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Anna Lumb
Anna specializes in adagio, trapeze (solo and double) and hula hoops. Formerly trained in gymnastics and dance, she has over seven years' performance experience including working with Strange Fruit and touring and performing in Europe, America, Mexico, Canada, UK, Middle East, Africa, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Australia.
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Aaron Walker
From a theatrical family running a cinema Aaron ran away with the World and settled into the circus. Trained in London , works mainly in German Variete with his solo rope act. Teaches technique and movement in aerial disciplines.
Studying graphic design and photography... Loves Sundays!
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Anni Davey
Trained as a catcher on the Flying Trapeze with Jean Palacy in France in 1989 and in 1995. Performed for many years with Circus Oz and with her own aerial company Club Swing. Currently teaching aerials and performance making at the Women's Circus.
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Antonella Casella
Performer/trainer Circus Oz, co-founder/performer Rock and Roll Circus, founder/artistic director Vulcana Women's Circus.
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Arturo Gomez
Four generations in the circus, a worldwide career including teaching his own kids and at the National Institute of Circus Arts.
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Avan Whaite
NICA graduate, performed with Birzircus, corporate performances.
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Bec Cooen
Flying Fruit Fly Circus. Specializing in web, rotating perch, aerial ring, trapeze and acrobatics, contortion and glasses balance (taught by Ms Lu Xiao Zhu and Mr Chen Xi Chen). Performed throughout Australia, Singapore, Russia and New York. BA in Drama, Dance and Photography at Deakin University. Freelance performer and trainer.
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David Joseph
Circus Oz, MTC, Chamber Made Opera, Battacuda. Taught, performed and directed for circus, physical theatre, music, street theatre and community projects.
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Felicia O'Brien
Flee was a level 10 gymnast, has been an acrobat for 25 years, a teacher for 21 years, has been in circus for 11 years and coaching for 10 of those. Trained petit volante under Rita van Opzeeland in Redirected Baggage and then solo trapeze in Montreal, has worked with Circus Oz, Circus Monoxide, Redirected Baggage, Raradada Theatre, La Clique at the Spiegeltent and at many festivals in Australia and overseas.
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Heather Tetu
Performer, trainer, administrator and stage manager for Flying Fruit Fly Circus. Performer, trainer and classes coordinator with Circus Oz. Freelance aerialist. Trained in China.
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Ivelin Iliev
Bulgarian national acrobatic team, Vice-World Champion of Acrobatics.
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Jeremy Davies
Founding member of Kronik and Out of the Blue Studios, Warehouse Circus (Canberra), plus 10 years of puppeteering.
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Josh Hoare
National Institute of Circus Arts graduate; Circus Excelsior, part of production crew for international tours.
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Kerri Neven
Fireworks Dance Company (co-founder/artistic director). Youth circus director/mentor/trainer for Dept of Ed. Artists in
Schools. Country Arts WA. Professional fire performer nationally for 9 years. The Secret Cabaret (producer/performer). B Ed (Melb Uni).
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Kyle Raftery
Kyle Raftery spent much his youth blowing into a trumpet, singing in musicals and attempted ill-fated backyard stunts. Since graduating NICA in 2005 he has performed at Festival Melbourne, Hobart Summer Festival, Tassie Circus Festival and Tamworth Country Music Festival. Working as a circus artist in residence, Kyle has delivered workshops all over Northern NSW as well as working with street kids in Singapore and Cambodia. A specialist in manipulation, unicycle and flying trapeze Kyle one day dreams of owning his own monkey and training him to make eggs benedict.
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Leigh Marning
Five times National Champion as rhythmic gymnast. NICA graduate 2003. Contortionist with Cirque Du Soleil.
Freelance performer and trainer, specializing in aerials, contortion & hula hoops.
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Luke Taylor
Performer with Circus Oz and Prickly Pair. Graduate of the National Institute of Circus Arts and Flying Fruit Fly Circus.
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Mandy Pickett
Over 20 years experience as a performer, teacher, director and choreographer. Specialising in stilt dance, trapeze dance and improvisation. Circus Oz, Circus Of Chaos, Women's Circus, POW Circus, Westside Circus, IconFusion, Flying Fish and Rawcus.
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Misha Reale
Cottle & Austen, Circus of Horrors, Skinning the Cat, Skydance Aerial Theatre and National Institue of Circus Arts.
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Paul Bourke
Paul is a graduate of the notorious theatre school Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Paris France were he specialized in clown and bouffon theatre. As a performer, director and teacher Paul has a strong passion for honing a synthesis between the physical articulation, imagination and pleasure of the performer. Paul has worked with numerous companies in Melbourne toured the world with Strange Fruit and received much acclaim for his one man Vaudeville Horror Clown show Vladimir the Crow.
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Paul O'Keeffe
Performing/teaching for over 15 years in circus, puppetry, contemporary dance and physical theatre. NICA graduate. Kronik, Warehouse Circus (Canberra) & Out of the Blue Studios.
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Pippa Coram
National Institute of Circus Arts, background in dance and musical theatre.
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Sosina Wogayehu
Sosi has a degree in Circus Arts from the National Institute of Circus Arts and an Advanced Diploma in Small Company and Community Theatre from Swinburne University. She toured internationally for five years with Circus Ethiopia, and has performed with the Women's Circus. Sosi has been a performer with Circus Oz since 2002.
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Spenser Inwood
Flying Fruit Fly specializing in swinging trapeze and aerial ring. Has performed across four continents from the age of eight.
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Stuart Christie
Specializes in corde lisse, flying trapeze, acro balance, chinese pole and tumbling, with a very keen spark for silly slap stick. NICA graduate. Ex-Circus Oz performer. Performed at Nagoya 2005 World Expo. Musician.
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Tara Sanders
Teacher & performer for 16 years, Cirkidz, ACT 1, Knee High Puppeteers & much, much more (Adelaide).
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