ABOUT US
Award-winning company Nikki & JD was co-founded by acrobatic duo Nikki Rummer and Jean-Daniel Broussé with a unique blend of skills in circus and contemporary dance. The company’s mission is to achieve strong storytelling that packs an emotional punch, using high-level circus schools and dance to evoke the feelings and awe that words cannot always touch, and the words that provide a strong narrative arc. Using humour and the accessibility of acrobatic flips and balances, we seek to take people on dark and joyful journeys into the human condition.
Their first show, Knot, premiered in 2016 in London and has toured globally with over a hundred performances in the UK, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Japan, South Korea and Peru. In 2019, Knot was awarded a Herald Angel and the Jacksons Lane and Total Theatre Award for Circus at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
In 2021 and 2022, Nikki and JD created solo pieces: Nikki’s Unbroken and JD’s (le) Pain, which toured UK-wide, cementing their reputation as forward-thinking talent in the contemporary circus scene.
THE TEAM
Nikki Rummer
Nikki trained for 10 years as an artistic gymnast in Washington State, USA, and has since trained in hand-balancing and hand-to-hand at the National Centre for Circus Arts. In addition, she trained the Afro-Brazilian movement art, Capoeira, for 10 years under Brazilian-led schools Raizes de Rua and Cordao de Ouro. In 2022, she premiered her first solo show Unbroken.
JD Broussé
Jean-Daniel (JD) Broussé studied a BA (Hons) Degree at the National Centre for Circus Arts where he specialised in Icarian Games, Cradle and Hand to Hand. He has over 8 years’ performance experience with companies including Roundhouse Circus Company and Square Peg contemporary circus. In 2021, he premiered his first solo show (Le) Pain.
REPERTOIRE
Fireside
Le Pain
Unbroken
Knot