Amaya Jimenez

Amaya started her career doing something very responsible (???) as a gymnastics coach for three years, before spiraling—gracefully—into coaching high school competition and sideline cheerleading camps, and eventually dance. At some point she realized the floor was optional and has been making increasingly questionable life choices (like climbing poles on purpose) ever since.

Her favorite apparatus is Chinese pole, where she specializes in controlled chaos, dramatic drops, and pretending gravity is just a suggestion. Her current favorite trick is a long arm beat to full baby, which is exactly as intense as it sounds. She is currently training in a professional circus program and plans to continue at New England Center for Circus Arts next year—because clearly she has not learned her lesson.

When she is not training or coaching you can find her avoiding her least favorite vegetable, beets. Fun fact: she has a bachelor’s degree in Advertising & Strategic Communications, which she now uses to convincingly explain to people that running away to join the circus was actually a solid, well-thought-out career move.