Award-winning company Nikki & JD was co-founded by acrobatic duo Nikki Rummer and Jean-Daniel Broussé with a unique blend of skills in circus and contemporary dance. The company’s mission is to achieve strong storytelling that packs an emotional punch, using high-level circus schools and dance to evoke the feelings and awe that words cannot always touch, and the words that provide a strong narrative arc. Using humour and the accessibility of acrobatic flips and balances, they seek to take people on dark and joyful journeys into the human condition.

Crying Out Loud and Nikki & JD

Crying Out Loud first met Nikki & JD in 2015 when they delivered an outreach programme designed to offer an enhanced experience for audiences attending the Circus Evolution tour of Bromance by Barely Methodical Troupe. 

We were excited by their plans to develop their own work, and we toured their debut show, Knot, initially in its short version as part of a double bill and as part of its own Circus Evolution tour in 2016. When they developed the full-length version, we profiled the work as part of Spotlight UK Circus in partnership with NoFit State. 

Alongside playing in larger spaces, Knot has been one of the works that we presented in south west rural venues as part of Circus Around and About 2 and in partnership with Take Art and Extraordinary Bodies