Antonin Cucinotta  

Base on Chinese Pole and co-founder of Cirque du Corbak.

Born in June 1999 in Savoie, Antonin Cucinotta grew up between mountains and lakes. At four years old, driven by curiosity and an unexpected attraction to circus, they joined Arc-en-Cirque, the Regional Circus Arts Center in Chambéry. They began with amateur classes, then continued through high school with a circus major, until the preparatory training program from 2017 to 2019. Antonin discovered the stage and Chinese pole, specializing in this apparatus and exploring it in all its forms: swinging pole, perch, quartet, duo…

Uma Pastor   

Flyer on pole and co-founder of Cirque du Corbak.

She discovered circus at age six at Arc-en-Cirque (Chambéry), where she followed intensive training until high school with a circus major. She learned banquine, duo trapeze, teeterboard, and Russian bar. In parallel, she cultivated a committed practice in visual arts—drawing, painting, graphic design—leading her to illustrate texts and testimonies for the project Premières et Dernières fois (led by Elsa Cochat), as well as creating illustrations and posters for circus companies.

Uma and Antonin created LE DUO MAIN-À-MÂT when joining the Regional Circus Arts Center Piste d’Azur in Cannes (2019–2021). Supported by Hugo Ragetly, Maria Del Mar Reyes (Cie Si Seulement), Adrien Fretard and Anouck Blanchet (Circo Zoé), they developed a singular approach blending acrobatic partnering and Chinese pole, softness and violence, mischief and silence. Working collectively became a natural choice, guided by a refusal of power dynamics and a need to infuse playfulness and joy into their practice. A particular sensitivity emerged toward liminal spaces and solarpunk imaginaries, where utopia and resilience intertwine.

Marine Robquin   

Acrobat and co-founder of Cirque du Corbak.

She grew up with a dancer mother and a music-loving father. At age seven, she fell in love with dance and later studied contemporary dance. At fifteen, she was accepted into a dual-curriculum high school that allowed her intensive physical training and the study of art and dance history. During this time, she began practicing floor acrobatics. She then chose to combine her disciplines to cultivate dynamism and flexibility.

In 2019, she continued her path at the preparatory circus school Lezarti’cirque in French-speaking Switzerland as an acro-dancer. She trained alongside Christine Daigle and Constance Bugnon. At Lezarti’cirque, she also discovered her passion for collective work and doing things together, her interest in icarian games and partnering, and above all her love for circus tents.