Academic Staff

Katrina Rank – Academic Leader Lu Guang Rong – Head of Circus Studies (Aerial Straps, Group Acts, Handstands, Head Trapeze) Megan Jones – Head of Performance Studies Candice Williams – Senior Educator

Aaron Walker – 3rd Year Coordinator (Vertical Aerials) Vasily Ivanov – 2nd Year Coordinator (Adagio, Contortion, Handstands, Korean Plan, Pitching, Russian Bar, Russian Swing) Tegan Carmichael – 1st Year Coordinator (Aerials, Handstands, Hula Hoops) Mathew Daniels – Diploma Coordinator (Acrobatics, Chinese Pole, Comedy Acro, Fast Track Rolla Bolla, Swinging Pole, Teeter Board, Unicycle) Ludwig Schukin – Certificate IV Coordinator (Clowning, German Wheel, Manipulation, Roué Cyr) Diana Zhang – Certificate IV Coordinator (Adagio, Contortion, Hand Balancing, Group Bike, Foot Juggling, Risley) Meredith Kitchen – Certificate III Coordinator, Movement Studies Coordinator

Dr Kim Baston – Circus History Stephen Burton – Acrobatics, Comedy Acro, Hoop Diving Charlie Cheng – Acrobatics, Chinese Pole, Handstands, Happy Cook, Slackwire Liudmila Druzhina – Contortion, Handstands, Hula Hoops, Tightwire John Paul Fischbach – Business Studies Grant Fletcher – Rigging Arturo Gomez – Foot Juggling, Hula Hoops, Risley, Rolla Bolla, Tightwire, Trapeze Martine Howard – Aerial Hoop, Vertical Aerials Konstantin Ibraguimov – Acrobatics, Comedy Acro, Fast Track, Trampolining, Tumbling Aurora Kurth – Performance Teacher Jacqui Louder – Sports Psychology Dr David Munro – Anatomy & Physiology Kathryn Niesche – Aerial Ring, Cloud Swing, Solo and Duo Static Trapeze, Swinging Trapeze, Vertical Aerials, Web Andrea Ousley – Performance Teacher, Social and Community Circus Daniel Power – Aerial Cube, Aerial Hoop, Contortion, Dance Trapeze, Vertical Aerials Lu Rong – Acrobatics, Chinese Pole, Handstands, Happy Cook, Manipulation, Slackwire Tarn Scully – Chinese Pole, Vertical Aerials Earl Shatford – Clowning, Group Bike, Happy Cook, Ladder, Manipulation, Unicycle Donna Stevens – Cloud Swing, German Wheel Julian Wisdom – Cloud Swing, Cradle, Flying Trapeze, Swinging Trapeze, Web Jing Jing Xue – Adagio, Acrobatics, Contortion, Handstands, Foot Juggling