About

Simon Granit Ossoinak is a director, performer, producer and teacher from Stockholm, Sweden, with his primary background in contemporary circus, and the main discipline dance acrobatics.

He graduated from Cirkus Cirkörs three year preparatory program in 2016 and from Codarts Circus Arts Bachelor program in 2022. For his studies at Codarts he received grants from the well renowned Anders Sandrews Stiftelse and Anna Whitlocks Minnesfond. 

His main focus since 2022 has been on creating performances with his own company, running it both from behind and on the stage. His multi-disciplinary pieces intertwine with parkour, dance and theatre, but is always grounded in circus as a performing art form and with acrobatics as the main movement language.

His performances have toured in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, UK and The Netherlands at places such as Theater Rotterdam, Schuur, Jacksons Lane, Kulturkvarteret Hallarna, Lowlands Festival, Amare, MAD Festival, Circusstad Festival, Lokomotivet Eskilstuna & Kunsthal Rotterdam.

From 2022-2025 was Simon and his company based in Rotterdam, but is as of 2026 now based in Stockholm, Sweden.

His pieces are characterised by a mixture of powerful, strange and personal but with a lighthearted touch and glint in the eye. He has a strong interest in looking at art, movement and life from a theoretical standpoint. He studied philosophy at Stockholm University and often includes a theoretical perspective in his pieces.

He is currently creating his new piece Concrete Jungle in Sweden while touring Ukemi: The Art of Falling.

As an external director he has directed performances for Circusstad Festival and Festival Circolo, working socially with youths and asylum seekers.

As a performer he most recently toured with Cirkus Cirkör (2025-2026) with The Extraordinary History of Circus, for a total of 73 shows.

Simon also has a long background in leadership roles. He has 11 years of experience as a teacher and has taught at institutions such as The Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Codarts Lyceum, Conny Janssen Danst, Dansateliers, CRAC de Lomme, Cirkus Cirkör Upper Secondary, Fontys Bachelor of Circus and was a specialisation teacher at Codarts Bachelor of Circus Arts from 2023-2025.

He has produced and created four shows so far while also stepping in to the director role in his two latest pieces; the dance and circus show The Odd Ones and the parkour and circus show Ukemi: The Art of Falling. He also has experience assisting theatre productions as a consulting choreographer, done courses and performed works in public speaking and has performed and/or organised multiple performances & events as a host.