SHOW Circus Studio is more than just circus. The studio is a safe space that fosters creativity, builds confidence, and promotes life long fitness. Our instructors are dedicated professionals, from a variety of disciplines, inspired by their passion for circus arts. We aim to provide top notch instruction for people of all ages, body types, and skill levels in a non-competitive environment. Circus for Fun. Circus for Life.
Christopher Oakley has been performing and studying contortion and circus for the past nine years. He has studied at the San Francisco Circus Center, EOA Contortion Studio in Las Vegas and The New England Center for Circus Arts where he graduated from their Professional Track Program in 2008. He has been a freelance performer for many circus companies in the United States and even performed at the International Contortion Convention in Las Vegas in 2006. He has taught everyone from children at circus summer camps to college gymnasts and adult beginners. He is still performing and teaching and is excited to be involved in the creation of a new circus community in the Pioneer Valley.
Henry Wheaton Having worked backstage as a lighting tech in the theatre throughout high school and college, Henry swore that he'd never step in front of the curtain. He started taking classes at the New England Center for Circus Arts in 2007, went through their Professional Track program in 2008-9 and would now enthusiastically crawl through a sea of broken glass to get on any stage for thirty seconds.
Marah MacRostie is a founding member of SHOW Circus Studio. After a short stint with the Puppetual Motion Cycle Circus in 2001, Marah saw a static trapeze act and thought "How cool! I want to do that!" She had the opportunity to take a few classes at DoJump (Portland, OR) in 2003, but it wasn't until training at NECCA from 2007 to the present that she really was able to realize that dream. Marah is excited to have somewhere local to train and develop circus community. She hopes to make SHOW a space welcoming and accessible to everyone interested in circus, including people of color, and seeks feedback and discussion about how to do that responsibly and respectfully.
Caroline Wright began her circus training climbing "high boy" dressers and swinging from curtains before she could walk. Since then, she has performed as an aerialist throughout the United Stated and Canada for a wide range of clients including corporate celebrations, festivals, weddings and fund-raising events. Caroline specializes in teaching trapeze, fabric, aerial hoop, flexibility and hand balancing.
Nettie Lane While in utero, Nettie Lane’s parents spent numerous hours watching episode upon episode of the Three Stooges. This may explain the uncanny resemblance to Larry’s hair-do for the first few years of her life, as well as her genetic disposition to the Art of Goofiness. Once her hair grew out she occupied herself by spending countless hours climbing, scheming and dreaming in her favorite Tree. Nettie’s love of nature led her to work for an environmental non-profit as Education Director-- connecting kids to nature via Open Space protected lands and urban creeks. In 2006, she traded in one circus for another and left her job to devote herself to her new passion-Circus Arts. During this time she performed primarily with Flynn Creek Circus as storyteller, aerialist, bearded lady and clown. In 2008 she moved to Vermont to attend the Professional Track Training program at the New England Center for Circus Arts, focusing on trapeze and Duo Acrobatics. After studying with Giovanni Fusetti, her clown Annabelle was born. You may catch sight of her running around in a pink shower cap leaving a wave of ruckus behind her.
About
“When our kids talk about circus class to their friends, they're faces just light up. They spout things like: Trapeze! Mermaid! Cocoon! Rola-bola-thingy! Plates! They're learning a new language- not just for speaking- but in their movement too. It's tremendous.”
~Audrey H
Raneff Winters trained and studied martial arts and lion dancing in Las Vegas under the tutelage of Sifu Steven Baugh for more than ten years. Training in the vibrant city of Las Vegas provided him with opportunities to train with a variety of masters including Jian Zengjiao, Carl Totton and Kam Yuen. While training, Raneff taught for the Lohan School of Shaolin and performed as a lion dancer and performer for Jackie Chan, Cirque du Soleil and countless casinos. His true passion remained teaching, where he hopes to ignite the passion for martial arts in others that has been so instrumental in his own life.
Clara LaFrance loved theater and dance from the moment she donned a tiny tutu and tap-danced to “I’m a Little Tea Pot” at the age of 3. Moving (mostly) away from tutus and tap shoes, she studied music and then art, completing her M.F.A. in graphic design.
While studying design in London, she took to the streets as a living statue, rewarding audiences with stillness, poise, and a rare smile. A series of fortunate adventures led from street theater to the Silkworms in Boston, where she fell in love with aerial silks. She continued aerial and circus training at New England Center for Circus Arts, completing their 9 month Professional Track Program, training aerial silks and double sling, as well as beginning German wheel. Never missing an opportunity for fun, she’s extended her repertoire to include duo trapeze and duo acrobatics.
Clara’s love of the stage continued to blossom, and she has had the honor of performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the woods of Vermont. She shares the love of circus as a teacher at SHOW Circus Studio, and can be found performing, learning, and playing as frequently as possible.
Greylin Nielsen was initiated into the circus world in the Hilltop Circus at the Waldorf school where she attended 1st through 8th grade. She continued this passion touring for 5 years with Circus Smirkus, and pursuing skills that run the gamut from rola bola to cradle, from hand balance and contortion to juggling. She has been teaching gymnastics and circus for about four years and loves spreading the joy that she has come to associate with training circus arts.
SHOW Circus Studio
150 Pleasant St, Suite #313
Easthampton, MA 01027
413-527-6901
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