ABOUT US
Isaac Salter and Michèle Lainé are Head Over Heels acrobatic, aerial, fire and comedy duo combining 30 years of circus performance experience from around the globe. They mix high energy acrobatics with crazy clown characters bringing physical fun to family events and festivals from their Bunbury base in WA. Backgrounds in competitive gymnastics and outdoor adventure make teaching a big part of their work, putting respect, commitment and collaboration at the heart of their philosophy.
Isaac Salter
Isaac Salter is an Australian circus performer with a background in music, theatre, gymnastics and outdoor adventure education. He started his circus career directing community circus shows after studying at the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) in 2013 with off-ground specialties of Chinese pole and teeterboard. Best known for his audience engagement and on-stage energy, he is an all round circus showman bringing his physical clowning to a varied circus skills repertoire. He has toured the world as a performer with Trash Test Dummies kids comedy acrobatic shows and with high end contemporary circus shows Cirque Éloize and Bête De Cirque. He is now on a mission to bring the circus world down to the South West and make the community circus savvy.
Michèle Lainé
Michèle Lainé is originally from England where she trained as a gymnast and scientist with a PhD in Materials Engineering. She took a twist into performing as an aerial acrobat in circus theatre, with Swamp Circus, creating Viva Aerial Dance in London 1999 pioneering aerial silks as a circus art in the UK. Performance across live corporate events worldwide, with television and Hollywood movie credits as an aerial stunt specialist including Batman Begins and Sherlock Holmes II, doubling for Eva Green in The Golden Compass and on trapeze for Kate Moss for Rimmel. Bringing 25 years of performance and production experience over to Western Australia in 2015, her goal is to develop the professional circus network and opportunities locally to spread all the health benefits and joy that circus brings to community.