SEATTLE'S PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGIONALS JUDGES
Meet our awe inspiring judging panel filled with world renown performers and coaches!
Jealousy
Jealousy started her aerial journey in 2021 after dabbling in handbalancing and being in the partner dancing scene where she did west and east coast swing, blues, fusion, and several Latin dances since 2015. Unlike many others she has a bachelors in zoology and then decided to run away to the circus!
A life long dream of circus arts became reality when she immediately joined a performing troupe and won an award for hoop in her first year. Some of her favorite events to perform for have been Summerfest and the Midsummer Rennaissance Faire.
Her heart belongs to the aerial sling but she loves performing on dance trapeze, hoop, and baby hoop! She enjoys giving a dramatic and dynamic performance and looks for the feeling of dancing in the air with her apparatus being her partner. Since her start she is now an owner of Wings Circus, performs throughout the pacific northwest, and teaches others to share her love for aerial.
Dan Saab
Daniel's passion for aerial arts began at the age of 8 when he discovered it at a summer camp in Pennsylvania. He then attended Montclair State University where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Studies. After deciding to pursue aerial as a career during college, he enrolled in the Intensive Professional Program at Circus Warehouse NYC for 3 years. He specialized in Aerial Sling and Aerial Hoop, and received formal training in various other disciplines.
Daniel started performing in nightlife doing cabaret shows and corporate events around New York City. As his career progressed, he then began to perform in larger productions at venues like Universal Studios Orlando and Madison Square Garden. Having worked in many different genres of production, he has acquired versatility as a performer. Between contracts, he travels around the country and world teaching workshops and private lessons.
Myles Hochman
Myles Hochman (they/he) is a multidisciplinary aerialist, with a special love for aerial hoop. They began their circus arts journey after college in 2014, when trying aerial hoop for the first time expanded their life beyond being “a brain in a jar.” Since then, they have worked to hone their technical skills and artistic voice with renowned coaches in Boston, San Francisco, and Montreal.
Over the last seven years, Myles has had the pleasure of performing in shows throughout the US as well as internationally. They’re often drawn to making work with a focus on LGBTQ+ narratives, grounded in both the rawly human and deeply fantastical. They love using momentum and gravity to punctuate and accentuate compelling stories, and aim for their work to center emotional authenticity and speak to those who need it most.
Katie Lynch
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Katie is a full time aerial arts instructor and performer based out of Gig Harbor, WA. Her passion for fitness and people led her to earn a Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Science with the intention of becoming an Occupational Therapist. After earning her undergrad she was swept into the world of circus arts and used her skills and education in an entirely different way.
Katie founded Ethereal Arts Northwest, an aerial studio in her hometown, in December of 2018. Coaching and performing has now become her full time occupation and allows her to pursue her passion for aerial while sharing it with her community.
She has been coaching circus arts for over 10 years now, and works with students of all ages and abilities. Katie primarily performs corde lisse (rope), hand-balancing, and straps. She is also a proficient performer and instructor in silks and acrobatics. Katie has performed for several different companies and shows in many beautiful venues around the west coast! She has also taught workshops and retreats around the world from California, to Hawaii,
and all the way to Japan!​
Vivian Tam
Vivian has been in the world of aerial arts for the past 20 years, performing in a wide array of theater, cabaret, burlesque, and corporate entertainment, locally and around the world. This has included Friedrichsbau Variete and Teatro Circo Price with The Aerialistas, AIDA cruise, The Triple Door, and Teatro Zinzanni's Late Night Cabarets. She continues to perform regularly with entertainment companies such as Maison De V, EnJoy Productions, and CircusWerks. Vivian is also an aerialist with Seattle show producers, Marxiano and Verlaine and McCann presents. Through her professional aerial career, Vivian has developed a penchant for continued experimentation and delivering high acrobatic artistry with character driven stories.
Vivian ran a highly active home studio in Redmond, WA for 10 years, helping her private students not only develop as aerialists, but hone in on performance and teaching skills on a professional level. Residing in Seattle, Vivian is a dedicated private coach and workshops instructor, with a continued emphasis on mentorship. In 2018, she founded Chrysalis Circus which focuses on community development through shows and provides artistic and technical support to local circus professionals, students, and organizations. Additionally, Vivian is a costume designer for the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts. Vivian is currently the producer at Seattle Aerial Arts which has put on weekly aerial entertainment at the Suite Lounge restaurant in Bellevue, WA for the past 13 years. In 2024, Vivian was a panelist for the West Coast Aerial Arts Festival in LA.
Vivian's earliest training began at Hollywood Aerial Arts in LA, while starting a post-grad career in graphic arts. Vivian holds a BA of Studio Arts from the University of California, Irvine. She had no idea that her childhood fandom of the circus, a little introduction to an adult aerial rec class, and a move to Seattle would forever change the course of her life in the best of ways. While Vivian continues nomadically as a freelance performer and instructor, you will still likely find her training and developing her aerial artistry at Emerald City Trapeze Arts.
Jordie Campbell
Jordie Campbell is an interdisciplinary circus performer, coach, and curious explorer of all things movement. She performs and creates original work both on and off the ground specializing in aerial silks, strap loops, and a signature blend of ground movement influenced by years of dance, acrobatics, hand balancing, and contortion training.
With over ten years of performance experience she has trained and performed with an array of apparatus on a variety of stages around the world from cabaret shows to full length productions.
Jordie is passionate about collaboration between people and also between styles and interests. From movies to music and art she draws inspiration from many sources to create movement uniquely her own and strives to
encourage the same in others.
Liza Myachina
With over a decade of experience in aerial arts and performance, Liza Myachina is an emotionally driven artist with a commanding presence on stage. Her journey to the circus world was sparked by watching a Cirque du Soleil show at the right time. Having recently quit rhythmic gymnastics, she was inspired to try a class at a local aerial studio. That was all it took to find herself a new passion and identity as a circus artist.
Over the years, Liza has trained under numerous accomplished coaches, including artists with direct ties to Cirque du Soleil, pushing their limits in aerial hoop, silks, contortion, and expressive movement. Their practice is rooted in technical precision and evocative storytelling, blending danger with beauty, and discipline with emotion.
As a performer, Liza has taken the stage in various shows and gigs. Her goal is more than just to entertain the audience, but to make them feel. Whether it’s awe, fear, or that breathless pause between moments, Liza’s performances aim to unsettle and awaken something within you.
Driven to inspire others, Liza continues to evolve as an artist, pushing past limits and expectations to create something unforgettable.
