Coaches | Zacada Circus School

Every Zacada Circus Coach is a professionally certified expert, and is experienced in working with participants of all ages, from toddlers, to teenagers, to adults.

You can feel confident that you and your children are in good hands with our coaches. Our commitment to the on-going development of our coaches results in the very best guidance for fitness improvement and skill development.

Kosta Zakharenko | Co-Founder

Kosta's experience performing with the Cirque du Soleil inspired him to co-found Zacada Circus School with Christine Cadeau, to share their knowledge and love of the circus arts.
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Christine Cadeau | Co-Founder

Christine and Kosta founded Zacada Circus School in 2007 in order to realize their vision of combining elements of fitness and artistic impression to teach the circus arts.
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Kayley Pettit | Coach

As a Zacada Circus School performer and coach, Kayley Pettit draws from her extensive and varied dance career.
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Marat Khakimov / Coach

As an athlete Marat started his training in artistic gymnastics at 6 years of age and transitioned to trampoline later in his career. He was a Ukrainian national team member and a prizewinner of international cups and competitions representing his country on the world stage in trampoline. H...
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Zach Nearchou / Coach

Zach has been training in Ninja Warrior for 4 years. He has qualified for the World Ninja Championships in 2019 and 2020 in the adult category. Zach has always had a natural curiosity for challenging the body's limits and a drive for conquering obstacles. Students enjoy Zach's "big br...
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Selah Bishop / Coach

Selah has been a performer with Zacada Circus School since 2012 and has been coaching since 2015. Before circus, Selah spent 8 years training as a competitive gymnast in Hamilton and competed all across Ontario. Currently at Zacada, Selah specializes in Cyr wheel, which she has been trainin...
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Kalyna Kuzyk / Coach

Kaly is currently a coach,and performer with Zacada Circus School. Her 11 years as a gymnast and four years as a performer have given her an extensive repertoire of knowledge in both the technical and artistic parts of circus arts. Learning from the best both here at Zacada and throughou...
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Alexa Compare / Coach

Alexa Compare- is a dance Pageant title holder, has performed on a project with Cirque du Soleil and a technical dancer- began her journey into her arts at the age of 3 years-old. She is a professionally trained dancer in ballet, tap, acro, jazz, and contemporary. She competed international...
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Mary Elizabeth Allen / Coach

Following five years of gymnastics, Mary-Elizabeth trained with Zacada Circus School between 2014 and 2018. She performed on a variety of aerial apparatus and was a member of the Show Team representing the school at circus shows and festivals. She is a certified gymnastics coach who ensures...
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Jessie DiPasquale / Coach

Jessie has had several years of dance and gymnastics experience before finding her passion in circus and trained and performed in the aerial program at Zacada for 3 years before she was invited to join Zacada's elite performance team. Jessie specializes in trapeze and is Zacada's Hula Ho...
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Meet Our Coaches

You can feel confident that you and your children are in good hands with our coaches. Our commitment to the on-going development of our coaches results in the very best guidance for fitness improvement and skill development.