what has led this multi-skilled artist to travel the world performing for the largest cirque companies. With a view to what’s to come Alana endeavours to continually evolve, developing both technique and style to bring forth high-level acrobatic artistry and to continue to explore new disciplines and ideas.