Hania Chwialkowska
As well as being the First Director of the company, Hania is also a circus performer and instructor at Aerial Art House. She founded CirqArt c.i.c. in March 2019 with the goal of fighting mental illness and promoting well being through the art of Circus. |
Rebecca McFarlane
Rebecca grew up as a competitive gymnast. She gained entry into Scottish squads at a young age and went in to compete for her country. As an adult she completed 3 years of full-time dance training and gained a qualification in professional stage dance allowing her to dance in various shows. She is a fully qualified gymnastics coach with over 10 years of teaching experience. |
Hania Chwialkowska
Artistic Director/Circus Performer Teacher of classes: Aerial dance, Chinese Pole, Contortion and Flexibility, Aerial Hammock 
Ritti Soncco
Aerial and Acro teacher Ritti has been in love with aerial silks for over 10 years, has taught internationally, and is the co-founder of "Inverted: Circus and Pole Fitness" in Aberdeen. She has trained under Sarah Bebe Holmes, Fred Deb, Ana Prada and Amy Ell, and inspired by her teachers, has been writing her own material which involves split-silk techniques, back space explorations, and slowness in motion. She is passionate about teaching and encouraging her students to find their own way of being in the air. 
Rebecca McFarlane
Dance Teacher Acrobatic dance 
Said Debbach
Multi skilled circus coach Said is traveling circus coach. He comes back to Edinburgh from time to time to teach at Aerial Art House |
Zinnia Oberski
Circus Performer Teaching: Aerial Trapeze, Handstand and tumbling 
Emanuela Orti (aka Manoo)
Silks teacher Manoo started her journey at AAH as a Marketing volunteer back in November 2019. Since then, she has taken on a million different roles in the company, from Marketing and Administrative Coordinator, to Grant writer and Project Manager. During this time she developed a strong passion for circus arts (especially for aerial silks!) and determined to become a great aerialist and teacher. As well as spending lots of time in the air training, she shadowed other aerial instructors during kids classes and, after completing her teacher training in September 2022, she started teaching her own adults beginners course. 
Sarah Lake
Kids classes teacher ‘I’ve been training and performing circus for 4 years now and teaching Kids classes at aerial art house for almost 2. I am a performer at Dair Entertainment which launched early in the year. Now that I have finished high school I hope to study music at University and continue on with my circus adventures |
Beti Mencal
Member of the Company since July 2019 - wild dancer and performer inspired by different traditional dances from Africa fussed with other techniques such as improvisation, clowning and physical theatre among others. Supporter of creative ideas and experienced in working with disabled children and adults. 
Amanda George
She came from the United States of America to study Popular Music Performance. During her first year she took up aerial art classes at Aerial Art House in order to get more core strength. She’s been training on Trapeze and silks for almost a year and has seen large improvements in power and the overall consistency of her voice while singing. While it has had a large impact on her studies it has also impacted her life positively. Making new friends in a community she never knew about while awakening and growing muscle she never thought she’d have. |
Eszter Kovacs
Member of CirqArt c.i.c. since July 2019. Visual artist and teacher assistant currently on maternity leave, enjoying being a mum!
Kaya and Luna
Two of the youngest members at Aerial Art House (9 and 10yo). They attend all the kids classes and make everyone feel welcome and at ease! They dream of being professional performers one day, and we all know it is going to happen! |
