Compagnie EllementArts
Anja Habegger – concept, musical composition, artist​, artistic direction
Anja is a Swiss circus artist and harpist specializing in straps with a unique and innovative aerial harp act "Lunarpa", where she combines her two passions and talents for aerials and music. She started playing the harp at 7 years old and already composed her own songs at a very young age. She graduated from the National Circus School in Montreal (Canada) in June 2022. Since 2014, she has performed in national and international shows and projects, including an the Konzert Theater Bern, a summer with Mâts et Cordages in Quebec 2017 , a tour with the circus Chnopf, performances with the duo Ocean Sisters at the Envision festival in Costa Rica, Das Zelt and others. Besides her work as a circus artist she also works as a musician and performs and weddings, events and collaborates with other musicians such as Tony Putaggio and Vera Anja. She is part of the Swiss aerial dance company Öff Öff since 2022 and The Freestyle Orchestra in Vienna since 2024. Anja has won a special prize for her act at the International Young Stage Festival in Basel.
Video link Solo Lunarpa Act: https://youtu.be/EdTNO4PlbIk
Elise Martin- Artist- dance acrobatics, handstand
Elise is a multidisciplinary circus artist specialized in vertical rope, handstand, acrobatics, partner acrobatics and trapeze duo. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree from ESAC in Brussels (Belgium) in June 2021. At the age of 7 she started with artistic gymnastics. At 9 she started circus and at 12 she started theater, with an ever-growing passion for stage arts. Before studying in Belgium, various opportunities arose for her such as a participation to the finals of the talent show "Die Grössten Schweizer Talente" and winning a silver medal at a circus festival in Mongolia, as well as producing 4 shows independently. In 2023 she was on tour with Cirque Starlight in Switzerland and in 2022 she performed in a theater/circus production with Cie 100 doutes in Switzerland. Since June 2021 she has been working mainly with her own companies, Cie La Lune Bleue and EllementArts and Cie Soif Totale.
Salome Aebersold – Artist – Dance Strapez Solo and Duo​
Salome Aebersold is a Swiss circus artist specializing in dance trapeze, both solo and duo. In 2022, she completed her training at the École de Cirque de Lausanne and deepened her skills over several years through private lessons in Switzerland and Montréal. Since then, she has been working internationally as a circus artist, performing at festivals, variety shows, galas, and her own productions. She performed with Öff Öff Aerial Dance in the productions Zwischen Bäumen and Insekten. She also took part in a residency in Lund with Acting for Climate. Other appearances have taken her to the Envision Festival in Costa Rica, the X-Mas Show and Young Artists by Das Zelt, the Mugg Christmas Variety Show, and numerous galas. Together with Anja Habegger, she forms the duo Ocean Sisters and is also a co-founder of Cie EllementArts. In 2025, she expanded her artistic training through the intensive dance program “Big Bang” at Espace Ouvert in Montréal.
Zoë Wiedmer - dancer - ballet, jazz and contemporary
Zoë is a Swiss dancer in ballet, jazz, and contemporary who completed her bachelor’s degree at the Iwanson School of Contemporary Dance in Munich. She began dancing in 2005 at the Beatrice Känzig Ballet School. Since 2009 she has been dancing at the AS Ballet School in Bern, since 2018 at the New Dance Academy (Bern) and at the Theater am Kaefigturm (Bern). She has danced in various performances, where she had the privilege of performing leading roles, such as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker and Belle in Beauty and the Beast. In the 2021/22 season she was engaged by the City Theatre Bern for an opera. 2019 -2024 she has been part of the Show Group “Spirit” at the New Dance Academy. Over the years she has successfully participated in several international and national dance competitions such as the “Concours International de Danse” in Aix-en-Provence (France), “MonzaDanza” in Monza (Italy), the Swiss Championship, and the Swiss Jazz Dance Competition.
Mara Kaderli - dancer - ballet and contemporary - flute
Mara started dancing classical ballet at 5 years old at the AS ballet school in Switzerland. There she continued her education in the areas of ballet and contemporary dance and attended the sports program at the OZE Bolligen and later at the sports high school in Neufeld in Bern. The love of music also plays an important role in her life with over 10 years of private flute lessons. In 2020 she also took part in various street shows with the circus group Dacimu Arts in Thun. Over the years she has also danced in various ballet shows such as the Nutcracker Suite and various variety shows with the AS Ballet School and has participated in various international ballet competitions such as the YAGP, the 'Concours international de dance', in Aix-en-Provence and the Swiss Championships 2019 (1st place in the duo category with Zoë Wiedmer).​
Ingrid Adler – dramaturgy, direction
Ingrid completed her training as an actress at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz in 2012. After that she worked as a freelancer in theater/television in Austria for a year, where Ingrid mainly worked with Schaubühne Graz.​
She has lived in Bern since 2013, where she worked for 3 years as an assistant director and actress at the Theater on the Effingerstrasse. ​In March 2017 she continued her work with Slung Low in Hull, England where she was Associate Director on the four part epic adventure play Flood (commissioned by the European Capital of Culture 2017). In 2018 she worked at the startup NEEO to expand her knowledge in the field of mediamatics and smart home. In spring 2019 she will start working as a consultant for the new digital theater online platform SPECTYOU, and she will also appear in the Austrian crime series "Die Toten von Salzburg".​