abebe atlebachew
Circus performer, dancer, choreographer and director, Abebe Atlebachew has performed all over the world. Originally from Ethiopia, beginning circus at the age of 10, Abebe received a diploma from Addis Africa Circus school, training in disciplines such as free-standing ladder, dance, drama and music, and won the Addis Africa Circus award in 2013.
Landing his first international contract in 2012 in turkey, performing dance and ladder for a 6-month run, Abe continued book various international contracts over the next 6 years. This included an African cultural show in Germany in 2014: Mother Africa Circus, which toured throughout Europe in 2016, Hong Kong Dance Wonderland show at Ocean Park, and touring throughout United States 2018, performing dance and free-standing ladder, and Cirque Zuma Zuma in United States performing dance and bounce juggling.
After a full touring career, Abebe, now based in Toronto, Canada, is settling into his new city and looking forward to producing/creating his own show, in partnership with SoCirC, exploring themes and struggles of migration, telling his own and others stores sharing through his art of circus and cultural dance.
Currently, as his first Canadian project, he is working with SoCirC, as both a circus facilitator and youth ambassador. He will be representing SoCirC and Toronto in a Nation-wide circus video creation, a CIRKASKINA project run by Montreal’s Cirque Hors Piste, collaborating with various circus organizations across the country.
Landing his first international contract in 2012 in turkey, performing dance and ladder for a 6-month run, Abe continued book various international contracts over the next 6 years. This included an African cultural show in Germany in 2014: Mother Africa Circus, which toured throughout Europe in 2016, Hong Kong Dance Wonderland show at Ocean Park, and touring throughout United States 2018, performing dance and free-standing ladder, and Cirque Zuma Zuma in United States performing dance and bounce juggling.
After a full touring career, Abebe, now based in Toronto, Canada, is settling into his new city and looking forward to producing/creating his own show, in partnership with SoCirC, exploring themes and struggles of migration, telling his own and others stores sharing through his art of circus and cultural dance.
Currently, as his first Canadian project, he is working with SoCirC, as both a circus facilitator and youth ambassador. He will be representing SoCirC and Toronto in a Nation-wide circus video creation, a CIRKASKINA project run by Montreal’s Cirque Hors Piste, collaborating with various circus organizations across the country.