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    Dia de Muertos in Soho
    Katie Hardwick
    • Nov 12, 2019
    • 1 min

    Dia de Muertos in Soho

    On 1st November, we disrupted the streets of Soho with an energetic, colourful and really fun procession to celebrate Dia de Muertos, as a publicity stunt for Patron tequila. We finished in Greek Street, where people could view the work of four different Mexican artists whilst enjoying Patron tequila based cocktails. I played La Catrina on peg stilts, with Diego Martinez as my husband on stilts, La Catrin. Produced by Gary Beestone Events PR agency ThreeSixty Directed by Migu
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    Primary Paper Magazine with Vicki King
    Katie Hardwick
    • Mar 22, 2019
    • 1 min

    Primary Paper Magazine with Vicki King

    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
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    Portraits with Simon Kimmel
    Katie Hardwick
    • Feb 16, 2019
    • 1 min

    Portraits with Simon Kimmel

    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
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    Greatest Showman Birthday Party
    Katie Hardwick
    • Sep 8, 2018
    • 1 min

    Greatest Showman Birthday Party

    The biggest theme in live event entertainment for circus artists in 2018 is The Greatest Showman. Today I had the pleasure of playing the character Anne Wheeler at an 8th birthday celebration in The Orangery at Holland Park, organised by Notorious Kids. The venue was decorated with circus props, children were taught circus skills and had a box of costumes to wear. The Dream Performance supplied two stilt walkers, a juggler and myself on freestanding aerial hoop - La Luna. The
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    Starfiz Sphere and Silks
    Katie Hardwick
    • Mar 19, 2018
    • 1 min

    Starfiz Sphere and Silks

    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
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    Blood From Above
    Katie Hardwick
    • Nov 3, 2017
    • 1 min

    Blood From Above

    Halloween 2017 The Vaults, Waterloo Bespoke aerial bat character for the Extreme Music 20 Years Undead Halloween party. Freestyle aerial hoop sets with wings and heels. Blood bags containing alcoholic drink were poured into the mouths of guests, as I took up different positions on the lyra. "You were AMAZING!! I was totally blown away." - Calum Brice-Stevens, Extreme Music. #aerialbartending #TheVaults #Waterloo #London #bespoke #entertainment #Halloween #bat #aerialhoop #lyr
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    Wedding Reception with Freestanding Aerial Rig
    Katie Hardwick
    • Nov 3, 2017
    • 1 min

    Wedding Reception with Freestanding Aerial Rig

    Ambient and interactive wedding reception entertainment for a beautiful wedding in Cambridge. Photographs captured by www.vividartweddings.co.uk In Queen's College, Cambridge, I erected and decorated a freestanding aerial rig for a Great Gatsby themed wedding reception. As guests entered the reception, I performed an energetic hoop act, creating excitement, animating the space and providing a focus for the beginning of the evening celebrations. After a short break, I returned
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    Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair
    Katie Hardwick
    • Sep 12, 2017
    • 1 min

    Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair

    I performed as the long-haired princess, Rapunzel, at a black tie gala dinner event with a Twisted Fairytale theme last week.
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    Ritual of Light Silks Performance
    Katie Hardwick
    • Jul 6, 2017
    • 1 min

    Ritual of Light Silks Performance

    I performed a bespoke aerial act as a character harnessing the ritual of light, at the Interiors House event for Italian designed chairs. The event was curated by Hoxton Lab, with art director Erica Mainini directing the aerial performance as the focus of the event. Anna Walker made my bespoke white aerial costume. The room at The Worx Studios was decorated with chairs and art sculptures, with an emotive soundtrack and atmospheric lights, so that the ambience was more art exh
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    Human Mirror Ball Aerial Act
    Katie Hardwick
    • May 31, 2017
    • 1 min

    Human Mirror Ball Aerial Act

    The Starfiz Aerial Sphere has been transformed into a human mirror ball act for Le Bouge Neon's 70s disco cabaret at the Underbelly Festival, on London's Southbank. We have one date remaining, 21st September 2017. You can buy tickets to the Spiegeltent venue at the Underbelly website. Two girls fall in love across a crowded dance floor. Two become one as Acantha Lang sings Made to Love with her velvet voice and the human mirror ball spins, casting light on all who watch in. I
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    Woodland Themed Wedding Reception
    Katie Hardwick
    • Mar 20, 2017
    • 2 min

    Woodland Themed Wedding Reception

    Katie Hardwick brought together a team of circus performers and riggers, to work with Circus Suburbia and Petersham Road on entertainment fo
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    Lover's Revenge - Valentines Masked Ball
    Katie Hardwick
    • Feb 14, 2017
    • 1 min

    Lover's Revenge - Valentines Masked Ball

    Katie programmed a selection of sensual and impressive ambient and stage circus acts for a Valentine's masked ball on Raven's Ait Is
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    Toyota Flow Car Launch
    Katie Hardwick
    • Feb 3, 2017
    • 1 min

    Toyota Flow Car Launch

    The first immersive car launch for Toyota, London 2017. Created by Les Enfants Terribles and The Department. Katie Hardwick playing the part
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    Bringing Ibiza to Ascot
    Katie Hardwick
    • Jul 29, 2016
    • 1 min

    Bringing Ibiza to Ascot

    The weather for the King George weekend at Ascot was a hot as in Ibiza. For the Saturday entertainment, a cocktail bar and white outdoor lounge area were set up by the events team at Ascot Racecourse, with Dj A-Roxx (Andy Critchlow) playing chillout music as guests took a break from watching the races. I provided the aerial entertainment with four, twenty minute long sets of freestyle aerial silks dance to the Dj music throughout the day, in a white a multi-coloured Ibiza the
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    Aerial Acrobatics in the Science Museum
    Katie Hardwick
    • May 20, 2016
    • 1 min

    Aerial Acrobatics in the Science Museum

    Last night, Desiree Kongerod and myself performed an ambient silks dance as guests entered the stunning Science Museum venue in London, for an evening of entertainment and dining. We accompanied the champagne reception, ahead of opening speeches, after which we returned to perform a tightly synchronised aerial dance to wow the guests. Choreographed by viva Aerial Dance, we were pleased that our diligent rehearsals paid off with a clean and fluid performance. Thanks to Ben Smi
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    Save the Children Secret Winter Gala 2015
    Katie Hardwick
    • Jan 2, 2016
    • 1 min

    Save the Children Secret Winter Gala 2015

    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
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    Minecon Convention with Cirque Bijou
    Katie Hardwick
    • Jul 5, 2015
    • 1 min

    Minecon Convention with Cirque Bijou

    The last few days have been really exciting, working with Cirque Bijou on a stage show spectacle for the Minecraft Convention, Minecon, at the ExCel Centre in London. The computer game is huge, with players coming to the convention dressed as characters / elements of the game, keen to get their hands on merchandise and participate in interactive stalls. The show opened with a group choreography dancing to Uptown Funk, dressed as Steve with cardboard boxes on our heads. We got
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    The Circus Space Turns 25
    Katie Hardwick
    • Jun 20, 2015
    • 1 min

    The Circus Space Turns 25

    Starfiz aged about 14, in the Generating Chamber at The Circus Space (now NCCA). This September, the National Centre for Circus Arts is celebrating 25 years of Britain's powerhouse of contemporary circus. This powerhouse began as The Circus Space, and I joined it when I was eight years old. I can't wait for 5th September, when a party is being thrown for all the people who made the Circus Space happen, for the teachers and students who have used and contributed to the institu
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    Garden Party Entertainment #mactugofwar
    Katie Hardwick
    • Jun 10, 2015
    • 1 min

    Garden Party Entertainment #mactugofwar

    Macmillan is a great charity doing exceptionally important work for a huge amount of people. Just about everyone I know, knows someone who has benefitted from their support, and this is why I decided to support one of their fundraising events by volunteering my performance services as a stilt walker. I also have a few Youth Circus students who are making the transition to professional performer, so I mentored three of them on their first high profile event after building up y
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    Starfiz Prohibition Party Entertainment
    Katie Hardwick
    • Jun 7, 2015
    • 1 min

    Starfiz Prohibition Party Entertainment

    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,
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