QUICK CHANGE – THE FEMME FETALE
As a performing artist, choreographer and costume designer, Elena Brocade has worked internationally in the aerial arts and illusion magic for 20 years, with credits that range from The Magic Castle, The Chicago Contemporary Circus Festival, The Zoppè Family Circus, Circus Flora, Master’s of Illusion CW, The Go Big Show TBS, Italy’s Tù Sì Que Vales TELE5, and China’s 2008 Olympic festivities. Elena has innovated the circus arts with the creation of the first-ever Aerial Quick Change act on Spanish web and introduced the relationship of dance and acrobatics to the setters role. Her work centers around archetypal storytelling, where transformation plays a role both figuratively and literally.

BLAZE BIRGE AND DAVID JONES – THE PI AND THE FLY ON THE WALL

photo by Philllip Pavlinger
Daring Jones Duo is the team that runs the show.  They try their best.  Here’s a few of their awards.

• Tigerpalast 30th Jubilee,  Germany, 2018-2019
• Izhevsk Winners Show, Russia, 2018
• 1^st Place, VivaFest Pro serries, Las Vegas, 2017
• Silver, Wuhan Festival, China 2016
• Bronze Idol, Idol festival, Russia 2016
• Bronze, 15^th Wuqiao International Circus Festival, China 2015
• Silver, 7th International Circus Festival Izhevsk, Russia 2014
• Zapashny Bros Special Award, 38th Monte Carlo International Circus Festival 2014
• Bronze, Moscow International Circus Festival, Nikulin, Russia 2013
• Bronze, Festival Del Circo, Latina, Italy, 2012
• America’s Got Talent,  National TV syndicate, top 48, 2012
• Critic’s Choice Award, Festival Del Circo, Figueres, Spain, 2012

Trapeze

Ava is a professional dance trapeze artist and is also proficient in many other aerial apparatuses, such as, silks, rope, sling, loops, lyra and other special creations. She is also a young engineer, and working on becoming a airplane pilot. Ava has performed in an array of different venues for a wide variety of companies. She is currently in San Diego Circus Center’s preparatory program. Ava has also spent many years coaching in a variety of styles levels and apparatuses.
Ava is the winner of the Flynn Creek Circus Professional Contract Award from the 2024 Vivafest World Circus Arts Championship in Las Vegas.

THE INSPECTOR – BOUNCE JUGGLING
Funny, curious, irreverent, and technically brilliant, Jacob D’Eustachio is a uniquely captivating juggler! Born to two New York City professors, Jacob became obsessed with juggling at age 10. Determined to forge his own path in the arts, he took time off from high school to tour the US with the Zoppé Family Circus. At 18, he apprenticed to renowned Swiss juggler, Kris Kremo, and was subsequently one of the first Americans accepted to Canada’s prestigious École de Cirque de Québec. Jacob has since performed in 15 countries on 5 continents. Highlights include juggling with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, clowning at North America’s oldest theater, performing at the Kennedy Center, being the only American to compete in Moscow’s Nikulin Circus Festival, and performing for Adele with England’s Giffords Circus. He earned his Actor’s Equity membership playing the role of Trinculo in West Hyler’s circus-influenced production of The Tempest at the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival. Passionate about using juggling for social change, he is especially proud of his work as a juggling and clowning coach to HIV-positive children in Cape Town South Africa with Médecins Sans Frontiéres and the Zip Zap Circus. Following a break from circus to study anthropology at Columbia University, Jacob is thrilled to be back in the ring.

HEAD COACH – RUSSIAN SWING
Richard is a passionate circus arts coach with years of experience in specific circus disciplines e.g., diving, high diving, aerial arts, acrobatics. He is a seasoned Russian swing artist with 15 years of experience in acrobatics. He know works in performing arts education and is dedicated to fostering creativity, physical prowess, and artistic expression in students of all ages. Richard’s priorities are in providing a safe and supportive learning environment that empowers individuals to reach their full potential.

CLOUDSWING – PATSY

While Jacy has been born and raised in Northern California, she spent most of her childhood traveling the world with her parents while they performed their duo trapeze act. This early exposure to different cultures and areas leads jacy to pursue her own life in circus. She started constructing her cloudswing act in late 2019 and has been improving upon it ever since.

ACROBATICS

The 505 is an acrobatic trio that hails from New Mexico (by way of Philadelphia). The trio is composed of Z Farrell, Richie Alderete and Ilana Rose. Z started his acrobatic career as a bboy, dancing with his crew 3HC in the Santa Fe Plaza or battling throughout the southwest. Richie started flipping in his backyard at age fourteen, then joined his high school cheerleading team. Later he found circus through calisthenics and acroyoga. Ilana started wearing striped tights at age 23 and then found circus a few years later. The trio began training together at Pitch Catch Circus, an acrobatics intensive founded by Ilana as a way to continue her partner acro training after a brief stint at circus school in England. Together the trio moved to Philly to pursue more performance opportunities, performing their first show together the day after they finished their drive across the country. When not flipping, balancing, or juggling, Z makes music, Ilana makes food and Richie makes puns.

SOCCER FREESTYLE- THE KID
Cory Black, a Seattle native, is a soccer freestyler and juggler who seamlessly merges the two into a fresh and dynamic act. Starting his freestyle journey in 2010, Cory has competed globally, achieving top 8 finishes in the USA Championships and competing at the Super Ball World Championships in the Czech Republic.

After performing numerous freestyle exhibitions for pro soccer teams and at corporate events, Cory sought to create an artistic performance for the big stage. In 2022, he began building a soccer freestyle and juggling routine and is now thrilled to bring it on tour with Flynn Creek Circus.

CIRCUS MENTORS APPRENTICE AWARDEE
Donna has been moving her body in some way or another since she can remember, it started with gymnastics then dance then contortion, jiu jitsu, rock climbing and eventually spending hours teaching herself how to hand-balance in her living room. there’s nothing she loves more than finding something to completely dedicate herself to and perfect. Donna grew up in Port Townsend Washington but moved around alot as a kid. She discovered aerial when she was 15 and fell in love with being in the air and the creative freedom of creating acts, she felt like it was a perfect balance of all the physical movements she already loved. She has been performing in the rogue valley of Oregon for a couple years and decided that she wants to take her love of circus and performing to the next level by apprenticing at Flynn Creek Circus .

Acrobat
Having retired from a noteworthy competitve career on the 3 Meter Springboard, Rylan joined a traveling high dive show where he played such infamous characters as Chili the penguin, Mr.Gibbs the pirate, and the Man in the audience. After a stint of international shows is Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean. In 2019 he shifted gears to discover his true passion as a flyer on the Russian Swing so much so that in 2021 he bought his own swing. Recently, Rylan has been the captan of a Russian Swing act in conjunction with a high dive show where he also
dove from 80 feet. On the side, Rylan has been hosting and participating in Russian Swing training camps and hopes to assemble his own act. Now, with more than 10 years of show experience, Rylan is teaming up with Flynn Creek and is excited to buttress the Banquine act and too bestow upon the stage his unique character stylings.

AERIAL ROPE SUB
Shem grew up in a small town called Mendocino, tucked away in the redwoods on the coast of Northern California. From a young age Shem has always been a very active and artistic person.
At 10 years old he enrolled with CircusMeCCA, a nonprofit aerial arts school, where he began to take off in developing his physical skill set and new found passion for aerial silks.
As time went on and his passion for circus and performance arts grew stronger, he pursued opportunities to expand his knowledge and artistry.
Around the age of 13 he was accepted into a 2 week circus camp program at École Nationale De Cirque in Montreal, Canada; as well as another 2 week circus camp program at Le PeTiT CiRqUe in Los Angeles, CA.
Shortly after, he was hired on by Cirque De La Symphonie, where he was flown to various states across the USA to perform with live symphonies in epic cathedrals, and was pushed to expand beyond the silks and explore new territory on the aerial rope; which very quickly became his preferred apparatus.
He later joined Flynn Creek Circus as an apprentice when he was 15 and toured with them for 4 summers in a row becoming a Veteran at FCC. During his 4th summer with Flynn Creek Circus, he was able to expand his resume through the performance opportunity to recultivate a young childhood talent and bring his sleight of hand and card tricks to the stage; while also expanding his skills in stage magic, character work, acrobatics, tricking, teeter board, aerial rope and singing as he collaborated with the 2019 Flynn Creek Circus Band to write the opening song of the show.
Between tours with FCC, he was also accepted into VivaFest Pro-Fest Competition in Las Vegas, where he placed 2nd out of 13 international contestants in 2018.
In his most recent years, Shem has taken a step back from performing to focus on, pursue, and bring to fruition, a dream of his to integrate live music performance with acrobatic dance and aerial rope, creating a very modern, nontraditional, One Man Circus show.
After 5.5 years of self-taught cultivation in music, Shem is extremely excited to say that he is crossing the finish line with his very first production and will soon be ready to debut the very first run of his show, Medicine Music Movement.

RAVEN ALVAREZ – CIRCUS MENTORS APPRENTICE AWARDEE
Raven Alvarez grew up in the redwood forest, but she recently moved to the sonoran desert for school. She entered into the world of acrobatics when she was 5 months old. Her father would balance her on his hand in the grocery stores, foreshadowing her desire to defy gravity. At 9 years old, she began training in the aerial arts. By the age of 11, she joked about joining the circus. As she has gotten older, her love for the performing arts has continued to grow. Now, at 19, she is joining the Flynn Creek Circus as an apprentice. When she isn’t plotting to run away to the circus, Raven’s pursuits span a diverse array of interests, from navigating white water rapids to mastering archery, working with language revitalization endeavors, and training to become a ninja.

LIGHTING & SOUND

David Wagar has the joy and pleasure of returning to Flynn Creek for his fifth year as Lighting Designer. When he is not working up with the lights, he enjoys movie nights, karaoke, and blacksmithing.
He has had the immense joy to work at the Gaylord of the Rockies as an actor, FeverUp as a performer and assistant, Phantom Circus as a lighting designer and performer, and Cedar Point as a technician.
He would like to thank his family and friends for all their support this past year and their continued support of this extravagant lifestyle..

SITE MANAGER

Jon has worked with some of the biggest names in circus including Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey and Cirque du Soleil, and is very excited to continue to expand his knowledge of show business. He returns to the Flynn Creek Circus for his 3rd tour. Originally from North Carolina, Jon has been traveling all his life which now fuels his sense for adventure. His passions include learning new skills and pushing himself to the limit. He takes great pride in overcoming seemingly impossible obstacles and keeping the wheels of the circus “turning”. When he’s not working with a show, you’ll find him cooking, playing guitar or going on nature excursions.