Ireland based South African artist Sean McIlraith uses circus and movement to express herself. She specializes in aerial silks & rope, floorwork and doubles acrobatic flying.  

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Sean began her hodge-podge of circus education in Dublin, Ireland and after 1 year of training her life was decided and she ran off to circus school in Barcelona. At the Centre de les Arts del Circo Rogelio Rivel she completed the 1 year preparatory course that gave her a solid foundation in aerial, hand-balancing, acrobatics and her lost love Chinese Pole. Here she discovered her love for rope and dynamic movement- using momentum to fly through the air  became her favourite way to move. This intense time showed her that she hadn’t even scratched the surface  and once back in Ireland she did everything she could to continue learning. This took her to Montreal, London, and all over Europe to work with anyone she could find. 

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Since then Sean has performed and coached all over Ireland, working with companies like Aduantas Aerial and festivals like WildRoots. Most recently she has began creating her own shows and creative works, with the first premiering in the Scene + Heard Arts Festival in February 2023