10/06/2026
Welcome to our new Who’s Who series, introducing you to some of the friendly faces from the All or Nothing team. From performers and tutors to riggers and directors, meet the people who make All or Nothing special!
This week we spoke to , who has been part of All or Nothing for almost 20 years as a performer, a rigger, a tutor and most recently as a member of The Ensemble!
🎪How did your aerial journey start?
The first time I saw contemporary circus was ImMortal in Dublin in 2007, when I was a dance student there, I was stunned by how immersive it was, with performers (and riggers) clambering, dancing and flying all around me and over my head. It opened my eyes to the possibilities of being off the ground.
My own aerial journey started the following year when I was lucky enough to meet Jennifer Paterson from and Chantal McCormick from on a professional dance summer course on a farm in Ireland. Funny to think that 18 years on, they're still the two companies I work for the most.
🎪How did you get involved with All or Nothing?
I had 3 more years of dance training to finish before eventually working for AoN for the first time in 2012, dangling in the trees in Alva Glen, and I have worked with All or Nothing on all sorts of projects since then, in theatres, on the sides of buildings and hanging from cranes high above crowds. We've been to South Korea, Canada, Denmark and all around Scotland and the UK, from up North in Shetland all the way down to Worthing.
🎪What is your favourite piece of equipment/apparatus?
Aerial hoop was the first apparatus I fell in love with, and vertical dance (in harness) was the first job I had, and I feel lucky to have had the chance to perform on all kinds of structures since then: swings, frames, hearts, silks, spirals, ropes, huge buildings, ships, bridges, even harbour walls at low tide.
🎪What inspires you?
I grew up climbing trees and being up on any wall or roof I could reach. As a dancer, I have always loved playing with structures, objects or other bodies and seeing what I could do, so rigging things from the ceiling opened up yet another set of movement possibilities.
