Circadium is a non-profit vocational college, with the mission of cultivating, inspiring, and innovating contemporary circus performance in America. Their 3-year full-time curriculum includes classes in Acrobatics, Aerials, Object Manipulation, Physical Theatre, Movement, along with supplementary work in Marketing, Production, Prop-Building, and Circus History.  A strong emphasis is placed on creation and entrepreneurship. They are a member of the European Federation of Professional Circus Schools. 

Born in Vermont, USA, Molly Saudek entered the world of circus at 11, as part of the first generation of Circus Smirkus, where under the clown Rob Mermin, she studied circus arts in particular and adventure in general; learned acrobatics, rigging, dowsing and miming, and studied trapeze under Guennady Totokov.

In 1994, she entered L’Ecole Nationale de Cirque of Montreal, specializing in dance and acrobatics for the tightwire.   After touring with Cirque du Soleil’s Alegria, she created a solo number which was first presented at the festival Cirque de Demain in 1998, where she received the silver medal as well as the distinction of being the only woman to perform the back salto on tightwire in the festival’s history.

Since then, she has performed with circus companies as varied as Moscow’s Nikulin Circus, Cirque Éloize, Big Apple Circus, Circus Monti, Circus Roncalli, Circus Sarasota, Circo Price, Cirque Romanes, the Budapest Circus, as well as in varieties around the world, particularly the Tigerpalast, where she has appeared regularly since 1998.  She has received medals for her solo at the Moscow and Budapest festivals and has performed in close to 40 countries. 

Long recognized as the foremost female tightwire-dancer of her generation, Molly has been an influential performer in the contemporary circus world for over 20 years.  She is one of the 7-member troupe performing “Fil Sous la Neige,” the acclaimed all-wire show by the French company Les Colporteurs.  She has performed as an interpretive artist for Cirkus Cirkör, L’Opera de Montpellier, Cirque Plume and Cie Rasposo. She is an accomplished circus choreographer who frequently collaborates with other theater, dance and circus performers.

Molly is a frequently invited guest teacher and speaker at professional circus schools in France, Scandinavia and Canada and often acts as an “outside eye” for younger performers.  In 2018, she travelled to Cambodia to assist in the artistic direction of L’Or Blanc (White Gold) by Phare Circus in Siem Reap.

In 2017, Molly completed a Master of Arts in New Performative Practices at the University of the Arts in Stockholm, re-visiting her own wire practice through the lens of practice-based research.

Currently, she can be found on the wire in Méandres, a short-form duo created in 2018 with the Chinese-pole artist Sandrine Juglair for Les Colporteurs’ new structure l’Etoile-Mat.  She is also creating the choreography for their latest full-length show, Coeurs Sauvages, premiering in 2022.

Since 2018, Molly serves on the Artistic Jury of the European circus platform, CircusNext.