Lachlan Harper

Gravity & Other Myths (GOM)

Lachlan was age 4 when his parents put him into gymnastics to try and tire him out. After 11 years of training he sought a new way to explore his body’s acrobatic capabilities, his first taste of circus was when a friend introduced him to pitching. He became obsessed, having a career of being thrown around, flipping, and having fun was the dream. He pursued his career as a circus artist by attending the National Institute of Circus Arts where he specialised in handstands, acrobatics, and banquine.

Lewie West

Interloper

Lewie is a doer of many things. He is most known for doing spinny, shiny, flippy things on the floor where he is credited as one of the pioneers of hard-floor circus acrobatics. Lewie is primarily an ensemble acrobat and has worked for over a decade with companies Circa and Gravity and Other Myths. Lewie has recently changed his focus in circus to passing on what he’s learned to the next generation. He currently teaches at Slipstream Circus in Tasmania and teaches online for a small, select number of students.

Meike Lizotte

Interloper

Mieke is pretty sure she's spent more time in a handstand than brushing her teeth. She tried to calculate how many times she’s spun a hoop in her life, but gave up and decided it was 'a lot'. Mieke trained at NICA and the Beijing International Acrobatic School, then went on to perform independently before joining Gravity and Other Myths, then ROOKE. Mieke loves teaching and is the programme co-ordinator at Slipstream Circus. She teaches hand balancing, hula hooping and partner and group acrobatics. She enjoys teaching people the big nerdy tricks and how to do awesome things together.

Moira Campbell

Moira Campbell began her circus career in London after working in independent film-making. Moira was director of London’s Aircraft Circus and oversaw the full-time training program. She finds a huge amount of joy seeing students grow in confidence by witnessing the creativity and freedom that develops with the discipline of circus and the inclusive nature of the art.

Since relocating to Australia, Moira has taught private aerial, yoga, meditation and retreats at her school Ascension Byron Bay as well as aerials at both Spaghetti Circus and Byron Circus Arts. Moira performs as an aerialist and circus artist in cabarets, shows, corporate events and festivals.

Pip Scott

Pip has developed programs for some of the largest youth circus programs in the world. She previously owned and operated Skylark Circus Summer Camp, a youth circus sleepaway program. She has worked for NICA, the Flying Fruit Fly Circus, Warehouse Circus, Circus Oz, Catapult Festival, Mullumbimby Circus Festival and WA Circus Festival as a trainer, rigger, program manager and performer. Her research investigated the benefits of risk taking for development in adolescents. She is currently working within education developing circus curriculum for schools. Her particular interests include tumbling, flying trapeze and falling over.  

Riley McDonald

Riley is an Australian circus artist with an obsession for all things trapeze. He has trained at both the National Institute of Circus Arts in Melbourne and l’École Nationale de Cirque in Montreal, and has performed for various circus companies and festivals throughout Australia. Combining an affinity for off-kilter creation with a solid acrobatic background, he attempts to challenge the simplicity and inertia of the trapeze. Riley is also an experienced circus trainer and has been teaching various circus disciplines over the past 12 years at Circus 35 South in Ulladulla, NICA in Melbourne, Circa in Brisbane and many Australian circus and fringe festivals.

Lisa Lottie

I'm originally Dutch, people say I sound English cause I lived in the UK forever but these days I call Australia my home. Melbourne, to be precise. In reality though, I live everywhere as I tour the world with my hula hoops in Big tops, Spiegeltents, Arena's, Cruise ships, Theatres, Speakeasy's, and I once performed in a surgery theatre! If you don't find me in any of those places you will most definitely find me on the street with my street show.

Lyndon Johnson

Lyndon graduated from the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) in 2018, specialising in hand-to-hand acrobatics and Cyr wheel. He has toured nationally with Gravity & Other Myths, while also performing with CircaNICA.

When Lyndon isn't performing, you'll find him abroad rock climbing, slacklining, cycling or mountaineering.  Don't challenge him - he holds multiple big wall records and the Australian Slackline record for 180m.

Malia Walsh

Circus Trick Tease

Malia Walsh is a founding member of Circus Trick Tease and a driving force producing and directing the company’s works over the years including Children are Stinky, Brass Monkeys and Can’t Face.

With a love of circus and a background in ballet, clown and puppetry, she is known for an unusual take on circus tricks focusing primarily on comedy. Her specialties include fire manipulation, hula hoop and adagio.

Past collaborations include Men of Steel (Hard Rubbish), Uber Lingua (Sydney Festival) and Pyrotechnique (Asian tours) and directing Neon for Circus Oz (Adelaide season).

Melinda Swann

Mel has been training, coaching, performing and creating shows for around 20 years at Spaghetti Circus. Mel coaches all ages, from babies to adults and everyone in between. Mel is passionate about engaging her students through fun circus activities and play. Mel is a pre-school teacher and has a coaching accreditation with Gymnastics Australia.

Nichola Hall

Nichola Hall is a circus trainer and yoga teacher. She believes in the circus arts as a tool for human development and social change. She completed the Diploma in Circus Arts and Dance in Argentina and is a qualified Yoga and Barra é Terre teacher. She has taught throughout South and Central America where she developed social circus projects for marginalized groups. Nichola now teaches circus, aerials and hula hoop classes as Soul Dance Circus and works as a trainer at the Castlemaine Circus Inc. Nichola is a passionate and intuitive teacher, encouraging people to be more embodied and feel empowered.

Rebekah Kordos

Bek fell into the circus scene in 2011 when she was studying Theatre/Media in Bathurst, NSW. Having started in gymnastics as a teen, and then specialising in physical theatre at uni, Bek completed her degree which she then promptly ditched because circus was way cooler, and it just so happened to combine both of the things she loved. Bek specialises in static trapeze and group acro, but has a whole lotta knowledge and skill across most other circus disciplines. Along with moulding the minds and bodies of the next circus generations, Bek is currently studying her Masters of Secondary Teaching.

Rosalani Mordaunt

Rosa is a young emerging artist who has recently graduated from Spaghetti Circus. She has been training in circus since she was two years old and is currently studying at NICA. Before leaving Mullumbimby, Rosa worked as a coach at Spaghetti Circus for four years teaching the community and performance stream classes, as well a specialty aerial class. Her main areas of interest are silks and trapeze.