Erinina Marie Ness Circus Performer from Austin, TX

Erinina Marie Ness is the Inventor of the Fire Trapeze. She is an Austin, TX and NYC based trapeze artist, physical theatre performer, actor, model, writer and musician. Her main act of course is the static trapeze, but she also performs on aerial fabric, rope, and lyra. She is a member of the Austin based troupe Crash Alchemy, the former founding artistic director of Mir Productions in NYC and frequents Austin's music and burlesque stages. Erinina has performed with Moby, toured with the Espana Family and Dreamtime Circus in Peru, appeared at NYC Dance Parade in the 60x60 project, the Best of Galapagos Art Space, and as part of the Immersive Surfaces project during the Dumbo Art Festival. She impersonates Charlie Chaplin, teaches aerial classes and workshops and loves to travel. Erinina is also TABC certified in Austin, TX and bartended for almost a decade in NYC. She now performs gigs as an aerial bartender in addition to her other acts.