Academic Staff

Dr Katrina Rank – Academic Leader Lu Guang Rong – Head of Circus Studies (Aerial Straps, Group Acts, Handstands, Head Trapeze) James Brown – Acting Head of Circus Studies (Adagio, Head Trapeze, Handstands, Acrobatics) Megan Jones – Head of Performance Studies Jenni Hillman – Acting Senior Educator

Aaron Walker – 3rd Year Coordinator (Vertical Aerials) Vasily Ivanov – 2nd Year Coordinator (Adagio, Contortion, Handstands, Korean Plank, Pitching, Russian Bar, Russian Swing) Diana Zhang 1st Year Coordinator (Adagio, Contortion, Hand Balancing, Group Bike, Foot Juggling, Risley) Ludwig Schukin – Certificate IV Coordinator (Clowning, German Wheel, Manipulation, Roué Cyr) Andrea Ousley – Certificate III Coordinator, Performance Teacher, Social and Community Circus

Dr Kim Baston – Circus History Stephen Burton – Acrobatics, Comedy Acro, Hoop Diving Tegan Carmichael - Aerials, Handstands, Hula Hoops Charlie Cheng – Acrobatics, Chinese Pole, Handstands, Happy Cook, Slackwire Mathew Daniels – Acrobatics, Chinese Pole, Comedy Acro, Fast Track, Rolla Bolla, Swinging Pole, Teeter Board, Unicycle Liudmila Druzhina – Contortion, Handstands, Hula Hoops, Tightwire John Paul Fischbach – Business Studies Arturo Gomez – Foot Juggling, Hula Hoops, Risley, Rolla Bolla, Tightwire, Trapeze Alex Gullan – Cert III Trainer, Acrobatics, Manipulation, Handstands Luke Ha – Cert IV Trainer, Acrobatics, Straps, Pole Jamie Hensen – Technical Aspects of Circus Production Martine Howard – Aerial Hoop, Vertical Aerials Meredith Kitchen – Movement Studies Coordinator 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 Daniel Power – Aerial Cube, Aerial Hoop, Contortion, Dance Trapeze, Vertical Aerials Leon Radchenko – Acrobatics, Fast Track Lu Rong – Acrobatics, Chinese Pole, Handstands, Happy Cook, Manipulation, Slackwire Tarn Scully – Chinese Pole, Vertical Aerials Christian Schooneveldt-Reid – Cert III Trainer, Handstands, Hoop Diving, Acrobatics Earl Shatford – Clowning, Group Bike, Happy Cook, Ladder, Manipulation, Unicycle Jess Smith – Movement Teacher Hayden Spencer – Performance Teacher Julian Wisdom – Cloud Swing, Cradle, Flying Trapeze, Swinging Trapeze, Web Jing Jing Xue – Adagio, Acrobatics, Contortion, Handstands, Foot Juggling