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L & H Duo Stockholm, Sweden
Louise and Henrik perform a 5 minute adagio acrobatic act that combines static and dynamic movements in an innovative way. They also perform a 40 minute show called "Doverie", where they do acrobatics, dance, pantomime and juggling.
Louise took her first dance steps at the age of 5. In 1988 she began her formal education at the Walldorf school, an alternative art school with a focus on creative work; drama, dance and music.
In her final year she specialized in acrobatics and met Henrik. After graduation in 2000, Henrik and Louise went to the Moscow State School of Circus. They spent three years of intensive study under the master teacher Boris Nikiforovitj Belochvostov.
Henrik enrolled at the Circus Gymnasium in Gavle when he was 16. In 1993 he auditioned for the National Academy of Mime and Acting in Stockholm, Sweden and was the only one accepted. Two years later he started at Ecole Nationale Du Cirque Frattelini.
In 1995 Henrik was one of the artists founding Cirkus Cirkor, the first contemporary circus in Sweden. After 5 years of performing with Cirkus Cirkor, he went to Moscow State School of Circus in Russia to practice pair acrobatics/voltige.