Our Team



Mikayla
Studio Director

Mikayla opened Aerial Enchantment at the start of 2018 to combine her love of aerials with her love of teaching kids. She is passionate about instructing and building the confidence of kids & teens in the art of aerial dance. She has completed training through Circus Training Australia in Silks, Lyra, Trapeze, Tumbling and Acro. She is also a certified AntiGravity Level 1 Instructor. Mikayla has completed a certificate III in childcare and loves working with young kids in particular! She has been teaching for 7 years and specialises in Aerial Silks, Hammock, Lyra and Contortion

Cate
Instructor

Cate has been doing trapeze for 5 years now and Lyra for about 2 years, she competed in the NSW heat at miss lyra 2019 in the Showtime Category. She has done performances on trapeze and some lyra. Cate also has 25 years of experience in ballroom dancing. Cate started teaching aerials at the beginning of 2020 and loves transferring her silks and knowledge to new students. Everyone will find out her love for her doggy taco…. one of the loves of her life as well as her husband

Holly
Instructor

Holly started training on silks in 2016. Before silks she did gymnastics and turned to silks for a new challenge. Holly started training at Aerial Enchantment in 2019 where she also developed a love for hammock. She has a passion for helping others to become stronger on the apparatus and achieve their aerial goals.

Laura
Instructor

Laura began her aerials journey in 2018 as one of Aerial Enchantment’s first hammock students. After a few years of hard work, and falling in love with trapeze, she is now one of our instructors! She loves introducing students of all ages and abilities to aerials. When not hanging upside down, she can usually be found cuddling her beloved cat, Stormy.

Grace
Instructor

Grace found her passion for aerials 5 years ago when she was looking for a new fitness challenge after 12 years of netball. She has focused mostly on hammock and silk but has also trained in trapeze and Lyra. Grace is a keen foodie and enjoys having a laugh. She is excited to join the Aerial Enchantment team and hopes to bring plenty of laughs to her students. 

Shelley
Instructor

Shelley’s passion for movement started when she was young when her mother enrolled herself and her younger sister in dance classes. This began a 14 year journey of learning, performing – and loving – jazz & tap. After a hiatus from movement where she was working and travelling, she found aerials and never looked back! For the last four years she has trained mainly in Lyra and Trapeze and has competed in Halloween Heaven 2019 on Lyra and performed at the Australian Circus Festival in 2019 as part of a group act on Pentagram. Shelley is excited to join the Aerial Enchantment team and share her love of Aerials with wonderful students!

Rachel
Instructor

Rachel is a certified personal trainer, with a certificate 3 & 4 in fitness. Rachel enjoys helping people find their love for fitness and celebrating small accomplishments as it’s not the destination that’s important, it’s the journey! She started her aerial journey 3 years ago, training in hammock, lyra, silks and trapeze. She has been lucky enough to have performed at the Australian Circus Festival. Rachel’s stage name is Mononoke after the cartoon character because she loves anime!

Hannah
Instructor

Hannah has been doing aerials for 6 years, with experience across silks, trapeze and lyra. She loves performing, and some highlights include performing at the Australian Circus Festival in 2019, Eternity Showcase in 2021, receiving the title of Most Creative Performance, and placing first runner up in the 2021 Miss Lyra NSW.  Hannah loves sharing her passion for aerials and technique through teaching.

Christine
Instructor

Christine has been an aerialist for 5 years, she started  her journey after series of back related injuries forced her to rethink how she moves her body. Christine is passionate about aerials with her training mainly focused on Trapeze and Lyra followed closely by Hammock and Silks. Christine’s debut solo performance was at Eternity Showcase in March 2021 she has also previously performed at the Australian Circus Festival alongside our Aerial Enchantment instructors – Shelley, Sam, Cate & Rachel.

Nicola
Instructor

Nicola first began aerial circus over 10 years ago. Whilst she dabbles in almost every apparatus, she has always been most obsessed with Trapeze. After reigniting her love of aerials in 2020, Nicola placed 2nd in NSW at Bend the Air (2022) for her Trapeze performance in the Open Apparatus Solo category, earning herself a place at the National Finals. She has also performed in Eternity Showcase 2022 and 2023.

Jorja
Instructor

Jorja has been training on silks for 7 years and has also started training on hammock, lyra and cube along the way. Before starting aerial training Jorja did dance for several years and left to find a new passion in aerial arts. Jorja performed in School Spectacular in 2023 and competed in Bend The Air in 2023. She loves working with kids and helping them to develop their skills in aerials.