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Brent Durham
Assistant Director
BRENT DURHAM: has been teaching gymnastics for 12 years. Brent was head coach of the Boundless Gymnastics Competitive boys team in Palm City and Stuart from 2018 - 2023. An accomplished gymnast and martial artist, he is now a Level 2 Aerial Straps teacher studying with renowned cirque artist, Aaron Koz. Brent has performed his Aerial Strap act for corporate events, theatrical productions and at the South Florida Fairgrounds Fright Nights!
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Edwin Kinter
Guest Director, Choreographer
Edwin hails from New York City and trained at the School of American Ballet, The High School of Performing Arts, The New York School of Ballet and with David Howard. He started his professional career as a child actor working in musicals and film. Mr. Kinter has danced in over 60 different professional productions with companies such as Kansas City Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Albany Berkshire Ballet and Dances Patrelle. Edwin has worked as a dancer, a ballet master, an assistant director and a choreographer with Ballet for Young Audiences since it's inception in 1985. He has staged over 40 productions and has choreographed over 20 ballets, including Jungle Book, Pirates, Zorro and most recently Snow White, for family audiences. Among his other works are The Father, Water Goblin, The Accursed Hunter and Spring Song. Edwin's piece The Water at the Spring, was specially commissioned for the opening ceremony of the Nanning International Folk Song Arts Festival where excerpts of Spring Song were also featured. Edwin has also served as Artistic Director of City Center Ballet in New Hampshire. He continues to enjoy having excellent artists to collaborate with.

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Artistic Director,  Maria-Elena Marso:  Maria Elena's  performance career spans four decades and six continents.  Performance credits include dozens of works in Regional Ballet Companies, Dinner Theater, Summer Stock, Repertory Theater, Busch Gardens, European Tours, Cunard Cruise Lines and Walk Disney World Productions: Tokyo, Japan.  

Florida Aerial Dance & Circus Arts, LLC  Artistic Director, Maria-Elena Marso     

Choreographic credits include full-length productions of The Music Man, How to Succeed in Business, Fiddler On The Roof, Mamma Mia, Chicago, Grease, Footloose, Carousel, Shrek the Musical, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Cabaret, and many more. 

Maria-Elena has taught Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Acting, and Musical Theater to hundreds of students across the country.  She has taught at the illustrious Adderley School for the Performing Arts in Santa Barbara and the Pacific Palisades, as well as The San Diego Civic Dance Association. She is a member of American Youth Circus Organization (AYCO/ACE) and is certified through the prestigious Nimble Arts Program at New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA)