About
Soul Dance Circus
Circus for Wellbeing
Movement for Everybody
Soul Dance Circus is a project fusing circus, dance, and well-being. Offering a range of classes for adults, children, events, and social outreach projects. As well as aerial and hula hoop performances. Soul Dance Circus believes in movement for everybody and using circus as a catalyst for social change and a tool for creating physical, emotional, and mental health.
You will find Soul Dance Circus operating through out central victoria and you can find regular classes at Castlemaine Circus Inc.
Classes draw on numerous disciplines including circus conditioning and techniques, Yoga, Contemporary Dance and Barra é Terre. This fusion of concepts and techniques allows for a creative and safe space where people can be challenged whilst developing a deep connection with their body. Soul Dance Circus's teaching approach is intuitive and designed to nurture the individual on their personal movement journey. Encouraging people to be more embodied, feel empowered and find fun, creative and holistic paths to fitness and wellbeing.
Soul Dance Circus offers circus classes, aerial classes, hula hoop classes, flexibility classes and circus playspaces. Classes include regular group classes, private lessons, school programs, intensive workshops and workshops for festivals and events.
Acts include static trapeze, aerial silk, contemporary hoopdance, hoopdance duo, roaming performances, LED hoop and fire hoop performance. Nichola Hall is a multidisciplinary artist who can provide a range of performances, her unique blend of circus and contemporary dance makes for stunning works that balance genuine expression with skill and technique.
About Nichola Hall
Nichola Hall is a multidisciplinary circus artist and teacher. Specialising in static trapeze, aerial silk and hula hoop. She believes in the circus arts as a pathway to physical and mental wellbeing as well as a tool for human development and social change.
She has a Bachelor of Contemporary Arts from Deakin University, completed a 3-year diploma in Circus and Dance at Circus at Circo de las Artes, Argentina and is a qualified Yoga teacher and Barra é Terre instructor.
Nichola was always passionate about art and fitness and through circus has found the perfect blend of both. Nichola states she was a photographer and visual artists in her first life and is now a performer and teacher in her second life. It was whilst working as a professional photographer in Melbourne that she discovered circus and rekindled her love of acrobatics from her childhood.
When Nichola began travelling her love for circus became her main pastime and her joy of sharing and teaching grew. Along with her belief in circus as a powerful social tool, catalyst for personal growth and means to health and well-being.
Since 2011, Nichola has been teaching, performing and studying throughout Latin America and Canada, where she developed social circus projects in Nicaragua and Guatemala, performed at renowned venues throughout Buenos Aires as well as teaching and performing at numerous circus festivals throughout Argentina.
In 2019 she returned to Australia and started her business Soul Dance Circus and began working as a trainer at Castlemaine Circus Inc. Since her returned to Australia she has been involved in a wide range of activities from community workshops to circus shows and street performances, from hula hoop classes for over 65s to the National Circus festival and Aerial Arts Festival.
Nichola is passionate about creating works that blend circus with contemporary dance and genuine expression with technique. She is an experienced, dedicated, and intuitive teacher encouraging people to be more embodied and feel empowered.
Student Testimonials
"I've worked with Nichola on a number of community circus projects via my Curbside Carnies business, and she has never failed to be organised, friendly, knowledgeable, helpful and a real asset to any team she's thrown into. Highly recommended for her multi-skilled circus abilities and passion for making great circus experiences for all ages."
~Sophie Delightful
"Nichola's Strength and Flex classes are like a unique hybrid of barre, pilates, circus, physio, and science wrapped with a perfect balance of challenge and support. Injury free training that means you finish class relaxed and beaming!"
~Horace
"Nichola is a super cool teacher. Her knowledge is superbly comprehensive not only for learning skills in Handstands and aerials but also in gaining strength and flexibility. I highly recommend her."
~Michael
"Nichola is a gifted communicator with a depth of knowledge that is both rare and precious. Her Flex classes have been so beneficial for me, helping to improve my strength, posture, alignment and sense of well-being. Nichola creates an atmosphere that is non-competitive and welcoming, the music is beautiful and to put it simply, I always feel better after the class than I did before!
Nichola’s hula hoop classes are a highlight of my week. I had no idea that hooping could be so much fun, so good for fitness and strength, and create so much joy. Nichola has a knack for building confidence in her students and letting them learn at their own pace whilst gently encouraging growth and exploring potential in an inclusive, respectful and authentic manner. Hooping is enjoyable, accessible, inexpensive, portable and almost magical. It’s something about that spinning energy…!"
~Anne
"SO GOOD! What a great way to be in your body. Nichola Hall is an excellent teacher complete with humility, grace and humour."
~Stewart
"I look forward to Nichola's classes every week, she makes everyone feel included by creating a warm and inviting space . The classes are all about connecting to your body, learning new skills and having a bucket load of fun at the same time."
~Kylie
"Nichola from Soul Dance Circus is an incredible teacher and overall great person to be around! I have personally enjoyed learning aerial trapeze and silks, in addition to strength & flexibility training from her over the past year and deeply appreciate her kind, creative and attentive focus within her classes. She is super accommodating to all levels, and will work with you from exactly where you are. I have always felt safe and supported to explore my own aerial journey in her presence, whilst still being guided with her wealth of experience and knowledge. "
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~Carlyn Creatress
"I have been a regular attendee for a while and it’s been such a great experience, It’s always such a fun and supportive environment with amazing tuition."
~Dre
"I love attending Nichola’s classes. She has the skill to connect with people of all ages and abilities. They are inspiring, creative and immensely enjoyable. I often feel positively challenged yet completely safe at all times. These classes are also a delightful way to build strength.
Whether it’s aerial, strength and flexibility or creative dance and hoop classes, they all feed the soul ❤️"
~Deb
"I have thoroughly enjoyed the hula hoop classes and look forward to trying out some other styles. Nichola is very welcoming and has a really lovely gentle teaching style with each class being different and interesting. I leave feeling strong and free, with a huge smile each time.
Thanks so much Nichola!! 💓"
~Frances
"Nichola Hall from Soul Dance Circus creates a warm, supportive and inspiring space perfect for learning. Her teaching style is very empowering and she encourages experimentation and expression. Very grateful."
~Poppy
"Nichola is the most soothing, encouraging, inspiring, positive and brilliant teacher I have come across in many years. I totally appreciate her confidence in us, and her ability to push us and encourage, but also knowing when to let us rest and process what can be challenging work."
~ Rebecca