I had such a fun time performing two Great Gatsby themed acts on La Luna at Banqueting House last Friday. The first was a slinky performance to Everybody Wants To Be A Cat, in a fringed black 1920s costume. The second was a lighthearted act to Liquid Lunch, with my character being a little tipsy and hungover, in a white and gold 1920s costume. The acts were on The Dream Performance's La Luna, for Sternberg Clarke events. #LaLuna #TheDreamPerformance #SternbergClarke #KatieHar

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I was absolutely honoured to work with the incredible talents of Vicki King and Celia Burton in 2018, to create images based on the colour purple for Issue 1 of Primary Paper Magazine. Shooting on film and experimenting with bubbles, glitter, textures and light, Vicki King captured a series of portraits and acrobatic shots for submission to the magazine. We shot at her home and a nearby park with Celia Burton makeup, then at Aircraft Circus' Creation Studio. Here are some lin

Simon Kimmel spent a couple of hours shooting different looks with me in London, here are the results! #KatieHardwick #SimonKimmel #model #charactermodel #palemodel #portraits #photoshoot #fashion #beauty #actress #testshoot #studio #London #MOTModel #AMCKDance #SportsofSeb #MarkSummers

This summer, Rosie, Maddy and I went to Almeria and the Cabo de Gata to shoot in the incredible scenery of Andalucia. Beaches, gold mine ruins, desert and cacti. Art Direction and Photography - Rosie Hardwick - rosiehardwick.com Models - Maddy and Katie Hardwick Wardrobe - Katie Hardwick #sisters #RosieHardwick #MaddyHardwick #KatieHardwick #artdirection #photography #movement #movementdirection #moodboard #orange #gold #yellow #desert #rocks #goldmine #model #models #blonde

Leyla and I opened the Aalco Sales Awards dinner at the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel, with our sensual, high energy Aerial Sphere act. Working with Black Fire Agency, FDG Creative and Bedrock Creative, we rigged our unique aerial sphere and two red silks for the circus themed event. Following the meal, we closed the dining section of the awards evening with a ten minute long ambient silks set, before a live band played to guests on the dance floor. Our Sphere act, filmed by

Last week I returned to the Bridlington Spa - the theatre with the best sea views from the dressing rooms! This visit was with Leyla to perform our Starfiz Synchronised Silks duet act, at the DIVA dance competition's 10th anniversary. CWR Events put on a spectacular Greatest Showman themed finale, incorporating dancers, Billy George on cyr wheel, and Starfiz on silks. Leyla and I performed a silks act in gold catsuits, choreographed to become a part of the larger stage show.

Katie Hardwick brought together a team of circus performers and riggers, to work with Circus Suburbia and Petersham Road on entertainment fo

Impact Artists invited Starfiz to perform at the Celtic Manor in Wales, as the wow factor entertainment at a Roman themed charity ball for Alzheimer's Research. Leyla was away, so the talented Rebecca Rennison joined me for a synchronised silks act and a doubles hoop act. Guest, Richie Jones, tweeted a little clip of our silks act... "How fab was this?" (click for link to Tweet). Posing backstage with one of the Gladiator entertainers, in our doubles hoop toga costumes & Roma

Leyla and I travelled to the Echo Arena Liverpool with Livestock Productions, to bring some aerial glamour to the BBC Worldwide Showcase 2016. For the final evening of the event, we performed freestyle aerial hoop as guests entered the drinks reception. Claudine from Livestock Productions paired us with the beautiful voice of singer Sewuese, and her band, to create a sultry 1920s mood where the entertainment worked as a whole to welcome to the guests into a scene from the twe

Late last year, Leyla and I performed our Aerial Sphere act at the wonderful Secret Winter Gala, with the event raising over £1million for charity, Save the Children. Les Enfants Terribles recreated scenes from Alice's Adventures Underground (Vaults, Waterloo) in the beautiful Guildhall venue in London. Leyla and I were made to look like the same person - Alice in Wonderland - with the help of wigs, matching costumes and makeup. We stood behind mirrors and interacted with gue

Leyla and I performed our Aerial Sphere act in the Grand Spiegeltent at Wilderness Festival! The wooden and mirrored tent was a magical venue and we really felt excited to be a part of such a great variety of arts entertainment on offer at the Oxfordshire festival. Bjork headlined, Rambert danced, Opera North sang, Divine Company glittered, Shotgun Carousel intrigued, Gorilla Circus flew and I discovered a woman I should have seen many years ago - Camille O'Sullivan. She was

Petersham Road created one of the most decadent 18th birthday parties I've seen, at Hoxton Docks, for one very lucky teenager! The former industrial space was transformed into a 1920s speakeasy, with guests slipping through secret curtains to enter into a forbidden world of jazz bands, cocktails, gambling and dancing. As the guests stepped into the grounds of the warehouses, behind Kingsland Road, Leyla and myself performed ambient aerial hoop as glamorous circus performers,

Today you can visit the Mead Carney gallery near Green Park in London, and see a selection of Kirsty Mitchell's prints from the Wonderland series. It's free to view and all of the limited edition prints are available for sale. The exhibition runs until 13th June. Here Kirsty answers some FAQs about the show. Last night was a proud and happy evening as the exhibition opened with many of the Wonderland team, friends and family. The actual team has been very small, with Kirsty m

I spent the last two weekends performing at glamorous events on aerial hoop, combining ambient aerial dance and aerial bar tending to entertain guests with something a bit different. Interactive aerial performance! COMIC RELIEF BLACK TIE FUNDRAISER #RNDGalaBall The first weekend was with The Dream Performance at Old Billingsgate, where we wore red noses and floated in the air with balloons above our hoops. The black tie event was organised by businessman Theo Paphitis, owner

It's a good week for Wonderland! Not only will the photography series be featuring as Blink magazine's cover story for issue #41, but Mead Carney has signed Kirsty Mitchell and will be hosting a solo exhibition of Wonderland images 6th-23rd May 2015. #BlinkMagazine #MeadCarney #Wonderland #KirstyMitchell #ElbieVanEeden #soloexhibition #London #2015 #fineart #UK #fineartphotography #model #KatieHardwick #floral #Surrey

Starfiz have been busy shooting the Brighton Festival 2015 promotional video, taking our aerial sphere to Brighton Dome for a day full of spinning, projection screens and leaps. We can't wait to see how the video turns out, and to share what the team has created! Directed by Leonora Lonsdale. UPDATE Here is the finished Brighton Festival 2015 Trailer And an interview with Leonora about the making of the film Special thanks to our former aerial teacher Clare Anderson for riggi

Leyla and I went to Blackpool at the weekend to take part in Showzam, a festival which returns to the famous seaside town each February. This year the festival theme was circus and performance, so we got to see a few friends up there as well as the chance to perform in the beautiful Blackpool Tower Ballroom. 'Expect a night of fabulous performances from some of the world's unusual, exotic and glamorous artists in the opulent and delicious Blackpool Tower Ballroom.' Starfiz op

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Earlier this month I went to the Royal Albert Hall to teach a circus workshop with the National Centre for Circus Arts (NCCA). The fundraising event saw us teaching tightrope and juggling skills to children who were later to watch Cirque du Soleil's KOOZA, as a fundraising event with a delicious lunch, face painter, balloon modeller and magician. The magical event was held in one of the areas surrounding the performance space, so that the children and their parents could see