Category Archive: Staff Bios

List of Instructors and Guest Artists from the Ruby Karen Project

Special Lyra Workshop by International Artist

On May 24, 2019 @ 6:30pm, Cirque du Soleil veteran artist, Leysan Gayazova will be hosting a workshop at the Ruby Karen Project’s Aerial Dance School in Costa Mesa.  There will be two levels: Intermediate and Advance Level.  She will be teaching Lyra (aka Aerial Hoop). Sign up early as this sessions has limited capacity.  Cost …

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Hand Balancing Workshop by Sasha Fedortchev

HAND BALANCING Every Mondays @ 7pm. Starting April 9, 2018 Learn hidden techniques to improve your handstands and variations with Sasha,  an alumni of Cirque du Soleil’s Quidam and a graduate of Moscow Circus School.

Caitlin Terry – Aerial Instructor/ Performer

Caitlin Terry began training in aerial arts in 2010 under the tutelage of Ruby Karen.  She came from a ballet background and was immediately hooked by the challenge of aerial dance. Her passion for aerial dance led her to Orange County Aerial Art’s Apprentice program in 2010 where she further developed her technique and performance …

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Staci Ensminger – Aerial Instructor/ Performer

Staci has excelled since her first class with us in 2014. Prior to aerial, Staci was a gymnast holding state titles in different events and All Around, which gave her the edge in aerial training. However, Staci’s ultimate success is mainly contributory to her personality and character. She is driven, dedicated, persistent, hardworking, eager to …

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Ana Nyugen – Aerial Instructor/ Performer

Ana Nguyen completed her International Aerial Teacher Training Program (IATTP) and  holds an aerial teacher certification from Aerial Arts America., the governing aerial teacher certification organization. Ana is a young aerialist who begun her training in 2010 with the Ruby Karen Project. Being deeply educated in the musical arts her prior years, Ana had no …

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Edie Morton – Aerial Instructor

For our mature clients, we offer gentle conditioning classes that combine aerials and other common tools.  Our senior instructor, Edie started her aerial training in 2011 at the age of 54.  Having understood the fundamentals of aerial arts, Edie boarded the vigorous training required by Aerial Arts America’s teacher certification and in December 2016, she …

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Alyssa Wallace – Alumni/ Aerial Instructor/ Performer

Alyssa Wallace is a Dancer, Dance Teacher and recently has completed the IATTP course (International Aerial Teacher Training Certification), a precursor to being certified in aerial arts by Aerial Arts America.  She began dancing at a very young age, and balanced her technical training in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Lyrical and Pointe to which …

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Jenna Ali – Alumni/ Aerial Instructor/ Performer

Jenna started her aerial arts training since 2009 at the age of 6 years old here at the Ruby Karen Project.  A protege of this school, she is well equipped with the finest training technique both from a performance and teaching standpoint.  Her training also includes her completion of the International Aerial Teachers Training Program …

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Guests and Workshop Instructors

The Ruby Karen Project primarily provides first class training in the field of aerial arts.  As such we constantly offer workshops and intensive training to our students, to provide a different perception and angle to their current training.  As such, we invite established instructors, as notes in the below list below. This webpage is still …

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