Terril Teran Mire
Background & training
~AERIAL ARTS~
From 2000-18 Terril performed as a professional aerialist for circus shows, special events, festivals, clubs, theme parks, weddings and corporate events. She learned skills on many different apparatus through specific on the job training, collaborating on performances and training with her friends, mentors, peers, colleagues and teachers: Aloysia Gavre, Alyssa McCraw, Dreame Frohe, Eric Newton, Ingrid Hoffman, Jordann Baker, Judith Helle, Lindsay Orton, Michelle Sargent, PJ Perry, Sara Toney, Steve Gale and at the San Francisco School of Circus Arts with Gregangelo Herrera.
Terril has performed in Circus shows, corporate events, music festivals, special events, theme parks and weddings across the U.S. and internationally in Austria, Costa Rica, Hawaii, Japan, Panama and Switzerland; at Burning Man, Disney California Adventure, Electric Daisy Carnival, Nocturnal Wonderland, Paradiso Festival, Sea World, Toshimaen, Universal Studios and for her co-owned company Bella Circo Productions, Bellisama Aerial Dance co., Cirque Mechanics, Eye of Newt Circus, Il Circo, Red Bull, Shapeshifter Circus, Velocity Circus and The Velvet Hammer Burlesque to name a few.
Terril performed on aerial hoop, static trapeze, rope, spanish web, Chinese pole, bungee trapeze, triple trapeze carousel, 3' peg stilts, from 18 helium filled weather balloons and specialized in aerial silks and hammock.
Terril officially started teaching aerial classes, for a couple years, when Cirque School L.A. opened in 2009 in Hollywood, CA. and moved to Washington state in 2014 where she taught aerial fitness at Riverside Health Club in Mt. Vernon, aerial silks and hammock at the Bellingham Circus Guild until 2018 and aerial hammock 2020- present.
~YOGA~
In 2001 Terril fell in love with vinyasa flow Yoga, taught by the amazing Brenda Strong, at Yoga Villa in Los Angeles, CA. To deepen her practice, in 2008, she attended a yoga teacher training retreat, at the White Lotus Foundation, in Santa Barbara, CA.
Terril became a certified Yoga teacher in 2016 and is currently registered with Yoga Alliance as an RYT200. Since 2020 she is a qualified TRX® Yoga Instructor and a graduate of Yoga Body's, Yoga Teachers College, Yoga Trapeze® teacher training program.
~PILATES~
Terril has been teaching Pilates since 2016. She trained with Carolyn Watson and PJ Perry at Core Kinetics Movement & Pilates in Bellingham, WA. and Janet Sunderland at Soma Pilates through Balanced Body University. With over 500 hours of training, she graduated as a Fully Qualified Comprehensive Pilates Instructor, teaching mat, small props, reformer, trapeze table, chair and barrel. Terril has been teaching at Joy of Pilates & Fitness in Bellingham, WA, since 2017, in 2019 she became an Advanced Certified Pilates Suspension Method® Instructor and as of 2022 she is a Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher.
~SPECIALTY~
Terril taught group fitness classes from 2016-18 at Riverside Health Club in Mt. Vernon, WA. where she lead a singing aqua arthritis class and was trained and Certified in Group Centergy® (Yoga & Pilates choreographed to music). Since 2020 she is a Qualified TRX Trainer and has been an American Bone Health Level 2 Peer Educator since 2021.
In 2023 Terril received Certifications as a Corrective Exercise Specialist and Senior Fitness Specialist from the National Academy of Sports Medicine/ NASM.
In 2001 Terril fell in love with vinyasa flow Yoga, taught by the amazing Brenda Strong, at Yoga Villa in Los Angeles, CA. To deepen her practice, in 2008, she attended a yoga teacher training retreat, at the White Lotus Foundation, in Santa Barbara, CA.
Terril became a certified Yoga teacher in 2016 and is currently registered with Yoga Alliance as an RYT200. Since 2020 she is a qualified TRX® Yoga Instructor and a graduate of Yoga Body's, Yoga Teachers College, Yoga Trapeze® teacher training program.
~PILATES~
Terril has been teaching Pilates since 2016. She trained with Carolyn Watson and PJ Perry at Core Kinetics Movement & Pilates in Bellingham, WA. and Janet Sunderland at Soma Pilates through Balanced Body University. With over 500 hours of training, she graduated as a Fully Qualified Comprehensive Pilates Instructor, teaching mat, small props, reformer, trapeze table, chair and barrel. Terril has been teaching at Joy of Pilates & Fitness in Bellingham, WA, since 2017, in 2019 she became an Advanced Certified Pilates Suspension Method® Instructor and as of 2022 she is a Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher.
~SPECIALTY~
Terril taught group fitness classes from 2016-18 at Riverside Health Club in Mt. Vernon, WA. where she lead a singing aqua arthritis class and was trained and Certified in Group Centergy® (Yoga & Pilates choreographed to music). Since 2020 she is a Qualified TRX Trainer and has been an American Bone Health Level 2 Peer Educator since 2021.
In 2023 Terril received Certifications as a Corrective Exercise Specialist and Senior Fitness Specialist from the National Academy of Sports Medicine/ NASM.
HISTORY
In 2009, Terril co- founded Bella Circo Productions with the amazing Sara Toney. They specialized in creating custom themed performances, from costumes to choreography, which led to their contemporary theatrical circus productions, Oceania and La Galleria.
Below is a video of Terril performing on aerial silks, in the finale performance from La Galleria, performed at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center in CA. This was one of the most challenging acts she has ever done and the one she is most proud of. Enjoy!
PRE- HISTORY
From 1997- 2018 Terril worked in theater wardrobe and costuming. She worked for American Girl Place Theater, Cirque du Soleil's Kooza and "O", Disney International Costuming, Luminario Ballet, ODC Dance, Total Fabrication special effects costume shop and Universal Studios theme park wardrobe and wig departments.
She has handmade costumes for herself and many of her friends and colleagues.
Aerial Silks Performance
Terril Performing on Aerial Silks in Bella Circo's La Galleria Show Finale
at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center in Torrance, CA.
with Terry Beeman and Rachel Bowman in 2011
Choreography by Sara Toney and Terril Mire
Music: Ad Finite Genaside II- Topic.
Costume handmade by Terril Mire
at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center in Torrance, CA.
with Terry Beeman and Rachel Bowman in 2011
Choreography by Sara Toney and Terril Mire
Music: Ad Finite Genaside II- Topic.
Costume handmade by Terril Mire
Magazine article about Terril's Aerial Career:
Reviews from Terril's Students: