Momentum Lab.

Bunmi Odumosu is a Cardiff-based physical performance artist whose work combines dance and multiple aerial disciplines, including aerial straps, rope, and trapeze. She developed her dance and movement style from teenage, combining Afro dance and street dance/hiphop styles. She started her circus aerial and capoeira journey in 2013 and eventually started combining her movement styles with aerial. She has performed across the UK for Upswing Aerial, Kitsch & Sync, Bassline Circus, Wales Millennium Centre and at Glastonbury, Greenman and Shambala Festivals and Christmas shows in Speigeltents.

She has also participated in two science, aerial, and movement combination research projects in Wales and Lithuania. She brings a wealth of passion and energy to all of her performances and uses movement as a form of expression. She often shares a taste of her African roots with African inspired movements in her physical performances. When she is not performing, she works as a chemical engineer.

Charles Auguste is an independent performer whose high-energy work blends parkour, breakdance, contemporary dance, and circus arts. His performances explore the body’s dialogue with urban spaces, transforming everyday environments into dynamic stages. With a focus on physicality and improvisation, he creates raw, collaborative pieces that challenge how we move and connect.

Commissioned by Hermès and NOWNESS, Charles has showcased his work at venues like Candid Arts Centre in London and Kunstmuseum Ravensburg. As a workshop leader, he’s shared his approach to movement at institutions including UMA Academy in Geneva, Hal 5 in Leuven, and HSINGHO in Taiwan, empowering students to discover their own physical singularity.

Drawing from visual arts, music, and poetry, Charles’s practice is versatile and interdisciplinary, inviting audiences to rethink the boundaries of performance.

Photo credit Alyssa Jarjoura

Hugh Stanier is a highly experienced performer, movement educator, facilitator, and bodyworker, with over 20 years of international teaching in contact improvisation and contemporary dance.

Starting his dance journey in breakdancing, Hugh transitioned into contemporary dance, studying at Northern School of Contemporary Dance. He has since performed with acclaimed companies such as Wim Vandekeybus/Ultima Vez, Tom Dale, TrashDollys and 2Faced Dance, and is passionate about helping others explore the transformative power of movement. 


“I find a deep connection to the importance of ‘not knowing’ when I’m dancing. I find this incredibly reassuring and it helps me to deal with the uncertainty and insecurity so prevalent in the world we live in today… Whether it is improvisation, contact improvisation or a choreography, my focus and intention lies in finding the joy and power of a very physical movement practice connected to presence, awareness and breath.”

Jess Allen is an aerialist and movement artist from West Wales. She creates performance and film, often using aerial apparatus (rope, sling, harness) or aerial skills in curious juxtaposition to sites, spaces, objects and bodies. She trained as a dancer with a focus on improvisation, somatics and site-based performance and has worked as an aerial harness performer (counterweight/ bungee) for Blue Eyed Soul, Everybody Dance, Full Tilt Aerial Theatre and Invisible Circus.

Now specialising in dynamic rope and sling, she coaches internationally online and as part of the team at Syrcas Byd Bach, the circus school at Small World Theatre. Other teaching credits include MAAC, Nofitstate Circus Village, Circus Mobility (aerial circus), and University of Manchester (site specific performance).

She has a PhD in microbiology and a PhD in activist performance, producing performance that has been presented at TaPRA, Royal Geographical Society, Afon and SPILL Festival of Performance.

Photo credit Leia Morrison

Sam Amos is a dancer and filmmaker based in Bristol, UK. He began dancing at the age of nine, inspired by the freedom and physical nature of Breaking. He dedicated a life to developing the distinct movement style for which he is known for today. Breaking served as a catalyst and an outlet for his creativity, later sparking an interest in filmmaking at the age of nineteen. Filmmaking provided new creative perspectives and allowed him to use movement as a tool to explore themes and tell stories through short films.

In 2014, Sam formed TrashDollys, and began to create short films that placed movement at the heart of visual storytelling. Under the TrashDollys banner, Sam has also directed and choreographed a number of live dance works since 2015, some of which have toured internationally. Through TrashDollys, Sam aims to continue to challenge the creative possibilities of dance and film, build a community of like minded artists, and connect with wider audiences.

Based in North Wales, Simon is a performance rigger and rigging consultant with extensive experience in rock climbing and mountaineering. His expertise is built on a professional background in climbing and rescue, holding the highest UK-based climbing and mountaineering qualification (WMCI) and membership with the Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI). Simon has volunteered with the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team and is a qualified first aider with extensive experience in both urban and remote emergency care.

Simon applies the problem-solving aspects of climbing and rescue to aerial performance rigging. While he works in traditional theatres and performance venues, his specialised expertise lies in harness rigging for site-specific locations, including cathedrals, trees, mountains & sea cliffs, and other non-traditional performance structures.

Simon thrives on the challenges of rigging from unique environments, collaborating with choreographers and performers to bring artistic visions to life. His own experience in harness work gives him a deep appreciation for the aesthetics of movement and performance