Meet Jules Cooke
Jules began her journey as a Musical Theatre performer, graduating in 2015. She was not a ‘natural’ mover but all things dance and movement quickly became a passion of hers. Jules first found circus (quite accidentally) later that year at the London Juggling Club: Spinning@.
Finding circus was a dream come true – the extra limbs she never knew she was missing. In 2017, she won the Silver Award for British Young Juggler of the Year competition, which propelled her further into the world of circus. She discovered a passion for circus arts, going on to teach and perform across the UK, various countries across Europe, and in Bahrain, India and Kenya. In her mind, there is a unique form of communication that circus offers, shattering all sorts of barriers. For her, it is the most universal language of all.
Jules first started volunteering for Performers Without Borders (PWB) on the 10 year anniversary tour to India in 2018. The following year, Jules joined Peter Duncan, Gina Disney and Jamie Moore and the Flying Seagulls at the refugee camp in Samos – which was both a life-changing journey and phenomenal preparation to coordinate the Kenya 2020 PWB tour. In 2019 Jules also graduated from the Circomedia MA Directing for Circus course. During her time there she directed her first circus theatre show which premiered at Bread and Roses theatre in London.
Jules’ ethos is underpinned by a desire to harness the power of circus to share stories and build powerful connections. She aims to embrace the reality that everything is a work in progress. That is to say that perfection is unattainable, but the journey as we strive towards it is both educational and beautiful.
