ViA TEAM
With a passion for training, teaching, and performing, Lisanna shares her enthusiasm with each and every student, inspiring them to put their heart and hard work into every movement. Her 20-year artistic gymnastics career granted her a full-ride athletic scholarship to Northern Illinois University where she competed and graduated with a Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design.
Taking her strength, technique, and artistry to the stage, Lisanna has had the privilege of performing around the world in shows with famed singer MeatLoaf, San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Germany's Flic Flac Festival, Cirque du Soleil's KÁ in Las Vegas and Cirque du Soleil's world-wide arena touring production TORUK—inspired by Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Cameron's AVATAR.
While painting her face blue in over 100 cities around the world, Lisanna earned her Personal Trainer and Nutrition Specialist certifications through the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and now continues to bring her passion and power to training, teaching, and performing, devoting herself to the love of her craft and the pursuit of being an artist.
Lisanna Paloma Vazquez
Director | Head Coach
Adam Vazquez
Director | Coach
Head of Community Engagement
Adam Vazquez, a 4th generation circus artist carrying on the Vazquez tradition of artistic integrity, has over twenty years of personal performance experience. With his intense training in international competitive gymnastics, trapeze, Chinese poles, acrobatics, and hand balancing, his discipline and passion for his craft, along with guidance from the rich historical tradition of his family, has led him to success and, most importantly, the privilege of calling himself an artist.
Having captured the quality and poise of hand-to-hand artistry with his international award-winning duo act, Adam has graced the stages of the world’s most renowned venues. The prestige of stepping on stage and the honor to feel the distinct connection with audience members standing in awe of his performance have justified every sacrifice made for his art. Now, with over two decades of experience, Adam takes pride in recognizing the responsibility of an artist to cultivate the arts for generations to come.
Nara Beatty
Contortion & Flexibility Instructor
Contortion Artist
Native of Mongolia, Nara has trained extensively in contortion since a very young age. After performing with the Mongolian State Circus for 5 years, she has taken her extreme talents to the glittering lights of Las Vegas, stunning audiences nightly with Cirque du Soleil's world-renowned show "O" at the Bellagio.
Along with her brilliant work on stage, she is also Team Captain and Artist Coach, assuming a great amount of responsibility with maintaining the act at its prominent level night after night, and providing the ultimate coaching support for her team of Artists.
Nara is finely in tune with the human body's capabilities, and how to challenge her students' flexibility while teaching them correct posture and stretching technique to maintain a healthy body and career for years to come.
Teresa Isgriggs
Head of PR & Marketing
Teresa Isgriggs is a multi-talented marketing leader, choreographer, photographer, writer, and mother. Earning her BFA in dance from The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, she has directed/choreographed productions such as Kinky Boots, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, First Date The Musical, Into the Woods, She Loves Me, and The Wedding Singer. She serves on the Board of Directors for FEAT of Southern Nevada, a local non-profit that helps provide resources to families on the Autism Spectrum in the Las Vegas Valley.
A prime representative of the arts in Las Vegas, and a mom of 2 wonderful boys, Teresa devotes her skill and passion to fostering the arts and broadening ViA's presence in the community and beyond.
Madi Riddle
Aerial & Acrobatics Instructor | Circus Artist
Madi Riddle has a special place in her heart for Circus Arts. Beginning her circus journey in 2021, she has dedicated herself to the essential technique and artistry of the art form. Determined to progress day by day, she thrives in the spirit of hard work and attention to detail, and is thrilled to pursue her circus adventure in a multitude of apparatuses—Aerial Silks/Rope/Hoop, Handbalancing, and Contortion.
Aerial hoop is where she feels at home, blending all of her training into an act that has already graced the international festival circuit, performing in Sakai Lithuania where she received a Special Jury Prize from Veneta Stefanova.
Madi dedicates herself daily to her loved ones, her collegiate academics and circus. She aspires to present her best in everything she does, and aims to perform throughout Europe—a dream she looks forward to making a reality.​
Dr. Alex Clements
Piano Instructor | Doctor of Musical Arts | Jazz Pianist
Although not one to toot his own horn with the title of Doctor, Alex Clements deserves every pedestal this esteemed degree puts him on. A musical genius and passionate instructor, Alex lives his life for his craft, and generously shares his immense wealth of knowledge. His talent is immeasurable, and his classes are filled with students learning in the most creative, fun, and inspiring ways.
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Alex's active performance career has this "lounge lizard" winning awards, performing at prestigious venues, and holding his long-time tenure with Cirque du Soleil's "O" at the Bellagio, where he performs nightly. Continuing to progress his pedagogical approach—although already having won awards in this category—Alex's passion for growth and love for music shines through his artistry, teaching, and ever-present smile.
Bruno Dumont
Music Appreciation Instructor | Saxophonist
After graduating with honors from the Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Arts of Quebec, Bruno’s wonderful adventure as a Master Saxophonist took off. While playing professionally in jazz clubs with well established musicians, Bruno was invited to perform at the Montreal Jazz Festival, leading him to an annual invitation to share the stage with the greats of the Blues and Jazz scene including Carl Tremblay, Bob Harrison, Little Jo and the Hurricane, The Repertory Jazz Orchestra, and Lulu Hughes to name a few.
In 2001, Bruno was offered a position as Saxophone and Keyboard Musician with Cirque du Soleil, where he delighted audiences around the world playing in 8 different Cirque du Soleil productions over the next 19 years, (Alegria, Viva Elvis, Quidam, Toruk, Sand, Bazar, Axel, Alegria revisited). Bruno is now at his 9th show with the company, contributing his vast experience, talent, and passion as the Musical Director of Cirque du Soleil's production “O” at the Bellagio.
Bruno’s devotion to music, and joy of playing shines through in his teaching, as he takes pride and a responsibility in sharing his love for music with his students, always with a belly laugh and a "life is beautiful" frame of mind.
Victoria Vazquez
Aerial & Adult Fitness Instructor | Circus Artist
From multiple generations of circus artists, Victoria has established her mark on her family's tradition of excellence in flying trapeze. Performing since the age of 10, this airborne beauty has toured the world and graced the stages of countless circus productions and theatre venues.
After an extensive artistic career as a trapeze artist with Cirque du Soleil's La Nouba, Zaia, and ZED, she took on one of the most challenging roles in entertainment—stage management. Once again proving her talents, Victoria contributed her lifelong experience and sharp mind to the role of stage manager in Bette Midler's Showgirl Must Go On, Cirque du Soleil's OVO, KÁ, and Criss Angel's Believe and Mindfreak Live, both by Cirque du Soleil.
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Victoria brings a vast and comprehensive career to her teaching—topped off with a Certified Personal Trainer degree from the National Academy of Sports Medicine. While taking pride in sharing her passion for performing and circus arts, Victoria exemplifies the virtue and integrity of an artist.
Esmeralda Onofre
Circus Instructor | Hula Hoop & Slack Wire Artist
Esmeralda “Esme” Onofre comes from a multi-generational family of circus artists and proudly continues that legacy today. Specializing in slack wire and hula hoops, Esme seamlessly blends the two disciplines into a captivating act that showcases both strength and elegance, balance and beauty. She can currently be seen performing her hula hoop act in Las Vegas at the always-entertaining Atomic Saloon at The Venetian.
With a lifetime of performing and training experience, Esme brings her artistry and expertise to ViA, guiding students to develop skill, confidence, and a love for circus arts.
Ciya Clyde
Violin and Piano Instructor | Professional Violinist
Graduate of Grammy-award-winning high school, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, with her major in orchestra, Ciya Clyde has continued her music studies as a full-ride student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She currently studies music with an emphasis on violin performance along with pursuing another major in kinesiology.
Ciya first began playing the violin at the age of four, and ever since, has participated in various musical works from performing in notable halls such as Carnegie Hall, New York, and Musikverein, Austria to doing local company shows such as with Opera Las Vegas. Ciya is a passionate individual of the arts and has experience in teaching beginner to intermediate violin studies. She emphasizes not only the importance of learning the proper technique through classical training but to also familiarize young musicians with different genres to help widen the individual’s vocabulary in what is available in the music industry.
Through her teachings, Ciya also prioritizes health in the performer’s body, involving
proper warm-up techniques in the prevention of injuries to teaching conscientious, deliberate practicing. Her life-long career is to decrease the number of musicians in pain by furthering her studies in physical therapy, massage therapy, and osteopathy so people can rest assured that her students are in good hands, both musically and physically.
