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circus performer, artist and teacher

Tanja Peinsipp (*1990 in Hartberg, Austria) lives and works as a transdisciplinary artist in Vienna. She works artistically in the fields of contemporary circus, theater, stage and costume design. She is part of the zirkus kollektiv kaudawelsch and the compagnie lou. As a circus artist she works both Solo and in collaboration with artists from other fields.

She is a multi-disciplinary aerialist, specializing in aerialsilk, Corde lisse and in the Research with other aerial-apparatus. Besides that she is doing partnering and object manipulation. She is a self-taught circus artist and has also trained in the field of contemporary dance in the movement LAB study group, in technics of Pranayama, Hatha Yoga and currently she got really excited in the martial art Kung-Fu. In addition to her artistic work, she is studying for a master’s degree in Theater-Film- and Media Studies with a focus on Circus Studies at the University of Vienna. She interweaves scientific working methods with artistic collaborative processes. Her interest lies in the conception and realization of site-specific circus projects in public spaces and the creation of indoor circus pieces which deal with present sociopolitical topics like ecofeminism. Together with Töchter der Kunst & the Radical Kitsch Ensemble, she works on theater productions in the field of szenographie and costume-design.

In 2024, she received a six-month scholarship for contemporary circus, which is funded by the City of Vienna. In November 2024 she celebrated the premiere of her solo debut “heck a CARe less WORK“ at ON THE EDGE Festival.

Tanja teaches aerial arts at Circus Kaos, Circus Academy Vienna, Aerial Sports Studio and Circusluft Drosendorf. In her classes, she sees the participants as experts of their own bodies and tries to develop and strengthen their knowledge and their specific movement qualities. Focusing on finding intuitive pathways, pushing limits and increasing playful lingering in the air.