Marianne Vaalimaa

Marianne is a circus artist from Finland. She graduated at the Art´s Academy of Turku University of Applied Sciences in 2019. She specialized in partner acrobatics and hula hoops – and soon after graduating, she fell in love with freestyle rope skipping. Marianne found the joy of circus while she was spending a gap year in Rome in 2007. There she got very inspired by the street performers. Marianne started her performing career at outdoor events with an acrobatic partner, Fanni. Very quickly, she noticed the excitement of performing on the streets as it is the most interesting and challenging stage.