Youth Program Instructors

Coco happened upon an aerial yoga class in Phoenix, AZ in 2014, and attended classes religiously. It helped that the aerial school was in an old church! Aerial class was the best part of her week, so she soon took a deep dive into the world of trapeze, hammock, lyra, and silks. She has trained several aerial disciplines but is primarily interested in vertical apparatus. Coco has recently fallen head over heels with rope as it poses new challenges and allows for momentum and dynamic movements. 

Coco has trained under Holly Dison and Rebekah Leach which ignited her passion for aerial theory. She moved to Denver in the summer of 2016 to spread her wings and feels extremely lucky to be surrounded by all the aerial opportunities in Colorado. She specializes in curating looks for costuming, teaching private parties and event planning.

Nadja is a full time circus artist and moving arts instructor. She brings decades of teaching and performance experience to her work. Nadja is the owner and operator of Firebird Moving Arts. She teaches yoga, aerial dance, aerial yoga, choreography and flexibility classes in Denver and regularly performs circus feats around Colorado and beyond. She is certified in yoga and aerial yoga. Additionally, she has completed Silks Level 1 teacher training with Paper Doll Militia and Born to Fly. Nadja has over 30 years of experience teaching students of all ages in a variety of disciplines, and earned her Masters in education in 2004. She believes in a mindful approach to life, and brings this philosophy to all of her teaching and performing.

Isabella, a Venezuelan aerialist, discovered aerial arts by accident after entering a dance studio in Boulder Colorado. She did gymnastics and dance growing up in South Florida and later moved to Colorado, where she studied writing and minored in dance at the University of Colorado. She was under the direction of Nancy Smith at the University and at Frequent Flyers Studio where she was a student for four years. In 2020 she received her aerial teacher certification with Circasana in Crested Butte, CO. Since then, she’s enjoyed teaching private classes and loves teaching kids (at Boulder Circus Center). During the day, she’s a Content Writer/UX Designer for a company based out of Denver. Her goal is to push people past their comfort zones and enable them to do things they never thought possible.