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
Maria Rizzo - Marketing & Communications Executive
Emily O'Connor - Executive Assistant
Andrea Ousley- Social Circus Instructor
Scott Hone - Short Course Coordinator
Leisa Hill - Administration Assistant
Fazal Mansook - Finance Officer
Liz Louden - Student Administration

Teaching Staff
Guang Rong Lu - Head of Circus Studies
Stephen Burton - Safety Officer, Hoop Diving
Tegan Carmichael - Aerials
Qi Jin Cui - Manipulation & Magic
Mathew Daniels - Circus Trainer
Liudmila Druzhina - Handstands & Tightwire
Helene Embling - Verticals, Rope, Tissu, Swinging, Static, Dance and Double Trapeze
Arturo Gomez - Tightwire, Highwire, Hula Hoops, Rolla Bolla, Trapeze & Foot Juggling
Vasily Ivanov - Russian Bar, Russian Swing, Adagio & Teeter Board, Advanced Diploma Year Coordinator
Konstantin Ibraguimov - Tumbling, Trampolining, Handstands & Acrobatics
Megan Jones - Coordinator of Performance Studies & Bachelor Year Coordinator
Meredith Kitchen - Dance Teacher & Certificate III Coordinator
Ros Mackay - Business Studies
Jasmine Meaker - Adagio
Dr David Munro - Anatomy & Physiology
Kathryn Niesche - Tissu, Aerial Ring, Trapeze & Web
Lu Rong - Juggling, Chinese Pole, Acrobatics, Slackwire, Handstands, Manipulation
Misha Reale - Cloudswing, Trapeze, Web & Death Wheel
Ruby Rowat - Trapeze
Ludwig Schukin - Clowning
Earl Shatford - Manipulation, Happy Cooks & Clowning
Margot Storm - Rigging
Julian Wisdom - Trapeze, Web & Teeterboard
Jing Jing Xue - Contortion, Foot Juggling & Acrobatics