Staff

Circus is a global phenomenon and this is reflected in NICA’s world-class trainers and teachers. Our trainers and teachers bring a wealth of teaching and performance experience from Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, China, England, France, Poland, and Russia, covering the world’s many different circus genres—from traditional and contemporary circus.

Eager to share their knowledge with the next generation of circus artists, NICA staff have worked with some of the greatest circus companies in the world including:

Administrative Staff
Pamela Creed - Director & CEO
Ragn Hannah - General Manager
Nic Barclay - Venue and Production Operations Manager
Kate Priddle - CircaNICA Agent
Fiona Hulton - Marketing Coordinator
Alison Heap - Marketing Assistant
Emily O'Connor - Executive Assistant
Andrea Ousley- Social Circus Instructor
Steve Nevison - Short Course Coordinator 
Romy Saxone - Human Resources / Finance
Amanda Fairbanks - Wardrobe Manager
Michaela Nutt - Student Liason / Student Administration

Teaching Staff
Guang Rong Lu - Head of Circus Studies
Wayne Appleton - Production Manager
Kim Baston - Circus History
James Brown - Handstands & Adagio
Mathew Daniels - Deputy Head of Circus Studies
Liudmila Druzhina - Handstands & Tightwire
Helene Embling - Trapeze, Tissu & Aerial Ring
Rosemary Farrell - Circus Culture
Arturo Gomez - Tightwire, Highwire, Hula Hoops, Rolla Bolla, Trapeze & Foot Juggling
Vasily Ivanov - Russian Bar, Russian Swing, Adagio & Teeter Board
Konstantin Ibraguimov - Tumbling, Trampolining, Handstands & Acrobatics
Megan Jones - Performance
Rong Lu - Acrobatics, Slackwire, Handstands, Chinese Poles, Russian Swing & Manipulation
Dr David Munro - Anatomy & Physiology
Kathryn Niesche - Tissu, Aerial Ring, Trapeze & Web
Felicia O'Brien - Swinging Trapeze, Flying Trapeze, German Wheel
Qi Jin Cui - Manipulation & Magic
Leon Radchenko - Acrobatics
Misha Reale - Cloudswing, Trapeze, Web & Death Wheel
Helen Rickards - Business Studies
Earl Shatford - Manipulation, Happy Cooks & Clowning
Christy Shelper - Aerial
Margot Storm - Rigging
Dr Peta Tait - Circus Culture
Stoph Vanwensveen - Technical Officer
Matt Wilson - Circus Teacher/Community Circus Teacher
Julian Wisdom - Trapeze, Web & Teeterboard
Jing Jing Xue - Contortion, Foot Juggling & Acrobatics