2025 TRAINERS
Chris Carlos
Partner/group acro
Chris Carlos is an acrobat, performer, coach and event manager with 20 years in the performing arts industry.Continuing on from his professional fire spinning career, Chris entered the world of acrobatics and has toured the world performing with multiple award winning shows with companies such as GOM and Circus Tricktease.
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After retiring from performing 2 years ago, Chris is focusing more on coaching and helping grow the Australian acro community. His coaching technique and in-depth knowledge provides students with opportunities to upskill and grow in their acrobat journey.
Naz Turner
Handbalance
Naz is a Naarm/Melbourne based acrobat/handbalancer with over a decades experience under their belt.
With a diverse training history, Naz is comfortable performing and teaching a range of handbalancing styles to meet your needs and goals.
Elisabeth Künkle
partner acrobatics
Born and raised in Bielefeld, Germany. She fell in love with circus as a youngster. But before she chose it as her profession, she spent a social work and travel year in south america, finished her BA in environnemental science, spent 7 months in Beijing at the circus school and moved for a year to Edinburgh, Scotland.
In 2018 she graduated as a h2h flyer from SKH, Stockholm - Sweden. And she has worked in the field since then as a performer, teacher, vegan chef for Circus I Love You and production manager for Circus Syd. As a performing circus artist she has mainly worked for scandinavian companies such as Cirkus Cirkör, Kompani Giraff, Kaaos Kaamos, the Royal Theatre of Denmark, Teater Odense and Flow Productions.
Her strength is making other peoples creative ideas come true, sharing her knowledge in h2h with others and looking at life with humour, curiosity, and a good amount of optimism.
Daniel Price
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Daniel Price is an Australian circus performer and dancer, renowned for blending strong dance foundations with advanced acrobatics and circus skills.
His passion for modern circus and choreography has led him to perform on stages around the world. Daniel made his musical theatre debut in Cats on tour in South Korea and Macau, and later appeared in the 2016 TV documentary Run Away With Cirque Du Soleil. He toured globally with Cirque Du Soleil, performing in Sonor and Viaggio across 18 countries. Recently, Daniel performed as an aerialist and movement captain in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Currently, he is touring internationally with 360Allstars, performing across Broadway, the US, Canada, Scotland, Denmark, and Australia.
Solomon Riversage
partner acrobatics / act creation
Solomon is an internationally trained kiwi base known for the clear systems and structures he develops for acrobatic and performance practice. With over ten years of experience teaching and performing, he has a particular skill in helping people hit their acrobatic goals. Watch out for his impassioned rants and rambles about some obscure technical detail or another.
Solomon was also a student of this course back in 2014/2015
Charli Meath
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Charli is a multi-versed circus performer, specialising in Aerials, Hula Hoops, acrobatics and more. After falling in love with circus arts at her first community circus class in 2015, a passion was ignited, fuelling her with motivation and inspiration. Charli progressed her artistic development through training at the National Institute of Circus Arts in Melbourne and has travelled around Australia performing with musicians like The Veronicas and The Killers, Evana De Lune Burlesque Artist, at Fringe Festivals, VIVA Cabaret in Melbourne and many corporate events. Charli holds the National Title for aerial hoop, placing first in Bend The Air Aerial Competition and also two Guinness World Records in Aerial Hoop. As a highly sought-after coach and mentor, Charli has trained numerous acrobats and circus performers to reach new heights of skill and mastery. With their deep understanding of the human body and keen attention to detail, Charli provides personalized coaching tailored to each performer's unique needs.
Riki Morgan
hula hoops
Riki (she/her) is a traditional trained hula hooper from the Flying Fruit Fly Circus.
Since graduating in 2015, she's travelled national and international, performing and teaching, and learning from other professionals.
She's interested in all things hooping, from rhythmic gymnastics tricks to hoop juggling, she loves and trains it all. She specialises in multiple hoops, dynamic tricks and act creation.
Ellie Grow
partner acrobatics
Ellie trained in both gymnastics and sports acrobatics before falling in love with circus and moving to China to train at Beijing International Arts School.
Passionate about the possibilities of art and creating, Ellie brings together technical training in hand balance, aerials, and acrobatics, with a passion for exploring new ways of inspiring and connecting with students, audiences, and other artists.
Em Gare
partner acrobatics
Originally from New Zealand Em has been adopted as an Australian acrobat since moving to Melbourne in 2015 to attend The National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA).
Since starting her career she has worked for a variety of companies and is currently an acrobat for Gravity & Other Myths. During this time Em continued to teach alongside performing, focusing on fostering a love of movement and longevity within her students' training practices.
Ash Youren
partner acrobatics
Ash began circus at the age of 11 in Brisbane with Flipside Youth Circus, going on to graduate from the National Circus School of Montreal (ENC) in 2021, specialising in Hand to Hand and Russian Bar.
Since then Ash has had the pleasure of performing for a number of companies including Circa Contemporary Circus, The 7 Fingers, Cirque du Soleil, and currently, Gravity and Other Myths.
Ash is excited to share his technical knowledge gained from his years performing, alongside his own personal love of training and striving for constant improvement.
Claire Bindoff
partner acrobatics
Claire Bindoff is a passionate performer who started circus when she was 7 years old at Slipstream Circus Inc (based in Tasmania.)
She has performed all over the world with companies like Highwire Entertainment, One Fell Swoop, A Good Catch and more.
Claire has mainly performed acro, hula hoops, silks, duo trapeze and flying trapeze but enjoys training everything!
As a Jack of all trades master of none Claire is always enthusiastic about all kinds of training and helping others.