Erena

A former Level 10 gymnast, Erena discovered the circus world when an aerialist came to teach at the gym. Although the class got cancelled, the idea that there was something like that strove her to enroll for aerial classes at Ruby Karen Project. Of which, she went on to win first place in aerial hoop and second for aerial silks solo professional division at the 2014 WCAAF. It was also around the time when she was contemplating retiring from gymnastics that she discovered cyr wheel. Erena reached out to Sam Tribble, her former gymnastics coach. She had previously discovered that he was involved in the circus world when he took her team to Venice Beach to play around on the flying trapeze for a day. As such, when Erena got in touch with Sam after not seeing him for a few years, she found out that he was training and teaching cyr wheel. Sam Tribble can be considered her mentor in the cyr wheel and combined with her love for aerial silks and hoop, she found a new passion in performing that she never thought she would as she performed in events such as The Newport Beach Film Festival, OC Fair, Morongo Casino, and The Queen Mary. With the Dragon Knights Stilt Show, she found a different form of performance in theatrical entertainment and character work, as well as having the privilege of being taught and performing on pneumatic stilts.