Jody Ryker

They have been training in circus arts since 2011 and specialize in pole, aerial hoop, and acrobatics. Jody has performed all around California in music festivals, specialty events, and variety circus shows. and has taught pole dance and aerial hoop at various studios.

Jody enjoys choreographing dramatic acts that showcase their unique aerial and pole creations as well as developing new drills for strength, coordination, and mobility for their students and for themselves when working towards a specific movement goal.

They hope to shift traditional teaching mindsets from viewing differences as deficits to seeing how differences in bodies can be appreciated and used to create new skills. Jody graduated with a master's degree in pure mathematics from UCSC. They currently teaches math at FootHill College and is also working on a series of articles on applications of mathematics to circus arts.

Jody teaches:

  • Spinning Pole L2/L3

  • Static Pole L2/L3

  • Spinning Pole L3/L4

  • Static Pole L3/L4

  • Lyra All Levels

  • Flexibility All Levels