Andrea is best known as the founder of Spark Circus, an international social circus project that brings joy and fun to the refugees and migrants along the Thai Burmese Border. Each year she managed a team of 20 inspiring circus volunteers from all over the world, who would spend a few months teaching and performing in the border regions and refugee camps, bringing smiles to the most disadvantaged communities.
Through running Spark Circus for over ten years, she connected with skilled circus performers from all over the world, and dabbled in all sorts of prop manipulation, eventually focusing on poi, palm candles and fan dancing as her personal passions. She is grateful to have learned to play with fire from the masters of the art . By managing and performing in two shows a day with Spark Circus with many of them, she developed refined safety systems to make the fire shows incredibly exciting, but safe for both the people and the environment. She is happy to pass on those tips and tricks to those beginning in the field of fire dance. Andrea is always thrilled to see how circus draws communities together, in play fun and creative expression. It is a joy to be a part of it all!
Andrea will be assisting with Fire Safety at WCCC!