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Arafura Games. DarwinZurich party, MauritiusWomadelaideMuse concert, Wembley StadiumOver water. Valencia Delivering the cupSydney Myer Music Bowl, MelbournePyramids, GizaFA Cup Final. WembleyChristmas shopping, Oxford Circus
  the heliosphere - from the dream engine

Some recent shows

Christmas Deluxe, Covent Garden
Gaddafi Foundation. Benghazi
AFL Grand Final. Melbourne
Toyota Launch. Doha
Muse Tour, Wembley Stadium
Muse Tour, Parc des Princes
Arafura Games, Darwin
FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium
HSBC Press Launch, Hong Kong
Americas Cup Launch, Alicante
Grand Lisboa Casino Opening, Macau
Cirque du Soleil F1 Launch, Valencia
New Year, Burj el Arab, Dubai
Mallorca TV Opening, Palma
Punawallah Wedding, Pune
Hungarian National Day, Budapest
Siemens Arena, Lithuania
National Day Parade, Singapore
Pro Football Hall of Fame, Ohio
Virgin Jazz Festival, St. Lucia
MSN Promotion, Mumbai
MTV Winterfest, Davos
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
Perth International Festival
Cavalcade of Light, Toronto
Daidogei, Shizuoka
Friendship Cup, Abu Dhabi
Circus Roncalli, Hamburg
Princes Trust, Highgrove

 

HELIOSPHERE

Using music, lighting and the location, the Heliosphere creates the illusion of flying. The impossible becomes possible.

Spiralling and spinning and seemingly weightless, an acrobat suspended beneath a helium balloon explores the uncharted space between street level and rooftops.

Two ground crew, harnessed to lines but largely unseen, control the balloon’s speed, direction and altitude. Working together, the three artists create an extraordinary aerobatic show over the heads of the audience.

On a calm day our aerial dancer can fly out of the sky, steal the sugar lumps from a café-goer’s saucer and swoop from just overhead to twenty metres in a moment. Carrying someone’s hat.

At night the Heliosphere becomes a giant colour changing lantern.

First performed in 1998 and coining the name from those mysterious bubbles in space, we have currently performed in 41 countries around the world, averaging 60 shows per year.