Raised in the Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada, Merrie has spent 28 years studying movement arts and entertainment. Her parents say she would dance to Madonna records as a toddler until she passed out so they enrolled her in ballet & acro when she was 3 at the Glenda Moss Academy of Dance in Lake Charles Louisiana. Later she would Study RAD ballet, tap, jazz and modern at the Kravenko Dance Academy 🩰 in Las Vegas with her 3 younger sisters. She was accepted into & graduated from Las Vegas Academy of Performing Arts, an eclectic dance program with focus on Contemporary techniques like Graham and Horton. After high school she stumbled into the world of Hip Hop & was drawn to Funk styles like Break Dancing & House. The blend of styles lead her to be cast as a principal dancer in Circo Roberts “Retro” Circus 2015 🎪who she would travel to various parts of Mexico performing with. During this time she began to strengthen her connection to Latin partner dances, yoga and circus arts. She would also go on to perform magic in Shanghai with magician Joaquin Ayala, Aerial in the iconic Margaritaville Volcano Show 🌋, at EDC 🎡 Las Vegas 2022 & 2023 along with a unique one woman, 8 parrot show at at White Post Farms in Long Island 🦜. In 2018 she decided to drive deep in to Yoga and completed TruFusions 200HR YTT under Mark BT. Merrie is a forever student of music & movement that feels very blessed to share what she’s learned thus far on her journey.