about me

Welcome! I’m Erica, The Flying Spark. I’m a multidisciplinary movement artist with over 20 years of dance training and a decade specializing in acrobatics, pole, handbalancing, and flow arts. As both a performer and educator, I encourage others to whole heartedly play, expand their comfort zones, and express themselves freely through movement. Let's connect!

The Flying Spark: Quick Stats

20+ YEARS DANCE STUDY

15+ YEARS HANDSTAND TRAINING

5+ YEARS POLE AND AERIAL EXPERIENCE

5+ YEARS
FLOW ARTS EXPLORATION

100+ LIVE PERFORMANCES

HIGHLIGHTS

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The Flying Spark Story

1998

Started dance lessons at Gacelas Ballet at age 2, after meandering around the house, almost exclusively on my tippy toes.

2001

Discovered partner acrobatics at 5, when my gymnast dad would lay on his back and hold my sisters and I all up on his hands and feet. The funnest part was standing on his shoulders and leaping over the stair banister, as he dangled us upside down by our ankles (we were too tall to do this safely over just the ground, so I am told).

2006

Saw a video of a woman doing a variety of handstand presses (Yoga By Equinox, you blew my mind) and immediately started teaching myself handstands in the basement of my childhood home - mostly by kicking up and falling immediately, but being persistent as hell.

Tried poi for the first time at a summer camp. Obsessed for 6 months. Took them on a house boat and accidently flung them overboard; pulled them from the water but didn't touch them again