Shane Hampden is a dancer and acrobat from the UK. He began dancing in primary school which led him to audition for the Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) scheme at Swindon dance when he was 12. After he spent seven years there, he decided to take his training further by taking up gymnastics and free running classes. To him circus was the perfect medium between dance and gymnastics, so he decided to join The National Centre for Circus Arts. He now is specialized in teeterboard.