Welcome to our second edition of the Lisbon Silks Meet!

An action packed 3 day aerial festival, exclusively dedicated to silks!

HOW TO BOOK YOUR SPOT:

Email lisbonsilksmeet@gmail.com

PRICING:

  • Early Bird: €420
  • Full Price: €480

Payment Details

  • A €150 deposit is required by February 14th
  • The remaining balance is due by March 31st
  • Deposits are non-refundable

CANCELLATION POLICY:

If you can fill your spot we can refund you (minus the deposit) until April 15th. No refunds available past this date.

INSTRUCTORS:

Alessandra Canini @alessandra_canini

Alessandra, born in 1990 in Brescia (Italy) and currently lives in Milan.

In young age, she used to swim and dance and in 2012 she began to train on aerial silks and in 2015 also in contortion.

In 2017 she started to teach in several circus schools in Milan both disciplines. Currently she teaches and holds workshops all around Italy and Europe.

Claudio Vitale @cla.vitale_instructorprofile_

Claudio is an aerial performer, dancer, and instructor specialized in aerial silks and straps. Claudio has developed a personal teaching method that integrates technical work, movement research, musicality, and creation. Over the years, this method has continued to evolve through careful observation of students’ needs, experimentation, and the development of exercises designed to support deep and effective individual progression. His work constantly moves across different styles and approaches, informed by an ongoing personal research as a performer, which remains a central part of his practice.

Emmen Jude Donnelly @emmen_jude_donnelly

Emmen’s work has been likened to knitting or crochet.  Moving like a curious blade around the apparatus, cultivating new intricate patterns that challenge traditional methods of practice he relies heavily on an understanding of loop theory and dynamic application. A bold, curious and provocative aerialist, Emmen would bring a passion for playfulness to the meet.

Diana Martins @di.loves.to.fly

Diana is LSM co-founder and a Portuguese aerialist, specialized on Aerial Silks, truly passionate by teaching and sharing her experience and knowledge. With 10 years experience in teaching, she runs her own aerial school project in Lisbon  – Aerial Blast.

She loves music, dance and movement, which led her seeking her personal style on silks – neverending flowy sequences with unexpected transitions.

Kate Dunne @katodunne

Kate is an Irish aerial silks and rope artist, based in Lisbon Portugal. Kate hosts a workshop called ‘Vertical Play’ with collaborator Emmen Donnelly. Starting in Belfast in January 2023, both artists set out to bring an explorative and playful vertical experience that combined technical repertoire with creative learning and expressive methods of execution. Since then, they have toured Vertical Play across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Greece and Austria. She can also be found teaching monthly aerial workshops in Portugal.

Kate has also taught outside of Europe, including a 2 month stint at Bliss Circus, India as resident verticals coach in 2023, and for 2 months in Palestine in 2020 & 2022. She is co-founder of the Lisbon Silks Meet (2025, 2026). In Ireland she teaches advanced fabric at the Irish Aerial Dance Festival (2023, 2024, 2025) and guest artist at the Belfast Rope Meeting (2023, 2024, 2026) and Lisbon Rope Meeting (2024) and fabric tutor at European Aerial Dance Festival (2025, 2026).

PREREQUISITES 

Comfortable inversions in the air. Good general understanding of fabric pathways and sequencing. Stamina to stay in the air for long periods of time.