I have taught circus arts for 12 years, mostly aerial silks, trapeze, and hand balancing. I run classes of up to 18 students per session and have kept a clean safety record across roughly 9,000 teaching hours. I also build beginner-to-performer curricula, and I still get a little nervous every time a new student leaves the ground.
Lead Aerial Instructor 2018 – Present
École de Cirque Lanterne · Montreal
- Teach 22 weekly classes across 4 apparatus, serving about 140 recurring students per term.
- Wrote a 6-level silks progression now used by 3 partner studios, cutting time-to-first-performance from 14 to 9 months.
- Ran rigging inspections and logged 0 apparatus failures over 6 years of operation.
Youth Program Coordinator 2014 – 2018
Cabaret Petit Chapiteau · Laval
- Built a summer circus camp from 12 to 85 enrolled children over 4 seasons.
- Trained and scheduled 7 junior coaches, and set the intake safety screening still in use.
- Staged 2 end-of-term shows a year for audiences of about 300.
Touring Performer & Assistant Coach 2011 – 2014
Compagnie Vent du Nord · touring, Eastern Canada
- Performed roughly 180 shows across 3 provinces on a doubles trapeze act.
- Warmed up the cast and ran daily conditioning for a company of 11.
Certifications
Aerial Rigging, Level 2 (2019)
Standard First Aid + CPR-C (renewed 2025)
Youth Coaching Fundamentals (2015)
Education
Professional Circus Diploma (2011)
Institut des Arts du Cirque Boréal
Major: Aerial & Acrobatics