Meet Our Outstanding Instructors and Performers:

You will have fun and get the best training from our top quality instructors who are all specially trained in aerial dance. Many of our instructors are professional performers as well. Check out our great instructors below, then come in and learn from them in person!

Adrienne Jadwinski - a Denver School of the Arts Dance Alumni, has been training and performing Aerial Arts for 9 years. Trained dancer and gymnast, she got her start doing the musical Barnum in high school where she fell in love with the Spanish Web. Training under some of Colorado's best, she has transformed into an all around aerial performer/entertainer and instructor. Adrienne is versatile on many apparatuses and has a strong gift for teaching technique, grace, and strength. She has been on tour of the US, performed in front of sold out crowds at Red Rocks Amphitheater, The Fillmore Auditorium, and The Paramount Theater to name a few. She hopes to encourage and motivate her students to pursue their aerial dreams, whatever they may be!!!
	Alexandra - specializes in Fabric & Contortion. She teaches gorgeous technique and performs throughout the US including Hawaii, Canada & Europe. Alex completed a month-long tour of the US in May, 2008, and a European tour in July, '08 where she performed in Paris for thousands! She recently performed at Red Rocks with DeVotchka!
Megan - Returned to Denver in June 2008 after training and performing in Los Angeles. A dance major alumnus of The Denver School of the Arts, she has danced for over eighteen years, with classical training in ballet, modern, jazz, tap, and various ethnic styles. Also a classically certified Pilates instructor, Megan is versatile on all of the apparatuses and has a lovely, encouraging teaching style that makes her very well-liked by all her students. With long, flowing lines, Megan is a beautiful and versatile performer as well.
	The electrifying Daniel Sullivan, one of Aerial's most phenomenal rising stars, teaches our After School Aerial Club & special events. He is versatile on numerous Aerial apparatuses and is gifted in his ability to relate to kids, teens, and adults! He has performed with the Cirkus Smirkus National Summer Tour the past 4 summers. Daniel won the 2008 tour audition after training with Adrienne on Hoop.
Heather first learned the art of trapeze and aerial dance in New Orleans in 1997 and has been in love with it ever since. A world traveller and a skilled teacher in everything from literature to trapeze, Heather's classes are fun for new and intermediate students. Join her for a student-focused class that will help you build strength, learn aerial dance skills and techniques, and to simply have fun.
	Josh McGirk , one of Denver's most loved Yoga and Yoga seminar instructors takes a flowing vinyasa class into the air for balance, strength, flexibility and confidence in his popular Aerial Yoga classes.
Josh Rigo His passion for aerial dance first started when his high school chose to do the musical Barnum for the spring show. Here, he was exposed to fabric and trapeze, which has become his two main focuses. Since then he has consistently been practicing, choreographing, and performing aerial dance and he is excited to share his passion with others. Along with aerial dance, Josh does all kinds of dance, acting, and singing. He's been involved in over 50 productions and dozens of choir and solo singing performances. Josh loves the arts and has dedicated his life to it.
	Jennifer has been performing and teaching aerial fabric for 3 years. She's performed at various venues including the Colorado Convention Center, the Fillmore Auditorium, the Oriental Theater and more. She spends her days as an architect but relies on flying in the fabric at night to keep her sanity! She is endlessly inspired by how beautiful aerial dance can be, and loves to see her students achieve things they never thought they'd be doing!
	Paige is a relative newcomer to the aerial arts. She integrates a myriad of experience in teaching and performing that are always evolving. A dancer (ballet, modern, flamenco, character, kabuki) with over 10 years of study in Colorado and with BalletMet in Columbus, OH; a former martial artist (internationally ranked in Wushu Kung Fu); and an experienced Teacher in an academic classroom. Paige combines athleticism, strength, and grace – as well as patience, empathy, and encouragement to balance out the aerial experience - whether it is a performance or a class.
Jess, PhiraPhoenixFire is multi-talented and performs and teaches a variety of Belly Dance styles and other forms of dance. Her on-stage personality brings her audiences to their feet! Designing gorgeous, exotic costumes is her forte!
	Stephinity , founder of KAIVALYA performs solo and with her professional Hoop Dancer Troupe locally and all over the world. During 2008, she performed in Jamaica and twice throughout India, bringing a totally new style of dance to the entire country! She's been invited to return to India to develop a training program. She teaches a very energetic style of Hoop Dancing for all levels.
Dugluun, born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, was inspired to audition for the Mongolian State Circus at age 7 after seeing one of their performances and was selected to train under a pupil of State Laureate and People’s Artist D. Majigsuren, one of the world's best contortionists. After 5 years of training, Dulguun became a professional contortionist for the circus for two years and then moved to the US. She has participated in many international competitions and received numerous awards, highlights of which are: The Silver Elephant (Silver medal) from Third Moscow International Youth Festival –Contest in Circus Art in September 2004, USSR; Silver Trophy from Sixth China Wuhan International Acrobatic Art Festival in October 10, 2004, China; and XXVI Festival Mondial Du Cirque De Demain of Paris invited her to participate in its International Youth Circus Competition in February, 2005 where she won the bronze medal for her performance. In addition, she performed at many festivals in the U.S. including: Colorado Dragon Boat Festival (3 years), Chinese New Year in Colorado Springs (2 years), Mongolian New Year (4 years), and Mongolian Naadam Festival (3 years).
	Liz is another one of our contortion masters!
Carmen Schultz trained in competitive gymnastics for 13 years. She has been teaching full, broad spectrum acrobatics for the past eight years in various locations across Colorado. In her debut performance, five years ago with Fractal Tribe, she found a new passion in Circus. She has been actively performing and coaching in the circus arts ever since. Carmen specializes in the fundamentals of all acrobatics: Strength, Technique, Flexibility, and Balance, which brings a high degree of quality in training to students at any skill level, from beginning to professional.
	Cris Clark learned a variety of circus skills and performance techniques through four years of participation in the Great Y Circus in Redlands, CA and Circus Smirkus in Greensboro, VT. He then completed his training at L'Ecole Nationale de Cirque in Montreal and went on tour with Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus. He has since taught at the Ringling Bros. Clown College and acted as head trainer for both the Great Y Circus and Circus Smirkus. He has also performed throughout the world with To Be 2, an international circus trio, and participated in building the first show of the brand new Montreal circus troupe "Element Cirque." Cris brought his teaching and performance expertise to the Boulder/Denver area in 2003, joining forces with local professionals and enthusiasts to develop acts, shows, and careers in the circus arts.