Performing Art – Minneapolis

Ever since I could walk I was dancing to whatever music I found along the way. I spent my childhood growing up outside the bustling city of Saint Paul Minnesota and this is where I fell in love with movement and being upside down at Circus Juventas. At the age of 8 I started my circus journey on the unicycle and 12 years later I found myself spending almost 20 hours a week in the air on any aerial discipline I could get my hands around. Anything from aerial rope to bungee trapeze, even a one of a kind act created by my youth circus: double cloud swing. Although I knew I had to give up my love of the flying trapeze, and aerial rope when I decided to continue my circus career, I was ready for the challenge of something new! I attended traditional university, and obtained an associate’s degree in interior design and although it has nothing to do with circus it also taught me the demands higher education holds and after working in the field I knew something was missing. So I went head first into my circus training and decided to continue my circus education and applied to Codarts University of the Arts located in the Netherlands. Upon acceptance, I chose to specialize in dance trapeze. Although it was a new apparatus for me I was ready for the challenge and the adventure. In my three years of training on dance trapeze I believe I have developed an innovative approach to my discipline by exploring a combination of floor work, dynamics, lighting, vulnerability and strength. This led me to the graduation group show piece - Nefeilbata, and my final graduation solo – Light within the Darkness. Currently I have moved back to my hometown near Saint Paul Minnesota to continue my training all while extending my knowledge to those around me by teaching aerials at my youth circus;Circus Juventas, and by leading the circus program at Gleason's gymnastics in Eagan Minnesota. I look forward to many new journeys for my life after graduation!