About
In the work of TeaTime Company, the boundaries between circus and dance fade and a new and hybrid movement language is created. Showing concrete, human reactions to abstract situations.
Vision
Our vision is to blur the boundaries between our disciplines in order to create one clear movement language.
Our aim is to communicate in a pure, honest and relatable way.
Our virtuosity lies not in the technique behind each movement but in the thought and person behind each movement. We believe strongly in connections, fluidity and the appearance of simplicity. Our performances are expressed through lightness, humour and intricacy.
We create charming and accessible work that carries complex ideas. We seek to highlight our similarities and celebrate our differences. We create and we share.


Founded in 2017, TeaTime Company started as a collaboration between artists Hannah Rogerson, Bavo De Smedt and Pieter Visser. The trio studied, in the fields of contemporary dance and circus, at Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Upon discovering their mutual interests and vision they decided to join forces in the creation of their own performing arts company.
TeaTime Company grew into a company where different artists from different countries comes together and create/ perform these unique concepts.
So why TeaTime?
Tea is simple.
All it takes is leaves and hot water. Just like tea, our strength lies in simplicity with complexity hidden within. Tea is enjoyed by rich and poor, by one or by many, across nearly every country and culture.
Tea is a pause. A moment to think, communicate and reflect. This is what we want to offer to our audience, to connect with yourself and others.
Whether you need to laugh or cry, admire or critique, whichever background you have. It’s TeaTime.

Team
Founders

Bavo De Smedt
Artistic leader from 2017
Bavo De Smedt is a Belgian circus artist and co-founder of TeaTime Company. He graduated in 2017 from the Fontys Academy of Circus and Performance Art in Tilburg, specialising in Chinese pole and the interest of combining multiple art forms into one. Prior to his formal training, Bavo gained experience as a circus teacher, hospital clown, and street performer.
Growing up on a Flemish country side with a focus on nature conservation, Bavo developed a deep appreciation for simplicity and the natural world. This upbringing continues to influence his artistic work, inspiring him to find profound meaning in small, everyday elements.
In 2017, Bavo co-founded TeaTime Company with Hannah Rogerson and Pieter Visser, aiming to blend circus and dance into a unique movement language. As of the end of 2024, he serves as the company’s Artistic Leader, performing in three of its productions. Bavo’s work is driven by a desire to uncover stories in the world around us, using dance and circus as tools to bring these narratives to the stage.
Direct contact: bavo@teatime-company.com

Hannah Rogerson
Artistic leader from 2017 – 2023
Hannah Rogerson is an Irish creator, performer and co-founder of TeaTime Company. Hannah graduated in 2017 from Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts (Tilburg, NL) with a degree in Dance Theatre/Modern.
Alongside TeaTime Company Hannah has worked with several companies spanning across the fields of dance, circus, performance art and location theater: Cie. Woest, Katja Heitmann, Maiden Voyage Dance Company, Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Nick Nikolaou, Justine Doswell and Attic Projects.
In 2023 Hannah returned home to Ireland to explore her interest in ecology and to study Sustainable Horticulture in Kinsale, Co. Cork. For Hannah art and nature are inherently intertwined and both, when practiced sustainably, follow the ethos of creation over consumption.
Hannah has continued to perform, create and/or research with: Twisted Lane Productions, Fregoli Theater, Doulab Circus and Dance, Diarmuid Armstrong Maycock & Bob Kelly and Fionnuala Doyle Wade & Roberta Ceginskaite.
After six years of co-directing, co-producing and performing with her dear friends at TeaTime Company Hannah is proud to watch the company move into its next phase under the artistic direction of Bavo De Smedt.
“The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit” – Nelson Henderson
Contact: hannahrogersondanceandcircus@gmail.com
Hannah is a member of ISACS, Dance Ireland and has been the recipient of the Arts Council of Ireland’s Circus Bursary Award.

Pieter Visser
Artistic leader from 2017 – 2024
Pieter Visser graduated from the Fontys Academy of Circus and Performance Art in 2017. During his studies he developed an interest and an aptitude for combining juggling and movement, refining and developing his personal style to this day. From 2017 to 2024, Pieter has created and toured performances with TeaTime Company in over 16 countries. In 2024, Pieter decided to step down as co-artistic leader and pursue his solo career.
Currently he teaches and provides artistic support at the Fontys Circus Academy, and aspires to be a member of their artistic council. Furthermore he creates and performs with Tall Tales Company (NL) and Hippana.Maleta (DE/IE), and working towards creating his own performances in the future.
Feel free to get in touch: pieter_visser95@hotmail.com


Bavo De Smedt


Pieter Visser


Hannah Rogerson
Performers


















Technicians
Casper van Overschee


Rens Plankcaert


Tom Reynaerts
Partners
Amare Theater
Arts Council Ireland
Buro Piket
Circolito
Circumstances
Circus Centrum
Circusstad Festival
Circuswerkplaats Dommelhof
CIRC’uit Netwerk
Cirklabo
Dance Ireland
Dans Brabant
De Nieuwe Vorst
De Ruimte
Deventer op Stelten
Festival Circolo
Gemeente Tilburg
Irish Aerial Creation Centre
ISACS
Makersfonds Tilburg
Makershuis Tilburg
National Circus Festival of Ireland
PLAN Brabant
Fonds Podiumkunsten
Het Klooster Breda
Podium Bloos
Shawbrook Dance
Thassos
Theater op de Markt
Tyrone Guthrie Centre
United Cowboys
UP Circus and Performance Art
Timeline
2017
- TeaTime Company is founded, August 2017
- Selected for Circusstad Festival’s School Tour Award
2018
- Stick-Stok World Premiere, 4th of May 2018, Circusstad Festival
- Stick-Stok Portuguese Premiere, 24th of May 2018, Imaginarius Festival
- Stick-Stok Belgian Premiere, 11thof August 2018, Theater op de Markt
- TeaTime is selected for PLAN Brabant
2019
- TeaTime is selected for MakershuisTilburg
- Stick-Stok Austrian Premiere, 25th of July 2019, OLALA Festival
- Stick-Stok Irish Premiere, 2nd of August 2019, Spraoi Festival
- LINEAR World Premiere, 18th of October, Festival Circolo
- Stick-Stok Taiwanese Premiere, 21st of December, Street Act Lab
- Stick-Stok French Premiere, 27th of December, Feux D’Hiver
2020
- Start creation A Matter of Time commissioned by the National Circus Festival of Ireland
- Drinking tea because we couldn’t leave the house.
- Creation of video project The Event with Astrid & Roel
- Teaching online workshops to Limerick Youth Dance
- First addition of new cast members
2021
- TeaTime Company becomes Associated Artist of Panama Pictures
- TeaTime Company is selected for the Great Catch Tour, 21st of June – 29th of September
- Stick-Stok German Premiere, 10th of July, GO# Festival
- Stick-Stok performance for the King and Queen of the Netherlands 2nd september
- A Matter of Time, World Premiere, 7th of November, National Circus Festival of Ireland
- A Matter of Time, Belgian Premiere, 15thof December, GC De Wildeman
2022
- LaLaLab Tour India, 5 till 20 April
- Stick-Stok on Battery Dance Festival New York City, 18th of August
2023
- TeaTime Company is Selected for the New Makers Trajectory of the Performing Arts Fund The Netherlands.
- Start creation RIPPLE
2024
- TeaTime Company becomes part of The House of Panama
- RIPPLE premiere in The Netherlands on 12th of April In Den Haag
- RIPPLE premiere in Belgium on 13th of April In Ieper
- Coproduction Verkade Fabriek for ZolenZooi in the Netherlands
- End of the New Makers Trajectory of the Performing Arts Fund The Netherlands.
“It’s impressive, this dance and acrobatic performance by TeaTime Company, and it never becomes an accumulation of tricks…,”
Boukje Cnossen
De Theaterkrant, About RIPPLE 2024
“Three sticks. Three individuals. Dozens of possibilities. Under the Le Channel tent, in front of hundreds of spectators, these juggler-acrobats propel themselves forward, taking turns swinging and turning. The sticks they use are like Chinese poles reminiscent of giant Mikado’s. We see the use of the sticks on one arm, on one hand, on one foot and even on one finger. These are the special and impressive feats performed by TeaTime Company, all with great ease.”
Le Plus Équilibré
Le Voix Du Nord, Stick-Stok // Feux D’Hiver
“The performance was delivered with precision, with care. A fine combination between the practicality of actions in circus with the ongoing transitional flow of dance.”
Heleen Volmans
Dans Brabant
“Their strength lies in combining the natural with the unusual. This makes you crave more as an audience and go home full of joy.”
Nikki Rasings
Spectator at New Seeds Arnhem
“Everything was very impressive, the pace was great, plenty of surprises, good mix of skills.”
Spectator at Dance Ireland
New Movements Showcase
“The concentration speaks from their faces(…)when Rogerson walks triumphantly across the stage with four poles on her hands and feet like a giraffe, you can see what kind of gold TeaTime Company has in its hands…”
Caroline Verduijn
Theaterkrant, LINEAR // Festival Circolo
“These three have found their own material, namely the stick.(…)it sounds simple, but therein lies its power. The sticks are recognizable, but abstract at the same time(…)a good thing about TeaTime Company is that no story or characters have been invented, in Stick-Stok, it is purely about the game.
Technique, aesthetics and humour are present. But here too, as soon as the playing becomes more virtuosic, a piece of music starts and the whole thing becomes one beautiful picture…”
Brecht Hermans
Theaterkrant, Stick-Stok // The Great Catch

