Kalina Suter

I grew up in the Appalachian forests of West Virginia where trick riding, dancing, and tree climbing fostered an early love of instinctive movement. As I got older, these creative outlets were replaced by the study of contemporary dance, ballet, and physical theatre in the US, Switzerland, and the UK. I took up circus arts in 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland, which led me to study at both the Rogelio Rivel Circus School and the New England Center for Circus Arts, where I specialised in dance trapeze and flexibility. In order to improve as both a circus performer and movement instructor after graduating from NECCA, I dove into pilates, functional training, weightlifting, and CrossFit - all of which provided new perspectives on how to optimise performance within my circus disciplines. I currently split my time between teaching movement in all these forms, and performing trapeze throughout the UK and Europe.