With guest teachers throughout the year and new teacher profiles to come soon!
Meet our team
Louise Kiiver
Louise has a background in gymnastics and yoga. Circus skills were a natural progression for her, seeking new types of physical expression with a strong creative aspect. After her discovery of circus, she attended regular classes in tumbling, handstands, contortion, adagio, clowning, and aerials. Her love for vertical arts grew, and so did her own personal practice. As well as seeking out private classes with high level aerial artists, including former Cirque de Soleil trapeze artist, Olga Sidorova. Louise attended national training with the Flying Fruit Fly Circus, as well as Aerial performance workshops with Dancing in the Air in Sydney. She has trained internationally in San Fransisco at the Circus Centre, and in Germany at the Katokomben Performing Arts Centre. She has also attended the Tasmanian Circus Festival and the Lunar Circus festival, to further her skills as a teacher and performer on multiple occasions.
Louise wrote, produced and directed her first circus show ‘Cats on Curtains’ in 2015, which was staged locally in Cairns and highly acclaimed. Followed by her second production ‘Forbidden Fruit’ aerial show which was a sell out show in 2022.
Louise has more than 12 years’ experience, teaching and performing. She has performed at a range of events including corporate events, cabaret shows, local theatre productions and music festivals. She has also travelled extensively throughout the region, performing and teaching workshops in remote communities.
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Megan Greene
With a background in dance, Megan joined her first Aerial Dynamics class in 2012.
She describes aerials as a challenging and rewarding art form, and the perfect creative outlet for maintaining fitness.
Now, as a trainer, she has a passion for helping others excel. Her personal experience of schoolyard bullying has highlighted the importance of strength and confidence in young women and therefore Megan encourages each of her students to explore and build on their individual strengths. She is skilled at guiding students through difficult sequences, and adapting new types of movements for different skill levels.
Megan performs and teaches here is Cairns.
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Elyra Callander
From a young age Elyra has been captivated by creative expression and contemporary movement infused with emotional passion. In 2013 at the age of 10 Elyra joined Aerial Dynamics. She found a soul purpose in aerial arts in the very early stages of training. As time went on Elyra developed an immense passion for aerial arts which led her to becoming an inspiring and motivating trainer for the emerging aerial artists at Aerial Dynamics. Throughout her aerial journey she has nourished and expanded on her love and passion for aerial arts through performing and teaching. Elyra connects with her students on a heart level. She encourages them to connect with a highly emotional perspective in their aerial practice, which is a unique approach to this type of skill development.
Elyra’s personal training consists of perfecting sequences, movement flow and improving her overall fitness. She only strives for the absolute best and is endlessly critiquing herself notably. This is shown through her teaching as she pushes her students positively to excel in their creative endeavors. Elyra has become an inspiring teacher to students of all ages.
Elyra’s personal achievements include placing in the La Folie state aerial competition in 2021 - Coming first place in the intermediate aerial silks division which was her first ever competition. In 2022 Elyra attended her second La Folie competition and placed second in the advanced aerial silks division. In La Folie nationals Elyra placed second in advanced aerial silks in 2022 also. Locally in Cairns Elyra has performed at many local events including corporate events and music festivals know to our region. She has continually impressed her audiences with her stage presence and fine tuned aerial skills.
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