Emmy Moon
Artistic Director/Owner
Emmy graduated from the University of Texas in Austin (UT) with a Bachelors in Dance & Theatre. Prior to UT, she completed her Associate of Arts Degree at Collin College in Plano, TX where she studied dance and choreography under the direction of Tiffanee Arnold. At UT in 2006, her choreography, Night Terrors, was selected for the Gala show at the American College Dance Festival.
Travis Moon
Executive Director/Owner
Growing up, Travis participated in numerous competitive sports and martial arts training. In high school, he joined the JROTC, Junior Reserve Officer Training Course, which provided him an education in discipline, respect and leadership techniques.
Marci Wojciechowski
Tech Director
Marci is in her 6th season with Iluminar Aerial and has been dancing since age five and has trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary, modern, hip-hop. While dancing at the University of Colorado she graduated with a degree in Kinesiology.
Fallon Voorheis-Mathews
Dance Captain
Fallon, a Colorado native, is in her 6th season with Iluminar Aerial. She started taking gymnastics lessons when she was 3 years old after her mom caught her hanging off of their 3rd floor balcony. She was a competitive gymnast for most of her childhood and adolescent life.
Megan Stern
Core Company Dancer
As a child, Megan never participated in dance or sports. Instead, her love of science and adventure compelled her to study and travel the globe. Once she earned a degree in Biology from the University of Colorado at Denver and set off to discover the world. After completing a contract working at a scientific
Annie Piatt
Core Company Dancer
Growing up in Southern California, Annie spent time as a gymnast, ballerina, pole vaulter, and rock climber. In 2010 she discovered the joy of aerial dance while attending trapeze class at Frequent Flyers Productions.
Amy Wambach
Core Company Apprentice
Amy first discovered dance at age four and the passion has never left her. Amy barreled into college with the intent to major in political science and minor in dance, but upon discovering college could grant her the luxury of consistent technical dance training, dance quickly became the major and political science the minor.
Shannon “Luna” Squires
Dance Captain
Shannon discovered hands-on aerial arts while attending Florida State University after years of admiring Cirque du Soleil artists, and joined the Florida State University Flying High Circus as a dancer in 2009. Through her experience, she became fascinated with the idea of bringing the grounded artistry of dance to the air.
Samantha McKinney
Core Company Dancer
Samantha is originally from South Louisiana and has been a Denver transplant for the past 6 years. She discovered aerial arts in 2009 while working as a stage manager in NYC and has been passionate about it ever since.
Ashley Eaves
Core Company Dancer
Ashley Eaves is originally from Louisiana, and danced with Dance Stop Centre for 15 years. Ashley went to college at McNeese State University and earned a degree in Accounting. While in college, she danced as a Principal dancer with Lake Charles Civic Ballet and earned roles such as Carrabosse in The Sleeping Beauty.
Natalie Keller
Guest Dancer
A Colorado native Natalie first discovered the world of aerial at age 11 at the Aerial Dance Festival in Boulder, Co. From there she was hooked on anything in the air. At age 14 she went to Montreal to train at Ecole National du Cirque's summer
Cecilia Potter
Dance Captain
Cecilia Potter is from Massachusetts, where her interests in theatre and dance first developed. Cecilia graduated Cum Laude from Elon University with a BA in Theatre Studies and a dance minor. Cecilia completed one year in the MFA Dance program at the University of Oregon.
Jamey Atchinson
Core Company Dancer
Jamey grew up in Alaska and was a competitive figure skater until the age of 18. He then joined Disney on Ice where he performed in more than 30 countries over 7 years. After touring, he moved to Denver to pursue a degree in biology and chemistry. Retiring from a performance based career was hard for him so he sought out a new way to express himself.
Anne-Marie Hofmann
Core Company Intern
Anne Marie began dancing at the age of three, and was a competitive jazz
and tap dancer throughout her teen-aged years, in addition to training in
classical ballet. After a decade-long hiatus, she found Iluminar when she
moved to Colorado from Florida in 2014. She immediately fell in love with
aerial dance and found a rekindled romance with performing.