Lara Jacobs - Artistic Director & Producer

Born into an artistic family, at the tender age of six she began performing and touring as a trapeze artist with her parents’ theatre, Rigolo Nouveau Cirque. At 16, Lara ventured to New York City and enrolled in the prestigious Alvin Ailey Dance Centre. She later took her love of dance to Istanbul where she trained in Dervish dance, a traditional Islamic dance also known as Sufi Whirling which consists of spinning one’s body in repetitive circles. With this new talent, she began performing a solo fire burning skirt routine for Rigolo Nouveau Cirque, numerous galas worldwide, as well as the famous German circus, Circus Roncalli.

In 2010 Lara was cast as The Balance Goddess in Cirque De Soleil’s Amaluna. The unique act has The Balance Goddess create a world in Equilibrium. Her slow, deliberate and meditative movements have greatly influenced the performances crafted for Moonrise.