About Kate and Pasi

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Kate & Pasi are an acrobatics duo from Finland. They perform foot juggling, whip cracking, spectacular hand-to-hand acrobatics shows for outdoor, indoor and contemporary circus audiences.

Work history

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Katerina Repponen and Pasi Nousiainen have performed in over 20 countries together since 2010. They have worked in many traditional and contemporary circuses, variety shows, street festivals and theatre productions, for companies such as Cirque Eloize, Krystallpalast Variete, Circus Monti, Sirkus Finlandia, Daidogei World Cup and many more.

Awards

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The originality of their work earned them silver prize in the ”Golden Karl” International Circus Festival in Latvia 2014. They won a Jury Prize at Open Flair Bochum Festival in 2017.

Schooling

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Pasi graduated from circus school Circuspiloterna in Stockholm, and Kate studied at circus school Lahti in Finland. Together, they went on to improve their technique at the Kiev Circus Academy.

Testimonials

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  • “The couple’s acrobatics by Pasi Nousiainen and Katerina Repponen are notoriously breath-taking.”
    “Pasi Nousiaisen ja Katerina Repposen pariakrobatia on tunnetusti hengästyttävän upeaa.”
    —Helsingin Sanomat newspaper
  • “Guaranteed to entertain”
    “Varman päälle viihdyttävää”
    —Helsingin Sanomat newspaper
  • “Their sexy, funny routine was a pleasant surprise.”
    —St. Louis Post
  • “An entertaining mix of acrobatics, slapstick and stage flirt.”
    “Es ist eine unterhaltsame Mischung aus Akrobatik, Slapstick und Bühnenflirt.”
    —Cologne City Gazette
  • “Katerina Repponen and Pasi Nousiainen got the audience excited at the opening of the Theater Summer. As part of a decent performance, Repponen and Nousiainen succeeded in their amazing tricks.”
    “Katerina Repponen ja Pasi Nousiainen saivat yleisön jännityksen valtaan Teatterikesän avajaisissa. Kuten kunnon esitykseen kuuluu, Repponen ja Nousiainen onnistuivat huikeissa tempuissaan”
    —Aamulehti newspaper
  • “Kate and Pasi were audience favorites”
    —Jack Marsh, Artistic Director, Circus Flora
  • “Their hand to hand antipode act is a one of it’s kind, unlike anything seen so far in circus.”
    —Urs Jäckle, Artistic Director, Krystallpalast Variete Leipzig