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DIRECTOR.
DRAMATURG.
CONCEPT DESIGNER.
ACROBATIC CHOREOGRAPHER.
Masha Terentieva (born St.Petersburg, Russia, 1987) is an award-winning contemporary circus artist, innovator and director whose work explores character, movement and emotion. Her inspiration is drawn from performance art, physical theatre, clowning, dance and world music.
Coming from a family of artists, she graduated from the National Circus School of Montreal, where she specialized in aerial hoop and hula hoops. After years of performing on the most prestigious stages (Cirque du Soleil, Broadway, Cirque de Demain, etc.) she designed and franchised the Aerial Hotel Cart, a unique circus apparatus that she then toured worldwide.
Photography from left to right: 1. Lisa Pavlova | 2. Caroline Saage
With a background in clown-mime and physical theatre, she is especially interested in the theatricality of circus and blending various genres together. This led her to create original works and eventually to direct her own shows. As a director, she is interested in refining visual narrative and dramaturgy to produce evocative and poetic imagery that drives character development.
In 2015, Masha directed her first show in San Francisco, CA in a collaboration with Circus Automatic on the show Schematics. In 2019 her collaboration as a director with Mitch Jones on AutoCannibal received critical acclaim, it was presented at Theater Works in Melbourne, Australia and at Sydney Festival in 2021. Masha also directed cabarets for Wonderland Spiegeltent Debauched & Popcorn Underground (2020-2021)
DIRECTOR.
DRAMATURG.
CONCEPT DESIGNER.
ACROBATIC CHOREOGRAPHER.
concept designer.
DIRECTOR.
performer.
Born in St. Petersburg, raised in Canada & on tour, Masha Terentieva is an award-winning contemporary circus artist, innovator and director whose work explores character, movement and emotion. Her inspiration is drawn from performance art, physical theatre, clowning, dance and world music.
Coming from a family of artists, she graduated from the National Circus School of Montreal, where she specialised in aerial hoop and hula hoops. After years of performing on the most prestigious stages (Cirque du Soleil, Broadway, Cirque de Demain, etc.) she designed and franchised the Aerial Hotel Cart, a unique circus apparatus that she toured worldwide.
Photography from left to right: 1. Rami Kaye | 2. Lisa Pavlova | 3. Caroline Saage
With a background in clown-mime and physical theatre, she is especially interested in the theatricality of circus and blending genres. This led her to create original works and eventually direct her own shows. As a director, she is interested in refining visual narrative and dramaturgy to produce evocative and poetic imagery that drives character development.
In 2015, Masha directed her first show Schematics in San Francisco, CA in collaboration with Circus Automatic. In 2019 her directorial collaboration with Mitch Jones on AutoCannibal was presented at Theatre Works in Melbourne, at Sydney Festival in 2021, receiving critical acclaim. Masha directed cabarets for Wonderland Spiegeltent Debauched & Popcorn Underground (2020-2024), assistant directed for L'Hotel at Sydney Opera House. In 2024 Masha acted as acrobatic designer and assistant director for the opening ceremony of the Biennale, REESCH E'vol.
DIRECTOR.
DRAMATURG.
CONCEPT DESIGNER.
ACROBATIC CHOREOGRAPHER.
