SpiraLynn (also known as Christy Sanford) is an award-winning pole performer and aerial artist based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has won multiple medals at the Atlantic Pole Fitness Championships and at the Canadian Pole Fitness Championships. She has over a decade of pole and aerial performance experience under her sparkly belt. And she specializes in aerial hoop, silks, sling, trapeze, pole, an
d flying pole—in fact, she’s the only flying pole performer in the region! SpiraLynn thrives on sharing her anti-gravity art form with local audiences and with audiences across the country. She has appeared on The Candy Show with Candy Palmater. She has performed at summer festivals from coast to coast, from Future Forest in New Brunswick to the Shambhala Music Festival in British Columbia. She She has performed in Halifax at tons of performing arts and charity events including the Halifax Fringe Festival, Tall ships and Spinning with the Stars. And she’s performed in Halifax with Live Art Dance—the premiere contemporary dance presenter in Atlantic Canada. Her lifelong passion for athletic and artistic expression shapes her work as a pole performer and aerialist. Her BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design gives her a foundational knowledge of visual arts and the arts in general. Her background in competitive breakdancing and DJing informs her movement and musical choices. And her personal GYROTONIC® practice keeps her mind and body strong. SpiraLynn is a dynamic professional performer who brings creativity and strength to every performance—suspended in mid-air, she’ll spin, twist, flip, drop, dangle, and dance before your eyes! When she’s not contorting her body and pointing her toes high above an audience, she can be found instructing classes and training individual clients at Studio In Essence, the aerial circus and pilates studio that she owns and operates in downtown Halifax. She spends her off-hours with her husband, daughter, and French bulldog named Rocky. SpiraLynn is available for festivals, special events, corporate events, classes, instructor training, personal training. She can be reached at [email protected].
*Opened Shape Dat Body Aerobics - 1990
*Master Trainer at Nobody's Fitness teaching Pilates and Personal Training from 1995-2005
*Bachelor of Fine Arts - NSCAD
*Master Trainer/ director/ performer at inesS Circus. Specializing in Pilates, Gyrotonic, Pole, and Aerial Fitness
*Healthy Eating and Weight Loss Certificate with Can Fit Pro
*Personal Trainer with Can Fit Pro
*Certified GYROKINESIS® aND GYROTONIC® Level 1 and 2 Trainer
*Pre-Trainer for GYROKINESIS® and GYROTONIC®
*GYROTONIC Archway Certification
*GYROTONIC Applications for Shoulder Girdle, Pelvis, and Scoliosis
*Advanced Stretching Technique Certification (Bendy Kate)
*Floor Flow - Marlo Fisken
*Aerial Silks level 1-3 Certified - Born to Fly™
*Aerial Sling level 1-3 Certified - Born to Fly™
*Trapeze level 1-2 Paper Doll Militia
*Aerial Rope Level 1 - Paper Doll Militia
*CPR and First Aid
*Certified Stott Pilates Mat and Reformer instructor
*Pilates Chair certification with Balanced Body
*TRX instructor certification
*200 Hour YTT - vinyasa yoga
*BUTI yoga certified instructor
*Rigging Certificate and Fall Arrest - Hercules
*rigging inspection certificate- Hercules
*Aerial Rigging Safety certified - Delbert Hall
*Circus Anatomy - circus doc
*Anatomy in Clay
Professional Development Workshops over the years in person with Lisette Croll, Jennine Butterfly, Bendy Kate, Vane Lunatica, Terri fierce, Yuri Marmerstein, Erin Ball, and many more
EVENTS directed and produced by Christy Sanford
Various Breakdance competitions in Halifax from 1998-2003
Atlantic Pole Fitness Championship presented by InesS® Circus 2013, 2014, 2015
Halifax Theatrix - www.halifaxtheatrix.com 2017, 2018, 2019
Spinning with the Stars - www.spinningwiththestars.com 2017, 2018, 2019
various other events with inesS® Circus since she opened that business in 2005
